UFC CEO Dana White, a vocal Trump supporter, is firmly against participating in politics again after the latest election cycle.
“I’m never f**king doing this again,” White told The New Yorker on Tuesday. “I want nothing to do with this s**t. It’s gross. It’s disgusting. I want nothing to do with politics.”
White’s remarks came shortly after Trump attended UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
The president-elect received an overwhelming show of support from the crowd, which erupted in applause and chants of “USA, USA!” as Trump entered the arena.
White reflected on how UFC fans responded positively to Trump throughout the election season.
“Every time, when he was getting hammered at his worst, we’d walk into that arena and the place erupts and goes crazy,” he explained.
“It shows other people, Oh, wait. Everybody doesn’t hate Donald Trump like the media is telling us.”
Meanwhile, former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has reportedly taken drastic steps after Trump’s landslide win, relocating to rural England with her wife, Portia De Rossi.
Sources told The Wrap that the 66-year-old comedian purchased a property in Southwest England ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
An insider reportedly informed TMZ that Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris pushed DeGeneres and De Rossi to make the move.
“[They were] very disillusioned” after Trump’s win, a source claimed, adding they decided to “get the hell out” after the election results came in.
During the campaign, DeGeneres had been vocal in her support for Harris, contributing $3,300 to her campaign efforts.
On Instagram, DeGeneres declared, “There’s nothing more powerful than a woman whose time has come! I can’t wait for @KamalaHarris to be our next president.”
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Elsewhere in Hollywood, “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria, sought to clear the air after media outlets suggested she fled the U.S. following Trump’s reelection.
Longoria, however, firmly denied these claims during a call to “The View’s” podcast.
“Will you please let them know I didn’t move out of the United States because of Trump?” Longoria said to show co-host Ana Navarro.
“I’ve been in Europe for almost three years. That’s in the article, by the way, the article says that,” she explained.
“People just grabbed some clickbait stuff to be divisive. Which makes me so sad that everything you say is just meant to be divisive when we can’t be that way right now.”
Longoria clarified her relocation stemmed from professional commitments rather than political considerations.
“I left because my work took me there,” she explained. “I’ve always been a proud American. Proud Texan, proud American. I didn’t want it to be taken that I left because of Trump — absolutely not — or because of the elections.”
However, during an interview with Marie Claire, Longoria struck a different chord, describing the country’s political environment as “dystopian.”
She acknowledged her “privilege” in being able to live abroad, remarking, “Most Americans aren’t so lucky. They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and I feel anxiety and sadness for them.”
Reflecting on Trump’s election win, she added, “The shocking part is not that [Donald] Trump won,” she said. “It’s that a convicted criminal who spews so much hate could hold the highest office.”
“If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place,” Longoria said about the President-elect.
Separately, Richard Gere announced that he and his wife, Alejandra Silva, along with their two children, are preparing for a move to Spain—but the decision had nothing to do with politics.
During an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the “Pretty Woman” star explained his family’s plans. ”
“My wife is Spanish and she gave me about seven years here and so, we’re going to spend some years in Madrid,” he detailed.
The actor also noted that the move would benefit their bilingual children. “They’re going to flourish there,” Gere added.