--- ---  # Watch Diddy Play a Revealing Game of 5 Second Rule with Ellen  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 3, 2016 4:21 PM UTC  Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs performs at the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images) Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs performs at the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images)Steve Jennings—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 3, 2016 4:21 PM UTC Despite having a hectic touring schedule for his Bad Boy Reunion tour, [Sean Diddy Combs](http://time.com/4274012/sean-diddy-combs-new-york-charter-school/) took time hang out with [Ellen Degeneres](http://time.com/4456515/ellen-degeneres-is-not-racist/) on her eponymous show. In between gifting DeGeneres with a shirt that had his picture on it and [shilling Ciroc](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/05/hold-the-ciroc-diddy-changes-his-birth-date-because-he-can-do-whatever-he-wants/), Diddy also played a round of the “5 Second Rule” with Ellen — but with some edits to the rules. The game involves participants giving three answers to a question in under 5 seconds; after playing their first round, however, Diddy told Ellen that he would need more time for his answers — and on his doctor’s orders. “Ellen, I told you — I have evolved,” Diddy said. “One of the things I have been doing with my counselor, my therapist, is that I take three seconds, think about what you’re going to say, and say it. So we need to give me another three seconds.” DeGeneres generously obliged Diddy’s requests — and it’s safe to say that the results are hilarious. Watch the full clip below. Sean Diddy Combs Plays "5 Second Rule" With Ellen DeGeneres ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4516643/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4516643/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres/"},"headline":"Watch Diddy Play a Revealing Game of 5 Second Rule with Ellen","datePublished":"2016-10-03T16:21:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:15.128Z","description":"Plus, Puff petitions to get more time","url":"https://time.com/4516643/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Ellen Degeneres","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1e4c8392091c140/6988a872e20a87c454a92a28/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1e4c8392091c140/6988a872e20a87c454a92a28/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour - Oakland, CA","caption":"Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour - Oakland, CA","creditText":"Steve Jennings—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4516643/sean-diddy-combs-ellen-degeneres/","name":"Watch Diddy Play a Revealing Game of 5 Second Rule with Ellen"}}]}] ```