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UFC President Dana White is talking out after recently-released video confirmed him slapping his spouse, Anne, whereas the 2 had been on trip in Cabo San Lucas this previous weekend.
The MMA exec and his spouse had been consuming collectively at a New Year’s Eve celebration on the nightclub El Squid Roe within the Mexican resort city on Saturday night when the incident occurred. Late on Monday afternoon, TMZ printed video of the incident, which shortly went viral throughout social media. And now, White is proudly owning as much as it.
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In the clip, the pair will be seen at an upstairs balcony space within the membership. At one level, Anne has her palms over her face as they seem like having a disagreement. Then, Dana seems to seize her wrist. She responds by slapping him. He returns the slap even tougher, after which viciously slaps her again and again earlier than bystanders shortly intervene.
It’s a horrific video, and we warn you to not watch it you probably have any qualms about seeing this disgusting act. For those that want to proceed, you’ll be able to see the surprising slap and aftermath HERE.
So terrible…
In a brand new dialog with the media outlet additionally printed on Monday night, White admitted to the bodily altercation. He apologized and addressed his actions. First, he tried to provide context for the occasion:
“My wife and I were out on Saturday night on New Year’s Eve, and unfortunately that’s what happened. I’m one of the guys, you’ve heard me say for years, there’s never, ever an excuse for guy to put his hands on a woman, and now here I am on TMZ talking about it. My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years, we’ve known each other since we were 12 years old. We’ve obviously been through some s**t together, we’ve got three kids and this is one of those situations that’s horrible, I’m embarrassed, but it’s also one of those situations that right now, we’re more concerned about our kids.”
Then he went on to elucidate how he was targeted on his spouse and the couple’s youngsters after the video’s launch:
“We have three kids and obviously since the video popped up, we’ve shown the kids the video. We’re more focused on our family right now. People are going to have opinions on this, and most of the people’s opinions would be right, especially in my case. You don’t put your hands on a woman ever. My wife and I love each other, we’ve been together for a very long time. We’ve known each other since we were very little, and this is just one of those unfortunate situations.”
Witnesses on the membership informed the outlet that the couple appeared to have been closely intoxicated. White admitted to that in his interview with TMZ, too.
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He mentioned the incident itself lasted “less than a minute.” After, he claims, he and Anne reconciled and remained on trip collectively within the ensuing days:
“There was definitely a lot of alcohol involved, but that’s no excuse. I literally am making no excuses for this at all. It’s never happened before. It’s the first time that it’s ever happened, and people are going to say what they’re going to say. It is what it is, and whatever people do say is deserved. I deserve it. It happened. I don’t know why it happened.”
The UFC exec additionally added that he and Anne had apologized to one another and had been targeted on their household:
“My wife and I have apologized to each other. We’ve apologized to our kids, and this is one of those things where everybody is going to chime in. I could care less what anybody else thinks about this. Right now what we’re more concerned about are our kids and taking care of our family. That was the beginning of it and the end of it. We’re still on vacation. We’re obviously best friends, she’s my wife and we had too much to drink, and whatever happened that night happened. That was it and it was done.”
According to SB Nation struggle protection outlet MMA Fighting, police didn’t get entangled after the altercation and “there were no charges filed against anybody” over the incident. The outlet additionally famous it “doesn’t appear” membership safety turned concerned. Instead, associates and bystanders appear to have pulled the couple aside within the quick aftermath.
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White’s feedback to TMZ concluded with a return again to his insistence on specializing in his youngsters:
“Obviously, it’s one of those situations, it’s embarrassing for both of us but what we’re more concerned about is our kids. Nobody knows you better than your kids know you. They grow up in your house, they see everything, they hear everything, they know everything. Everybody always asks me questions about do I care about this, do I care about that? My legacy and all this other stuff with work doesn’t mean anything to me. It’s all about your family. It’s about your wife and kids. This situation, too, everybody’s going to have an opinion. We’re just worried about our family and focused on our kids right now. But me and my wife are cool, we’re good.”
Anne additionally launched her personal assertion concerning the incident. She informed TMZ that nothing like this has ever occurred to the couple earlier than, and requested for privateness from UFC followers:
“Dana and I have been married for almost 30 years. To say this is out of character for him is an understatement — nothing like this has ever happened before. Unfortunately, we were both drinking too much on New Year’s Eve and things got out of control, on both sides. We’ve talked this through as a family and apologized to each other. I just hope people will respect our privacy for the sake of our kids.”
As of late Monday night time, MMA Fighting stories that Endeavor — the corporate that owns a controlling curiosity within the UFC — has not issued an announcement concerning the incident or any potential punishment Dana may face.
What an terrible state of affairs. Ugh. The means he went after his spouse was SICK.
If you or somebody you recognize is experiencing home violence, assist is on the market. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
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