Final Preventing Championship President Dana White has issued an announcement after a video got here out of him getting bodily together with his spouse Anne White throughout a New Yr’s Eve celebration.
The video reveals White being slapped by his spouse. He then responded by slapping her again. The complete battle was caught on digicam and was rapidly damaged up afterward. The UFC hasn’t issued an announcement but, nor has any punishment come down over the incident. The promotion presently has a tv and streaming take care of ESPN, the place it’s one in every of ESPN+’s hottest content material, and choose playing cards additionally air on ABC.
“Effectively, I’m in Cabo, Mexico, for the vacations with my household. My spouse and I have been out Saturday evening for New Yr’s Eve, and sadly, that’s what occurred. I’m a kind of guys, you’ve heard me say for years, ‘There’s by no means ever an excuse for a man to place his fingers on a lady,’ and now right here I’m on TMZ speaking about it,” White admitted to TMZ Sports activities.
“My spouse and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years. We’ve identified one another since we have been 12 years previous. We’ve clearly been by way of some shit collectively, and we’ve obtained three children. That is a kind of conditions which are horrible. I’m embarrassed. But it surely’s additionally a kind of conditions the place proper now we’re extra involved with our children. Now we have three children and clearly because the video popped up, we’ve proven the children the video. We’re extra targeted on our household proper now.”
White is aware of he’ll face backlash for his actions and it’s all deserved.
“Persons are going to have opinions on this, and most people’s opinions are gonna be proper, particularly in my case, you don’t put your fingers on a lady ever. My spouse and I clearly love one another and have been collectively for a really very long time. We’ve identified one another since we have been little or no and that is simply a kind of unlucky conditions.”
White stated that “lots of alcohol” was concerned within the state of affairs however that it was no excuse.
“I’m actually making no excuses for this in any respect. It’s by no means occurred earlier than. It’s the primary time it ever occurred. Persons are gonna say what they’re gonna say. It simply is what it’s and no matter individuals do say it’s deserved. I deserve it. It occurred. I don’t know why it occurred and my spouse and I’ve apologized to one another, we’ve apologized to our children.”
