Mike Tyson Says He Gave Trump Diddy's Pardon Letter: "I Did What He Told Me to Do"

Mike Tyson told Andy Cohen he delivered Diddy's letter to Trump: "I did what he told me to do." Trump said in January he wasn't considering a pardon. CONFIRMED on the record.

Diddy reached out from prison and Mike Tyson made the delivery.

On SiriusXM's Radio Andy (Andy Cohen Live, released Oct. 8, 2026), Tyson said he is still "friendly with Puff" and spoke to him once on the phone. "He wanted me to give a letter to the president," Tyson said. When Cohen asked if he actually gave Trump the letter, Tyson answered: "I did what he told me to do, yes."

Tyson also said he was surprised how far prosecutors went, pointing to the Mann Act of 1910 — the "110-year-old rule" Diddy was convicted under.

This is not the first time the letter came up. In January, Trump told The New York Times that Diddy asked him for a pardon through a letter, but said he was not considering it. He later told Newsmax a pardon could be "difficult" because Diddy criticized him back in 2016. The White House also shot down a TMZ report that Trump might release him.

Diddy is serving a 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey after his July 2025 conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Bureau of Prisons records now put his projected release in March 2028, pushed back from January.

CONFIRMED — Tyson said it on the record. Trump's own comments on the letter are on the record from January. No new pardon decision has been announced.

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Sources: SiriusXM Radio Andy (Oct 8); New York Post (Ella Morrison, Oct 8); Billboard (Angel Diaz, Oct 8); AllHipHop (Oct 8); HotNewHipHop; Complex; USA Today; The Source (Oct 9). Photos: Mike Tyson (Bonnie Cash/UPI/Shutterstock via NY Post, 2026); Diddy (Instagram video still, 2024, via NY Post).