"At a New Year's Eve celebration in Mexico at the end of 2022, White was filmed slapping his wife in the midst of a physical altercation. As seen in the video, he appeared to grab wife, Anne, by the wrist, and she struck him in the face. He responded by slapping her back, before others intervened. White received no public punishment from his organization, and no charges were filed."
"White and his wife both explained later that alcohol played a factor into tensions escalating between them, resulting in them slapping one another. After regularly declaring that "there is never an excuse for a man to put his hands on a woman," he did so and did not receive any notable consequences. White suggested that the stigma of him doing so was his punishment, that he would always been known as a man who struck his wife."
"Putting White on the spot, Charlamagne asked the UFC president what would happen if a fighter was filmed striking their partner in a public setting. "It's happened, don't you [know]," White retorted. "You know what's funny is that...it's not funny but, I used to say that you don't recover from those [offenses]. Those are the ones you don't recover from." Charlamagne replied, "But you did." White's response? "I did.""
"White tried to push back that being in charge of the company protected him from any recompence, but the hosts were not having it. Jess Hilarious pointed out that he specifically, publicly announced that he would not be stepping away from the UFC after this occurred. "There's a board of directors, there's other people that are i"
Dana White was filmed slapping his wife, Anne, during a physical altercation at a New Year’s Eve celebration in Mexico in late 2022. The footage showed White grabbing her by the wrist, after which she struck him in the face, and he slapped her back before others intervened. No public punishment came from his organization and no charges were filed. White and his wife later attributed the incident to alcohol and said both struck each other. White had previously stated there is never an excuse for a man to put his hands on a woman, yet he did not face notable consequences. On “The Breakfast Club,” he was asked what would happen if a fighter struck a partner publicly, and he responded that he had previously said those offenses were ones people do not recover from, while acknowledging he did recover.
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