Kristin Chenoweth had a surprising response when asked about the ongoing sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The 56-year-old said TMZ Monday in New York, she was “still praying” for the hip-hop mogul, 55, as he remains imprisoned in New York for the trafficking and racketeering crimes he is accused of.

“It’s bad — it’s really bad,” the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, native said of the allegations against Diddy, while being blocked from signing autographs by an associate.

On May 17, the Broadway star took to X/Twitter to invoke his faith after seeing the March 5, 2016 clip on CNN in which Combs physically attacked his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura.

The Pushing Daisies star said she found the situation “heartbreaking” because she “loved” Combs. (She later revealed that this triggered flashbacks to past abuse she suffered.)

Kristin Chenoweth, 56, had a surprising answer when asked about the ongoing sex trafficking case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 55. Photo from October 21 in New York.

The hip-hop mogul remains imprisoned for the trafficking and racketeering offenses of which he is accused. Photographed in New York during the 2018 Met Gala

Chenoweth said in a later tweet: “Honestly the reasons why the Sean Combs video bothers me so much. The main thing I need to do is pray for him. For real.

Chenoweth responded to a number of her followers who disagreed with her assessment, praising some for their “adult tweets”; saying she was also praying for Combs’ family; and saying that “only God can forgive him”.

Chenoweth later said she stood by the initial tweet despite the controversy it sparked.

“I can’t delete it,” Chenoweth said. “Believe me, I was sick when I saw her and I’m so grateful she’s okay. It is NOT. He is sick. Sick. Only God can forgive him. So forgive me but that’s how I think. And pray. Xo.’

Combs filed a new request for bail Friday, saying changes in circumstances, as well as new evidence, mean he should be allowed to prepare for his trial in May from outside the jail.

Combs’ lawyers filed the request in Manhattan federal court, where his previous requests for bail have been denied by two judges since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.

He has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with the help of a network of associates and employees, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnappings, arson and physical beatings.

He awaits trial May 5 at a federal detention center in Brooklyn.

The Broadway star reacted on May 17 after seeing the March 5, 2016 clip on CNN in which Combs physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura.

Chenoweth later said she stood by the initial tweet despite the controversy it caused.

In their new court filing, Combs’ lawyers say they are proposing a “much more robust” bail program that would subject the artist to strict 24-hour security monitoring and near-total restrictions on his ability to contact anyone other than its lawyers.

But the amount they’re attaching to the package remains $50 million, as they previously proposed. They also cite new evidence that they say “makes clear that the government’s case is thin.”

The evidence, attorneys say, refutes the government’s claim that a March 2016 video showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend occurred during a forced “panic,” a sexually charged event described in the indictment against Combs.

They wrote that the encounter was instead “a one-minute glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship” between Combs and his then-girlfriend.

The lawyers argued that Combs’ conditions of detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn violated his constitutional rights to participate in his defense.