O-Town It makes it clear that they have nothing to do with each other Sean "DD" Combs.

“Of all the bands make the bandWe are not the only ones tied to him,” the original member Jacob Underwood said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter Tuesday, January 14 “The more people confuse us with the DD band and post our pictures with his story, the more it goes against us. We do a live tour and we (the bookers) can't afford to be Googling to find the latest Diddy clickbait."

Underwood, 44, noted that she has never met the 55-year-old rapper.

O-Town was formed in the inaugural season make the bandwhich aired on ABC in 2000. In season 1, Lou Perlman — who was the infamous mastermind behind the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync — was on the hunt for the next great boy band. Underwood, Eric-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Ashley Parker Angel And natural power was selected first. However, farewell to the Kahoano group and current members Dan Miller was brought in as a replacement. (Angel later left the group for good in 2003.)

After Season 1 ended, O'Town was signed to a record label. A new season after the success of O-Town make the band had to work. However, the show left ABC and then aired on MTV. The MTV version brought DD to the talent scout where he formed musical acts Danny Kane, Da Band, Day 26 and solo artist Donnie Klang.

While O-Town wasn't involved in Diddy's version of the singing competition series, the group claims to have suffered a fallout amid the rapper's current legal situation. DD is behind bars awaiting trial after being accused of sex trafficking and racketeering last year. Didi denied all the allegations and pleaded not guilty.

"We've already inherited our own infamous producer/manager from our version of Making The Band, and now another version and its mogul are influencing us." "It is very unfortunate that our livelihood is affected so many years after the brand was transferred to him," Estrada, 45, said. The Hollywood ReporterReferring to Perlman Legal scandal. In 2008, Perlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of conspiracy, money laundering and making false statements during bankruptcy. he Died of cardiac arrest 2016 at the age of 62 while in prison.

The band's agent Matt Raffaele added that O-Town's offer was "pulled because of the idea of ​​linking up with DD" although it was clarified that there was no connection between them and DD.

"I can't play the victim because there are people who have been brutalized by this person and scarred for life," Estrada told the outlet. “We have financial and booking pressures, but they have mental pressures. We have to take it on the chin and carry on."