A day later, the combustible White told TMZ fighters in the UFC are “the elite of the elite,” adding, “saying something stupid like that is like saying she’s not a very talented actress. Which she is. She’s a very talented actress.”
He declined to say if he felt Streep mentioned MMA in part because White spoke in support of Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention last summer but admitted, “The last thing I expect is an uppity, 80-year-old lady to be in our demographic of mixed martial arts.”
(She’s actually 67.)
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