UFC president Dana White got into a physical altercation with his wife during a New Year’s celebration early Sunday morning.
In a video released by TMZ on Monday, the two could be seen in a VIP section at a club in Cabo San Lucas. In the video, White could be seen leaning over and saying something to his wife Anne White before she slapped him in the face. White immediately reacts by grabbing her wrist and then proceeds to slap her in the face before the group they were with separates them.
White addressed the incident after the video was released.
“My wife and I were out on Saturday night on New Year’s Eve, and unfortunately that’s what happened,” White said. “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*** 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.
“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.”
According to eyewitnesses at the club, both were heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident, however, this obviously doesn’t excuse any action like this from White. Meanwhile, it’ll be interesting to see how UFC or any of their broadcast partners respond.