Diddy denies the CEO of his Revolt TV network is racist.
An ex-employee, who describes herself as “a young, educated black woman,” sent a letter to Revolt TV’s board accusing Roma Khanna of racism.
“I’ve witnessed Roma say that black women intimidate her,” wrote the accuser.
The woman also accused Khanna of making derogatory comments about rapper Meek Mill.
According to the letter, when someone suggested that Meek host a show about prison reform, Khanna allegedly responded, “Maybe the conversation isn’t about prison reform, maybe it’s about how to stay out of jail, black boy.’”
The woman says she called Khanna out after her remark.
“In my own discomfort, I spoke up, saying that her comment was not only insulting but would also be disrespectful to Meek as he’s not a ‘boy’ . . . She then proceeded to propose . . . ‘Maybe that’s it . . . Maybe it’s a conversation on how not to be black,’” she wrote.
Khanna is also accused of targeting black people during a recent round of layoffs.
“Roma let 30 percent of the Revolt staff go for restructuring, and 99 percent [of those] are African-American,” she wrote.
A source told Page Six the situation was dealt with as soon as they received the memo.
“When we heard about this, two and a half weeks ago, the minute that letter was received, it was handled immediately and sent to an outside source to investigate,” said the source.
Despite these damning accusations, Diddy has no plans to get rid of Khanna.
“This story is inaccurate. We are a black-owned and -operated network, and we have a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind. Revolt is led by a woman of color who is expected to uphold the same standards that I hold for all of my companies. After an extensive review led by outside counsel, there were no findings of deliberate misconduct. At this time, Roma Khanna will remain as CEO of Revolt,” he said to TMZ.
The mogul also denied the layoffs were racially motivated and cited Revolt’s staff demographics as proof.
“Regarding the recent restructure, Revolt’s diversity remains unchanged. We are 67% ethnically diverse, with more than 60% of the senior leadership being women. Any suggestion that any company of mine negatively targets African Americans is absurd and offensive,” he added.