The second alleges Mr Combs assaulted a teenage boy who was auditioning for the popular MTV reality show Making the Band, which the rapper produced.

They shared their thoughts on auditioning, responding to fear and the hard truths of the world around us.

I remember months and months of auditioning and not booking anything.

I had got to a point where I was getting in a monotonous routine of auditioning, stand-up, podcasting, and waiting to be on people’s stuff.

“It was disarmingly friendly, like the voice you’d expect from a stranger who offered to carry your grandmother’s groceries. The second I heard it, I knew we weren’t going to be auditioning anyone else.”