P. Diddy Admits Surprise at Wedding

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs says his relationship with Jennifer Lopez was under stress even before his trial on gun charges, but he was surprised that she married so quickly after their breakup.

"I mean, I didn't know it was coming, but if getting married made her happy, then I'm happy she's married," Combs told Newsweek in an interview for the issue on newsstands Monday.

A jury last year found the rapper and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, innocent of gun possession and bribery charges. They'd been charged in a December 1999 shooting in which three people were injured.

"There were problems in the relationship before the trial," the 32 year-old said. "Then, during the trial, we had to be apart a lot, which made it so easy to stray. I couldn't be at her door with flowers and cards. A relationship needs that or someone else will step in."

Lopez, the 31-year-old singer and actress, married dancer Cris Judd last September.

Combs spoke to the press in Orlando, Fla. where he was opening for 'N Sync. "We hang tight," he said of Justin Timberlake and company. "You see how they're in and out of my room and I'm in and out of their rooms? It's funny because we like the same things - the same music, the same artists, the same parties. It's all love around here."