‘I Want to Say Thank You’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Posts Homage to Mothers of His Children, Fans Reflect on Late Girlfriend Kim Porter

Sean “Diddy” Combs had a message for the mothers of his children, Misa Hylton and Sarah Chapman, as well as Kim Porter, who passed away from pneumonia last year.

The music mogul wrote the words next to an Instagram photo that he posted on Tuesday, which shows Chapman and Porter as well as Combs’ daughters Dโ€™Lila Star and Jessie James โ€” the twins he welcomed with Porter in 2006. But their 21-year-old son Christian Combs isn’t in the picture.

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But the photo does show Chance, the daughter Combs had with Chapman, also in 2006. Hylton isn’t shown, however, and neither is Justin Combs, the son she had with the Bad Boy founder in 1993.

“It was all a dream,” wrote Combs. “When you have a child with somebody itโ€™s important that you love them forever. Itโ€™s one of the truest blessings in the world. When I look at this picture all I see is LOVE ๐Ÿ–ค. On this day I want to say THANK YOU @ladykp@misahylton@callmepumpkin!โ€ฆโ€ฆ.. ALL HAIL THE QUEENS!!!! #BlackLove.”

Undoubtedly, many were touched by the photo and the sentiment behind Combs’ words.

“I love that everyone is leaning!!” one person wrote. “Thatโ€™s what you do with family, isnโ€™t it? You lean on each other in Love ๐ŸŒฌ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’•โœจ.”

“Beautiful !!! I wish all men had this thought process and maturity to Co parent and raise a blended family the best way for the kids!” wrote another.

And some reserved their comments just for the three mothers including Porter who passed away.

“Kim looks so beautiful here! She was a Goddess! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ Pumpkin is dope too! Fashion on 1milli!!! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ Misa is an Icon! ๐Ÿ˜,” someone stated.

“Kim was always RIGHT by his side โค๏ธ “

“This was maturity at it finest.. Kim was a very classy lady ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ”

Porter was 47 years old when she passed away on Nov. 15, 2018, and she was reportedly battling pneumonia for weeks before her death.

She dated Combs off and on from 1994 to 2007, and Combs raised and adopted Quincy Brown, the son Porter had with R&B singer Al B. Sure!

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