Ronda Rousey says she saved women's MMA because 'no one' wanted to watch women 'pumped to the f***ing gills with steroids'



UFC Hall of Fame member Ronda Rousey praised herself in a recent interview for saving women's mixed martial arts after numerous organizations had failed to make lasting stars in the sport.

Rousey appeared on the podcast "Insight with Chris Van Vliet" and was asked if she ever considered retiring while still undefeated. The MMA star retired after two consecutive losses, finishing with a record of 12-2.

The champion said that while she considered retirement, she didn't want to leave the women's bantamweight division without a star to push the sport forward.

"People forget how fragile that situation was and how last-minute I was able to get us in [to the UFC]," she told Van Vliet. "Strikeforce was the only organization that was really showcasing women, and that was because of Gina Carano, because her dad was involved with the Nevada Athletic Commission."

Carano, a fighter turned actor, was one of the original women's MMA stars who was undefeated until losing to Cris 'Cyborg' Justino in 2009, a fighter whom Rousey revealed she despises. Carano never returned to MMA despite being booked for a fight in 2011.

Rousey said she stepped in for Carano both for the fight and as the new star in the sport.

"When [Carano] was gone, Cris Cyborg's pumped to the f***ing gills with steroids. No one wants to watch that cheating-ass bitch; everything just tanked. The division was dying."

"Retiring undefeated would have been such a selfish goal to be able to accomplish because I would have taken all that equity with me," Rousey continued. "No one would have respected the rest of the women that I left behind."

Cyborg responded to a clip of Rousey's comments on X and asked if Rousey realized she only won six out of eight UFC fights.

"Does [Ronda Rousey] realize she only has 8 fights in the ufc and only won 75% of them?!" she wrote.

Responding to a fan comment, Cyborg also stated that she never "quit" like Rousey did and called the idea of Rousey saving the sport "goofy."

😂 does @RondaRousey realize she only has 8 fights in the ufc and only won 75% of them?!

🤡 🌎
— CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) August 21, 2024

By all accounts, Rousey did save women's MMA by being a dominant force in the sport as well as being a marketable face for the UFC.

Rousey also said in her recent interview that the WWE is where she learned that retiring undefeated would have been selfish. However, Rousey has previously stated that her retirement was due to concussion issues.

"I was so done fighting after that [first] loss. I'd had so many concussions I literally couldn't take a jab without getting a concussion at that point," Rousey explained. "My body and mind started to fall apart, and when I couldn't give anything any more, they hated me for it, but you couldn't even tell them why."

In a series of 2024 interviews to promote her book, Rousey caused controversy over her recollections of different events and stories. The fighter has claimed that members of the media, such as Joe Rogan, have turned their back on her while also falsely recalling the outcome of fights.

This spawned a series of responses from former UFC employees, including fighter Brendan Schaub, who said a story from Rousey's book "never happened." Former UFC commentator Jimmy Smith also said Rousey was "miserable," "mean," and widely disliked by UFC staff.

UFC legend Matt Brown also offered Rousey the advice of practicing humility, because "no one wants to hear" what she has been saying.

Rousey last fought in MMA in 2016 and has showed no interest in returning.

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Gina Carano responds to rumors about Elon Musk using her lawsuit in Disney acquisition scheme



Actress and former mixed martial artist Gina Carano recently addressed the rumors that South African billionaire Elon Musk might be using her lawsuit against Disney to drive down the company's stock value as a means to ultimately acquire the House of Mouse at a favorable price.

Fellow actor Matthew Marsden detailed for Blaze News the significance of a possible Disney takeover by Musk as well as what it would entail.

Background

Carano played the character Cara Dune on the smash hit Disney series "The Mandalorian," providing the show with a genuinely strong female protagonist. However, in February 2021 — following the conclusion of the show's second season and several months after she enraged LGBT radicals by jokingly stating her pronouns were "beep/bop/boop" — Lucasfilm canned Carano, letting her find out herself from second-hand sources.

"Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future," said a Lucasfilm spokesman. "Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable."

'He wants justice.'

Her offense? A post pointing out parallels between COVID authoritarianism and the rise of Nazi Germany and how political hatred has the potential to grow into something truly monstrous.

"Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children," the post said. "Because history is edited, most people today don't realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?"

Meanwhile, Disney has generally been unfazed by similar Nazi comparisons advanced by its leftist talent — along with all manner of unhinged political commentary.

Months after Carano's firing, a Rasmussen poll would reveal that 59% of Democratic voters supported confining the unvaccinated to their homes, and 48% of Democratic voters indicated they supported imprisoning those who questioned the efficacy of the experimental COVID-19 vaccines.

Earlier this year, Carano kicked the legs out from under Disney's framing of her ouster, stating:

The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time. My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying & making an example out of me.

Carano took Elon Musk up on his open offer of legal support to those fired over lawful exercises of free speech and sued Disney in February for wrongful termination and sex discrimination.

