Diddy pays tribute to ex-girlfriend Kim Porter

LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs publicly addressed the death of his ex-girlfriend Kim Porter with emotional tributes that looked back on their love story.

The tributes were posted online Nov. 18, on the same day the hip-hop mogul hosted a private memorial service for Porter at his Bel-Air home.

Porter, an actress-model and the mother of three of Diddy’s children, died unexpectedly Nov. 15 at age 47, and no official cause of death has been announced yet.

In his posts, Diddy said she was more than his best friend and soulmate.

“For the last three days I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare. But I haven’t,” the producer wrote in one post, sharing images from an Essence magazine photo shoot they did together.

“I don’t know what I’m going to do without you baby. I miss you so much. Today I’m going to pay tribute to you, I’m going to try and find the words to explain our unexplainable relationship. We were more than best friends, we were more than soulmates.”

Other posts followed, featuring glamorous shots of the model with Diddy voicing his grief in captions and declaring his love for Porter, whom he dated on and off for about 13 years.

The final missive played alongside a slideshow of big moments in their relationship. The video included family portraits and pictures following the birth of their twin girls, D’Lila Star and Jessie James. The couple also have an older son, Christian.