- Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill was among those criticizing Diamond — and perpetuating the claim that she had died of complications from COVID.
- “Diamond —of the right-wing, Trump- loving duo Diamond and Silk— has died. In late November, she was hospitalized due to COVID-19. The duo was fired by Fox News a couple years ago for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. You cannot script this stuff,” he tweeted.
- “Lynette Hardaway, aka ‘Diamond’ from the MAGA Trump supporting duo Diamond and Silk, died from contracting what she called ‘a hoax’ better known as COVID-19. The irony is palpable,” Bishop Talbert Swan tweeted.