The complaint reportedly accused Disney of harassment, defamation, engaging in a "post-termination smear campaign," and attempting to cajole Carano into conforming with the corporate behemoth's views on BLM and gender ideology.

Disney has desperately tried to kill the suit in the months since, but its efforts have proven unsuccessful. In the meantime, the value of the company's stock has continued to sag.

Agnostic about rumors but keen on change

Carano appeared on the Friday episode of "The Shawn Ryan Show" for a nearly 4-hour conversation about various matters, including her Christian faith, her unceremonious ouster from Disney, and her plans for the future.

Carano made clear that while her cancellation has made her life exceptionally difficult, there was no way she was ever going to bend the knee to the Mouse: "I don't worship your business and my God is bigger than Disney."

While her faith evidently kept her going, she underscored the importance of the help afforded her by Musk.

"If it wasn't for Elon Musk, we'd be in a really scary place," said Carano. "He wants justice. I think he's a — I've never met him, I've never spoken to him but I couldn't be more grateful for what he's been doing in my life."

Late in the interview, Ryan raised the matter of Elon Musk possibly buying Disney.

Musk, who has publicly stated "Disney sucks," helped fuel such speculation in February when he told a reporter at a film premiere, "I'm just here with friends, thinking about companies to acquire."

At the time, Musk was attending the premiere of "Lola" with billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz who had previously expressed interest in taking over Disney.

In April, Musk suggested he would buy a stake in Disney if Peltz was elected to its board, posting, "His track record is excellent."

Peltz, who has decried Disney's capture by race obsessives as well as its recent turn towards lecherous themes, was unable to secure seats on Disney's board. The Hollywood Reporter indicated in May that Peltz dumped his entire stake in the company for $120 a share, which works out to roughly $1 billion.

'I hope that's what's happening.'

"Taking over Disney would be a huge thing," WDW Pro of the independent entertainment news outlet That Park Place suggested this week.

"That is why this funding of the lawsuit for Gina Carano not only serves the purpose of helping her, but it may also be a huge strategy component of getting that stock down," he elaborated. "And partly the way you get that stock down is you put out into discovery and out into depositions and out into the public knowledge the stuff that's been going on behind the scenes at Disney."

Musk has acknowledged that the case will have an impact, writing on July 26, "The discovery on this case will be devastating for the woke mind virus that controls Disney."

Ryan told Carano, "I've heard rumors that the longer this lawsuit drags out and the more involved Elon gets, the lower the Disney stock tanks, and that he might be thinking he might buy Disney."

Between the lawsuit's filing and April, Walt Disney Company stock gradually climbed; however, it has been in decline since. At the time of publication, its stock is trading south of $86. It's unclear if there has been any correlation between the case and the stock price, let alone a causal link.

"Do you think there's any validity to that?" asked Ryan.

Carano, who elsewhere in the interview indicated she has yet to actually meet Musk in person, responded, "I have no idea. I think there's a lot of rumors. But I think it'd be pretty cool if he did."

"I hope that's what's happening," said Ryan.

The actress immediately launched into a passionate tirade explaining why she regards it as critically important that those with dissenting views stand up to Hollywood prejudice and intolerance.

Carano indicated that while she has received invitations to speak at conservative and Republican events, she does not want to shy away from the cultural war or cede critical territory to the radicals. Accordingly, she seeks venues and events where she may not necessarily be welcome.

"I want to stay in the art space because that's where people shy away from and that's where we need to be," said Carano. "Somebody needs to be fighting in the art space."

Blaze News attempted to reach out to Carano with an inquiry about whether she would be willing to return to Disney with Musk at the helm to either reprise the role of Cara Dune or produce content for the company but did not receive a response by deadline.

What would a takeover look like and mean?

Actor Matthew Marsden explained to Blaze News that people are generally aware of both of the institutional importance of Disney and of how Musk — one of the only tech billionaires willing to support free speech against woke censorship — was able to rejuvenate X. Naturally, this understanding has given way to the hope that Musk might seek to replicate his success with the House of Mouse.

"Do I think he will buy Disney? Well, I'd love that to happen. Do I think that it would happen? Probably not," said Marsden.

Marsden noted, however, that Musk appears to be a long-term thinker and that Disney's decline and potential breakup — a selloff of Lucasfilm or Marvel, for instance — may produce opportunities down the line too good for him to ignore. This to say, an acquisition is possible just not imminent.

"I think that Disney is in free fall, and if Elon was just to leave it for a couple more years, then it's just going to keep going down," said Marsden, noting that the present leadership appears keen to keep making the same mistakes that have alienated fans and resulted in a slew of box office bombs.

The trouble of an acquisition at this stage is that owing to the nature of production and scheduling, Musk would have to eat the cost of woke films planned and paid for long in advance.

