Jack Osbourne is defending his choice to attend the UFC fight at the White House over the weekend, saying that some critical comments he’s gotten have been "completely insane and like what the f---?"The former reality star shared a video on his YouTube channel to discuss backlash he's received, and shared several examples of social media comments that said things like "So disappointed" and "This is kinda devastating not gonna lie.""I went to a sporting event.That’s it," he clarified.
"I didn’t go and throw my hat in the ring for political office.I wasn’t there going to endorse a politician or some kind of, you know, foreign affairs issue.
Nothing.I literally went to the White House to go see UFC."Osbourne explained that he’s been interested in combat sports his entire life, including doing taekwondo at 6 years old, studying Muay Thai in Thailand in his late teens and early twenties, and doing jiu-jitsu in his 30s.
"I have also attended UFC and PRIDE fights going back to the early 2000s.It is something that has been a part of my life since I can remember," Osbourne said.COUNTRY STAR ZAC BROWN DEFENDS UFC WHITE HOUSE PERFORMANCE SAYING 'F--- ALL THE DIVISION'Jack Osboune with his wife are seen at the UFC event at the White House last weekend.
(Jack Osbourne/Instagram)He said when he was invited by President and CEO of UFC Dana White, "of course I would go.Any person out there who would get an invite would have gone.
I’m sorry, there’s no one I could think of that would have been like, ‘No, I’m not going to that ‘cause I don’t approve of Orange Man’ or whatever the f---."He called the backlash "ridiculous," stressing it was "not a political event — or in my eyes it was not.It was a f---ing fight at the White House.
Who gives a s---?"The 40-year-old said he told his wife at the event it would be great if there were more sporting events at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and pointed out that some past presidents held events on the White House la...