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Fuel prices ground Diddy

Updated on 01 September 2008

Source ITN

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs said he has been forced to fly on commercial airlines instead of private jets because of soaring fuel prices.

Combs moaned that the price of fuel is "too high" and pleaded for free oil from his "Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters" in a YouTube video.

He said he will ditch his private jet flights, which had previously cost him in excess of $200,000 (£110,000) for a roundtrip between New York and Los Angeles.

He said: "I'm actually flying commercial. That's how high gas prices are.

"Tell whoever the next president is we need to bring gas prices down."

Diddy made this comment before walking onto a flight, sitting in a first-class seat and flashing his boarding pass to the camera.

Meanwhile, the I'll Be Missing You star has taken a shot at US Republican nominee John McCain, stating that the Arizona senator is "bugging out" for choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate in the upcoming election.

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