{"id":247514,"date":"2026-06-20T22:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/jack-osbourne-addresses-online-backlash-over-his-attendance-at-ufc-white-house-fight-event\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:08:43","slug":"jack-osbourne-addresses-online-backlash-over-his-attendance-at-ufc-white-house-fight-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/jack-osbourne-addresses-online-backlash-over-his-attendance-at-ufc-white-house-fight-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Osbourne Addresses Online Backlash Over His Attendance at UFC White House Fight Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jack-osbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jack Osbourne<\/strong><\/a> is addressing online backlash over his decision to attend the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/joe-rogan-disapproves-of-ufc-freedom-250-at-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC fight at the White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright, I want to address me going to the White House to the UFC fight. First of all, some of the comments I\u2019ve been getting are completely insane,\u201d Osbourne, 40, addressed the camera in a video shared via his YouTube page on Thursday, June 18. \u201cLike, what the f***? I went to a sporting event. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Osbourne then showed various screenshots of fans and social media users letting them know how they felt about his decision to attend the Sunday, June 14, event, in which UFC heavyweight fighter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/josh-hokit-breaks-silence-on-michelle-obama-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Josh Hokit<\/strong> <\/a>called former first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/michelle-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michelle Obama<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/stars-react-to-josh-hokit-calling-michelle-obama-a-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ca man\u201d<\/a> during his postfight interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/joe-rogan-supports-spencer-pratts-mayoral-run-in-l-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong><\/a> and after defeating <strong>Derrick Lewis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo disappointed,\u201d one person wrote of Jack\u2019s decision to attend the event, while another post read, \u201cWho would want to go\u2026 baffling\u2026 embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is kinda devastating not gonna lie,\u201d another fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour birth country would be disappointed to say the least,\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recommend you listen to \u2018War Pigs\u2019 one more time,\u201d one user wrote, referencing Jack\u2019s late father, rock legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ozzy-osbourne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/ozzy-osbourne-through-the-years-black-sabbath-and-beyond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Sabbath\u2019<\/a>s 1970 anti-war ballad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Response to Attending the UFC Fight at the White House | Jack Osbourne\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-LXV268V5mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In his Thursday video, Osbourne argued that he didn\u2019t attend the unprecedented sporting match as a political operative or potential politician \u2014 despite its obvious political location \u2014 but as a fan of the combat sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t go and throw my hat into the ring for political office,\u201d he said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t there going to endorse a politician or some kind of foreign affairs issue. Nothing. I literally went to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/ufc-freedom-250-date-time-matches-and-how-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House to go see UFC<\/a>. I have been into combat sports my entire life. I started doing Taekwondo at 6. I used to go to Thailand every year in my late teens, early 20s to do Muay Thai. I have fought Muay Thai fights professionally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack continued, \u201cIn my 30s, I started doing Ju Jitsu. 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. So when I got invited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/josh-hokit-says-michelle-obama-is-a-man-at-ufc-freedom-250\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dana White<\/strong><\/a> to attend the fight at the White House, of course I would go. Any person out there who would get an invite would have gone, I\u2019m sorry. There is no one I could think of that would have been like, \u2018Oh, no. I\u2019m not going because I don\u2019t approve of Orange Man.\u2019 Or whatever the f***. That\u2019s ridiculous. 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***?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jack went on to claim that during the event he even asked his wife, <strong>Aree Gearhart<\/strong>, why the White House \u2014 also known as The People\u2019s House \u2014 doesn\u2019t play host to more sporting events on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, politicians back in the day used to do that, so just food for thought,\u201d Jack continued, before adding people who evoked his father directly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/white-house-responds-to-josh-hokits-michelle-obama-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/sports\/news\/white-house-responds-to-josh-hokits-michelle-obama-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">White House Responds to Josh Hokit Calling Michelle Obama &#8216;A Man&#8217; at UFC Event<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe White House has responded after UFC fighter Josh Hokit called former first lady Michelle Obama \u201ca man\u201d during UFC Freedom 250. \u201cHe had a great win last night,\u201d White House spokesman Steven Cheung told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper on Monday, June 15 about Hokit\u2019s comments. \u201cHe showed toughness and the ability to pressure his opponent [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the people bringing my father into this, saying, \u2018Oh, Ozzy would not approve. He is rolling over in his grave.\u2019 Shut the f*** up,\u201d Jack said. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/ozzy-osbourne-dead-at-76\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ozzy died on July 22,<\/a> 2025, of a heart attack following a public battle with Parkinson\u2019s. He was 76.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not know my father. You did not know where he stood with things,\u201d Jack continued. \u201cYes, he wrote a song called \u2018War Pigs.\u2019 Anti-war song. He wasn\u2019t anti-UFC. He wasn\u2019t anti-going-to-an-event-at-the-White-House. He\u2019s anti-war. Sure, fair enough. But, at the end of the day, my dad still attended the Correspondents\u2019 Dinner back in the day when Bush was president. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/george-w-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>George Bush<\/strong><\/a> gave him a shoutout.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Jack then played video of his father attending the 2002 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-rescheduled-after-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/a>, in which the legendary rocker stood on a table and gave the peace sign after president Bush introduced him to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, my dad did USO tours, he went to Korea to see the troops. He attended events at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-physical-walter-reed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Reed Hospital<\/a> to see the wounded soldiers and Marines and Air Force pilots, so shut the f*** up basically,\u201d Jack added. \u201cTo bring my father into this, to say he would or wouldn\u2019t approve, is completely insane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cI simply attended a sporting event for a sport that I have a great amount of respect for and something that has been a part of my life since I can remember, so deal with it and I\u2019m sorry you weren\u2019t invited.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jack-osbourne-on-hate-over-attending-ufc-white-house-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Osbourne is addressing online backlash over his decision to attend the controversial UFC fight at the White House. \u201cAlright, I want to address me going to the White House to the UFC fight. First of all, some of the comments I\u2019ve been getting are completely insane,\u201d Osbourne, 40, addressed the camera in a video [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}