UFC President Dana White cashes in on Netflix during Sunday night tom brady special,
White was among the prominent names in the audience who got the chance to take loved-up photos with the seven-time Super Bowl winner. He seemed upset that he got only 60 seconds to make his mark.
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Dana White participates in “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” for Netflix, a prank festival at the Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Netflix)
Tony Hinchcliffe, who hosts “Kill Tony”, brought his show to a Netflix special and did a segment called “Kill Tommy”. Then White got a chance to take a shot at Brady. However, the UFC president was the first to get Netflix into trouble.
“Let me jump into this quickly,” White began. “It freaks me out. I flew all the way here and you guys give me 60 seconds? My name is Dana. Isn’t that trans enough for your liberal f—s?”
White then made some jokes about Brady and comedian Jeff Ross.
Tom Brady smiles on the carpet of Netflix Is A Joke Fest’s “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” at the Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Elyse Jankowski/FilmMagic)
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White explained, “These guys employ 65,000 Americans, employ thousands of veterinarians. They spend over $700 million a year dealing with American farmers, buying their crops for their product. And many others. There are reasons I did it.” Fox News’ Sean Hannity On his radio show at that time. “Where I personally sit with my core values and I feel like the core values of the UFC, even though we are a global sport, and we have fighters from all over the world.
Tom Brady attends Netflix Is A Joke Fest’s “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” at The Kia Forum on May 5, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Fraser Harrison/WireImage)
“This is an American company. And I love this country and it’s about me joining forces with someone who sponsors the UFC and who I will be working with every day.”
White pointed to the response Bud Light has previously received, saying fans “aren’t going to like” every business decision made by the UFC or Anheuser-Busch but stressed that “it wasn’t a difficult decision at all.”
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White added, “It’s about core values for me more than anything else.”
Fox News’ Joseph A. Wolfson contributed to this report.
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