Author: Rebecca Davison for MailOnline / Source: Mail Online
He tweeted that they were ‘more than soulmates’ when he paid tribute to the mother of three of his children following her shock death aged 47 last Thursday.
But TMZ reports that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 49, might be too distraught to deliver a eulogy at Kim Porter’s funeral on Saturday, despite hoping that he can.
A source told the site: ‘Faith Evans will perform during the service in Columbus, GA.
Sad: Diddy may be too distraught to deliver a eulogy at Kim Porter’s funeral following her death aged 47… after he wrote they were ‘more than soulmates’
‘Faith has a unique connection to Diddy. When Notorious B.I.G. died Diddy was a huge source of comfort to Faith… and now she’s returning the gesture.’
Lots of stars will be turning up to pay tribute to Kim, who dated Diddy for 13 years on and off, including Mary J. Blige, although she is not thought to be performing.
The site adds: ‘Kim’s casket will arrive at the funeral in a horse-drawn carriage, because she adored horses.’
MailOnline has contacted a spokesperson for Diddy for comment.
Special: Faith Evans will perform during the service in Columbus (pictured earlier this month) – ‘Faith has a unique connection to Diddy.
When Notorious B.I.G. died Diddy was a huge source of comfort to Faith… and now she’s returning the gesture’
Paying tribute: It’s been reported that singer Mary J. Blige will be in attendance but she isn’t thought to be performing
Porter and Diddy share three children together, twin girls Jessie James and D’Lila, 11, and 20-year-old son Christian.
The couple had been on and off for 13 years and following their split, the pair continued to co-parent their children and remained like family with one another.
Diddy first met Porter when he was an A&R executive in the early 1990s. It was love at first sight – at least for the future hitmaker.
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Porter had been at the studio with her ex-boyfriend AI B. Sure when Diddy first laid eyes on her.
‘I wasn’t trying to holler at her or anything, but I was admiring her – her lips, her eyes, her mouth, her shape, her energy,’ Diddy told Essence in 2006.
All the rapper could think was ‘I wish I had a girl like that’.
Porter would go on to work as a receptionist at Uptown Records. By 1994, she and Diddy were a couple – and they were inseparable.
‘We went out together, we ate together, we played together,’ Porter told Essence during the same interview.
Honoring Kim: Diddy posted a new tribute video on social media showing off his late ex Kim Porter’s skills at the piano on Wednesday
‘He would want me at the office. I would want him at my shoots. Our bond was so tight.’
They split when Diddy cheated with J.Lo in 1999. The pair rekindled their relationship in 2003 but broke up for good in 2007.
Kim said in a statement at the time: ‘In ending this relationship, I…
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