Given the popularity of the UFC in recent times, there have been plenty of people trying to get Dana White on podcasts. So much so that the 54-year-old had to storm off of one to show people that he was done being a guest on those.
‘Uncle Dana,’ during a recent episode of Howie Mandel’s podcast, walked off just 30 seconds into the show, leaving everyone there stunned. Ginger Billy, a YouTuber, and comedian who was present at the podcast, has now opened up about the incident. Let’s see what he had to say about witnessing this bizarre incident firsthand.
Dana White storming off of Mandel’s podcast was a blessing for Ginger Billy
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In a recent episode of “bigdandbubba”, Ginger Billy talked about the incident on Mandel’s podcast. Billy revealed that he was just an “innocent bystander” during the whole fiasco. He also claimed to have been getting quite a lot of publicity since the incident and said, “Everybody’s messaging me and everything and I’m getting publicity off of this and I’m like, hey, you know what, this is cool. I mean, whatever.”
“You know man it’s Hollywood. You know that people don’t like people. People get mad and I’m sure Dana White’s a busy feller. He gets tired of doing stuff like that, you know? I don’t know what the deal was. I was just there to do my thing,” said the comedian, giving a different perspective on why Dana White stormed off the podcast.
Ginger Billy went on to claim that he went on to “save” the episode by continuing like nothing happened. However, he did have a funny reaction to the attention he received. He said, “Dude, they were talking about how I made Dana White mad. They’re like ‘Obviously, that ginger guy said something and made Dana White Mad’.”
Fans are still curious as to why the incident occurred in the first place. And the UFC CEO himself had to come up and explain why he walked out of Mandel’s Podcast.
“Uncle Dana” reveals his reason for the sudden exit at Mandel’s podcast
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Despite the success of UFC 298, the UFC CEO still had to answer questions on why he made a sudden exit at Howie Mandel’s Podcast, during the post-fight press conference of UFC 298.
When asked if White wouldn’t attend any more podcasts given the incident at Howie Mandel’s podcast, White said, “Yeah, please. You know where I’m at with the podcast I feel like f**ing Jordan Peterson every time I turn on Instagram, I’m on a f**ing podcast. Yes, no more podcast please. Podcasted out.”
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Though “Uncle Dana” did address why he left the podcast just 30 seconds in, most fans don’t seem to believe the 54-year-old’s explanation. Why do you think that Dana White walked out of the podcast? Let us know in the comments section below.