Dana White Tells UFC Sponsor ‘Go F*** Yourself’
UFC CEO Dana White was recently interviewed by Theo Von, a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor, when he revealed that one of the sponsors of his famed mixed martial arts brand took a disliking to a post on his personal social media account.
According to White, the unnamed company demanded that White remove a post on his personal social media account that included former President Donald Trump.
“One of our big sponsors called and said, take that down,” White said during the interview. “You know what I said? Go f*** yourself.
“You vote for whoever you want to vote for, and I’ll vote for whoever I want to vote for,” White continued. “That’s how this works. I don’t even care who you’re voting for. It’s none of my f***ing business. F*** you. Don’t ever f***ing call me and tell me who to vote for.”
Trump, the 45th President of the United States, attended UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on Saturday night.
White, a longtime Trump supporter, has made numerous public appearances with the former Republican president at UFC events. White even spoke on Trump’s behalf at the 2016 Republican National Convention before Trump won the presidential election.
“I’m at a point now in my life and my career where I want to be with people that I’m aligned with,” White said. “It’s not just about the money. It is about the money because it’s a sponsorship deal, but it’s not just [about the money]. I’m not going to take a bigger offer if it’s not something that I am aligned with and I don’t 100 percent believe in.
“When you do a sponsorship deal with somebody, you have to look deep into who they are and who’s running the company, who’s making the decisions, and are you aligned?”
