UFC president Dana White has discovered himself in recent controversy after TMZ launched a video of an altercation between him and his spouse Anne at a New Yr’s Eve social gathering in a membership in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The altercation came about within the VIP part of the membership, and Dana might be seen saying one thing to his spouse, adopted by him grabbing her left wrist. As quickly as he holds her wrist, Anne turns and slaps him on the face together with her proper hand after which Dana instantly slaps her twice. The video then ends with each of them grabbing one another’s arms whereas some folks intervene.
The pair have already issued their respective apologies for the incident and have additionally admitted to it. “You’ve heard me say for years, ‘There’s by no means ever an excuse for a man to place his fingers on a girl,’ and now right here I’m on TMZ speaking about it”, he stated.
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“There was positively quite a lot of alcohol concerned, however that’s no excuse. I actually am making no excuses for this factor in any respect, it’s by no means occurred earlier than it’s the primary time that it’s ever occurred … I don’t know why it occurred and my spouse and I’ve apologized to one another, we’ve apologized to our children”, he added.
Additionally opening up in regards to the incident’s influence on his kids, he stated, “My spouse and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years,” he stated. “We’ve recognized one another since we had been 12 years outdated. We’ve clearly been by some (expletive) collectively, and we’ve bought three youngsters. That is a kind of conditions that’s horrible. I’m embarrassed. But it surely’s additionally a kind of conditions that proper now we’re extra involved about our children. We’ve got three youngsters and clearly because the video popped up, we’ve proven the children the video. We’re extra targeted on our household proper now.”
Right here is the video:
In the meantime in a separate assertion to TMZ, Anne additionally rushed to her husband’s defence and blamed it on alcohol. “Dana and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years,” she instructed TMZ. “To say that is out of character for him is an understatement. Nothing like this has ever occurred earlier than. Sadly, we had been each consuming an excessive amount of on New Yr’s Eve and issues bought uncontrolled, on either side. We have talked this by as a household and apologized to one another. I simply hope folks will respect our privateness for the sake of our children”, she stated.
White is the president of UFC