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http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=4038944
Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship president whose comments referring to homosexuals, women and the people with mental disabilities set off a firestorm of blog activity Thursday, is apologizing for his anti-gay comments.
He is not, however, apologizing to the reporter who wrote a story that set him out on a three-plus minute tirade on his UFC video blog posted on YouTube.
"I hurt people that I didn't intend to hurt and when you do something like that, yes, I believe that you should say you're sorry," White told ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Mary Buckheit in a telephone interview. "I never intended to hurt anybody in the gay community, or be malicious, or look like a hateful guy. I never meant to hurt anyone in the gay or lesbian community at all, in any way, shape or form. I would never do that. I was speaking to [Sherdog.com reporter] Loretta Hunt. I didn't mean to bring those people into this, it had nothing to do with them and for that, I'm sorry."
White used an anti-gay slur in the video blog. He also called Hunt, who writes for Sherdog.com (a partner of ESPN.com which covers mixed martial arts), a "[expletive] bitch" and called her story on backstage credentialing issues "absolutely [expletive] retarded."
The story drew intense interest in mixed martial arts blogs, and the video clip was removed from YouTube. White declined most interview requests, but did tell a spokesman for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) that he would apologize. He spoke with ESPN.com's Buckheit late Thursday night.
"I'm not defending myself to people who don't know me and are all of a sudden all over me," White said in the interview. "I'm not homophobic and I'm not anti-gay. I used a word that I shouldn't have used and I hurt people."
White did not apologize to Hunt, a longtime MMA reporter. In Hunt's story that infuriated White, she wrote that Zuffa, the company that owns and operates promotions for the UFC and WEC, notified some fighter representatives that they will no longer receive credentials to sit with their clients backstage on fight night. White denied any changes.
"I went on the attack and I ended up attacking someone I didn't mean to," White said. "I absolutely, positively meant to attack the reporter, Loretta Hunt from Sherdog. Absolutely."
Hunt, in an e-mail to ESPN.com on Thursday night, wrote: "I stand by the story. It's accurate."
White told ESPN.com's Buckheit that he had didn't want to "write some canned statement from the company -- there's no [expletive] way I was going to do that." Instead, he said he would issue another video response, and then quit talking about the incident.
"... You know what? The thing that sucks is that video rant, the feedback I got was not negative," White said. "It was overwhelmingly positive from our fans. It was, 'Yeah, you go, Dana. You're the man.'
"At the end of the day, the worst thing for me is that I don't want anybody thinking that it's cool to say that word especially now that I know the word "homo" is as powerful as the n-word. I don't want these kids out there watching me and thinking it's cool. I don't want that."
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Here's the original video by Dana:
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haaaaahaha That guy is fucking hilarious
;D
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He shouldn't apologize for shit, he makes his living by producing MMA fights not by being a role model... and he was talking to that bitch Loretta Hunt not a classroom of 2nd graders.
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He shouldn't apologize for shit, he makes his living by producing MMA fights not by being a role model... and he was talking to that bitch Loretta Hunt not a classroom of 2nd graders.
Agreed 100%.
We *should* talk to one another this way! F that PC bullshit.
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Why apologize to the fags?
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Here's the original video by Dana:
Thanks for posting the video
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Dana White is worth $135 Million.
I would think a guy that rich would be too busy celebrating life to be that pissed off.
he's right about the reporter tho... lots of BS in that story.
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now THAT is a bitch slapping
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Dana White is worth $135 Million.
I would think a guy that rich would be too busy celebrating life to be that pissed off.
he's right about the reporter tho... lots of BS in that story.
for now ......... :D
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. . . fuck no. Next question.
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loretta hunt
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That bitch is fucking retarded, if you've ever read any of her articles or stories...she is the dumbest person in MMA, I think she's fucking the owner from sherdog, that's honestly the only reason she even has a job. Anything written by her is a joke, full of blunders, mistakes and misquotes, she gets ripped apart on the sherdog forums everyday.
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Dana White is worth $135 Million.
I would think a guy that rich would be too busy celebrating life to be that pissed off.
he's right about the reporter tho... lots of BS in that story.
Well, i do agree with ya 240, but he probably is that Rich, cause he really is passionate about what he does!!!
Props to Dana for putting that whore in her place LOL AWESOME STUFF...
I wouldn't expect the President of a fighting organization to be a pussy!
FOR REAL
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no, he's a meathead and not perfect. but he did apologize and that's good business
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Calling someone a fag/homo is the same as calling them a pussy.
It has fuck all to do with whether they're gay.
NOT an anti-gay slur...they don't own that word anymore!
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Calling someone a fag/homo is the same as calling them a pussy.
It has fuck all to do with whether they're gay.
NOT an anti-gay slur...they don't own that word anymore!
Since when have we become so politically correct that we can't say the word 'fag' or 'homo' this country is getting fucked up from all this political correctness...pretty soon we're not going to be able to say mentally challenged or retarded and instead have to say 'special'
fucking bullshit,
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Here's the original video by Dana:
HELL YEAH!!! I love it a throw male to all these pussies! 8)
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can you still call them "fruits"?
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Gays and lesbians are a bunch of f*gs. ;D
Seriously though, a slur is a slur. If someone is pissed off at me and wants to hurt me, I'm not going to try governing what slurs they can use. Be it f*g, slant eye chink, whatever... if you're pissed off at someone, the last thing on your mind is being PC. Bunch of PC F*GS!!! lol
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Why apologize to the fags?
x1000
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I haven't heard of Danny White since Aikman was drafted!!!!
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what a big homo for apologizing
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what a big homo for apologizing
X2
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loretta hunt is the sarah palin of MMA
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what a big homo for apologizing
LOL
Yeah, no need to backpedal there. Gays are still gonna support his brand and associated brands like Affliction.
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fuck fuck fuck.. oh my. he did look a bit stoned in that vid. fuck that too.
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LOL
Yeah, no need to backpedal there. Gays are still gonna support his brand and associated brands like Affliction.
X2 haha
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Nothing wrong with his interview.
People need to CHILL america is soo retarded lol.
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america is soo retarded lol.
sweden is cool though.. I hear you guys are really on top of that steroid situation :)
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sweden is cool though.. I hear you guys are really on top of that steroid situation :)
haha besides that...
You can say fuck or homo or whatever on tv, no one gives a fuck..
it sure as HELL doesnt make headlines in the new lol.
And you can show boobs on tv etc etc
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And you can show boobs on tv
that should be acceptable anywhere.