Diddy Opens Up About The Death Of Soul Mate Kim Porter WHUR Contributor April 24, 2019 at 2:19 pm in ENTERTAINMENT Tweet “Before this, I was a part-time father, you know? My family was always first, but there are countless times when I chose work over everything else,” he said. “But every day I can hear her telling me to go and spend some time with the kids and make sure everybody’s all right, like she would do. I’m just a lot more present, and, most important, now my kids come before anything else in my life.” NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs has opened up about life after the sudden death of his soul mate, former girlfriend Kim Porter. The music mogul posed with his six children on the cover of Essence magazine’s 49th anniversary May issue. In excerpts posted online, Combs offered his gratitude for the outpouring of love after Porter’s passing on Nov. 15, 2018 from complications from pneumonia. Porter is the mother of three of his children, 21-year-old Christian and 12-year-old twin girls Jesse and D’Lila. Combs told the magazine he has learned to be a more attentive father in the aftermath of his grief. View this post on Instagram 🚨New Cover Alert: Kim Porter’s life ended too soon, but her legacy as an incredible mother lives on, because her family was the center of her world. "It was like some superhero s–t. I ain't even gonna lie. On some level, I knew she was training me for this." @Diddy's tribe is adjusting to life after tragedy and opening up about loving and losing Kim in our May issue. On stands now. #EssenceDidThat Tap the 🔗in bio for more. #RipKimPorter (📷: @danascruggs) Stylists: @mariellebobo @jc____91 @mrdoorsee @dereksroche @stillsize2 Barber: @marcusph333 Hair: @keemachang Makeup: @rocidoesmakeup @chrisrichards Set Design: @monsterparty A post shared by ESSENCE (@essence) on Apr 23, 2019 at 12:49pm PDT “Before this, I was a part-time father, you know? My family was always first, but there are countless times when I chose work over everything else,” he said. “But every day I can hear her telling me to go and spend some time with the kids and make sure everybody’s all right, like she would do. I’m just a lot more present, and, most important, now my kids come before anything else in my life.” Three days before she died, according to Combs, she was sick with the flu and “sent the kids over to my house so they wouldn’t get sick.” He recalled one night, when he went to check on her, “she was like, ‘Puffy, take care of my babies.’ She actually said that to me before she died. He said he went into “mommy mode” after Porter’s death, trying desperately to make sure the kids wouldn’t hear about it online or on the news. “Every time Kim and I talked, it was about the kids,” Combs said. “It was what she cared about the most. The magazine hits newsstands on Friday. Tags: Diddy, DIddy Opens Up About Kim Porter, Kim Porter