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UFC president Dana White is sharing his regrets over a viral video of him slapping his spouse, Anne White.
In January 2023, White, 54, apologized after TMZ revealed footage of the incident, which came about at a nightclub in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on December 31, 2022.
Now, the businessman is telling former NFL star Shannon Sharpe how the ordeal affected his and Anne’s three youngsters, Dana Jr., Aidan and Savannah.
Sharpe introduced up the incident on the Wednesday, June 19, episode of his “Membership Shay Shay” podcast, telling White, “That needed to be the hardest time that you simply’d ever gone via in your life.”
“It wasn’t. COVID was,” White responded. “COVID was approach more durable than that.”
White then defined that his fundamental concern via the ordeal was for his youngsters.
“It wasn’t about getting via it publicly. It was about getting via it personally with my youngsters. Me and my spouse are effective,” he stated. “The children had by no means seen that earlier than. It was on the world stage. We embarrassed them. No youngsters wish to see that s–t with their mother and father.”
White continued, “Everyone else can go f–okay themselves. It had nothing to do with them. It was about my household. That’s what’s essential. The folks that know me and know her, they know us. We’re effective. That was one thing private between me and my household.”
“I do know precisely who I’m. My youngsters know who I’m. My circle of folks that I give a s–t about know who I’m, and that’s what mattered to me,” the MMA boss concluded.
On the time, White owned as much as his actions, telling TMZ: “You’ve heard me say over time, ‘There’s by no means, ever an excuse for a man to place his palms on a lady,’ and now right here I’m on TMZ speaking about it.”
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“My spouse and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years. We’ve recognized one another since we have been 12 years previous,” he continued. “We’ve clearly been via some s—t collectively. We’ve obtained three youngsters.”
Anne additionally expressed remorse for her half within the incident. “Dana and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years. To say that is out of character for him is an understatement; nothing like this has ever occurred earlier than,” she instructed TMZ. “Sadly, we have been each consuming an excessive amount of on New 12 months’s Eve and issues obtained uncontrolled, on either side. We’ve talked this via as a household and apologized to one another. I simply hope individuals will respect our privateness for the sake of our children.”