"I think that he's going to have to cancel a lot of those films that are in the pipeline. A considerable investment has been put into them, so that's kind of problematic — but he will have to cancel them," said Marsden. "If he was going to purchase it, he'd have to fire a lot of people because there have been a lot of DEI hires there."

The actor indicated that the type of Disney talent that produced "The Acolyte" would need to hit the bricks.

Fortunately, Marsden indicated there are plenty of filmmakers, storytellers, and craftsmen, both in and outside Disney who are frustrated with the current state of play who would love to resume work on the kind of content that once made the company great.

Marsden also indicated Musk would have to curate Disney content such that families could once again leave their kids alone with a Disney show or movie without having to worry about their little minds being poisoned.

As far as potential advisors, Marsden suggested that Musk or any deep-pocketed billionaire willing to step in would benefit from bringing on the likes of Nerdrotic, the Critical Drinker, Geeks, and online commentators with a finger on the pulse of what's presently ailing Disney.

Marsden intimated that Disney's reform would be a greater triumph than simply building an alternative because reforming Disney was "the gold standard."

"It's the premiere content creator for children in the world," said Marsden. "Glenn Beck loves it. All of us — I certainly grew up loving Disney. I loved it when I used to go there. It was a very magical place. ... It's not just a company, right? It's something very, very special and it did embody the values of the United States."

Marsden continued:

If you're talking about other companies, it wouldn't matter so much. Sony or, you know, even Universal doesn't matter so much as Disney and what Disney represents. Elon has gone and he targeted X. If he goes and he targets Disney — it makes sense why he would — but it's a much bigger thing.

In other words, recapturing the Magic Kingdom would signal a monumental shift in the culture war. Your move, Elon.

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'Must be a nice feeling': Gina Carano calls out Hollywood's double standard after Mark Ruffalo compares USA to Nazi Germany



Actress Gina Carano called out Hollywood elites for an apparent hypocrisy regarding freedom of speech.

Carano, who was famously fired from Disney for allegedly not adhering to the company's values, pointed out that a person's political alignment determines whether she will be punished by Hollywood studios for her speech.

The former mixed martial arts fighter was starring in Disney's "The Mandalorian" and was let go from the Lucasfilm studio after she shared opinions going against government policies on topics such as vaccine mandates and masking.

"Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm, and there are no plans for her to be in the future," a statement from Lucasfilm said at the time. She has since sued the company.

'It must be a nice feeling to express yourself so freely. Not everyone in this country has that privilege.'

The day before Independence Day, Carano responded to actor Mark Ruffalo, who shared an factoid about Germany in 1933 with a photo of the Nazi Party.

"March 1933[:] The Enabling Act becomes law in Germany, giving the chief executive power enforce his own laws without checks and balances. The passing of the Act marked the formal transition from democratic republic to totalitarian dictatorship. 6 months later, it was a 1 party state," the post read.

Ruffalo, resharing it, remarked "… Just for the record. History is repeating itself."

This spawned a lengthy response from Carano about the double standard she was seeing.

"Double standards on full display. It's a constant and obvious elephant in the room in Hollywood," she wrote on X. "There is example after example, such as Mark Ruffalos below that prove this. Whom btw, I believe should have the right to express himself without getting fired."

The actress said that she cringes at most of Ruffalo's political posts but added he is a "human" who is "passionately engaging in something that he feels strongly about" and therefore should be allowed share his opinions.

"It must be a nice feeling to express yourself so freely. Not everyone in this country has that privilege without having everything that they love taken from them," Carano remarked.

The 42-year-old went on to claim that Disney and Lucasfilm "maliciously twisted the narrative" of a meme she posted, which she said was encouraging her neighbors not to demonize each other or else history would indeed repeat itself.

— (@)

"Do we wonder why he has that privilege and I did not?" she wrote of Ruffalo.

"It was suggested that I was comparing Republicans to the Jewish people in the holocaust, something that I never said or posted. I called no one a Nazi, I did not deny the holocaust," Carano stated.

Among her allegedly offensive statements that led to Disney dropping her in early 2021 were statements about not putting pronouns in her X, then Twitter, biography.

"They’re mad cuz I won’t put pronouns in my bio to show my support for trans lives. After months of harassing me in every way. I decided to put 3 VERY controversial words in my bio.. beep/bop/boop," she wrote in September 2020.

— (@)

Carano also apparently shook the hornets' nest during the November 2020 election.

"We need to clean up the election process so we are not left feeling the way we do today. Put laws in place that protect us against voter fraud," she said.

"Investigate every state. Film the counting. Flush out the fake votes. Require ID. Make Voter Fraud end in 2020. Fix the system."

— (@)

The former MMA star finished her latest statements by saying that she hoped her lawsuit against Disney/Lucasfilm "brings balance back to a very broken industry."

The theme of bringing balance is very reminiscent of the Star Wars story, but it was unclear whether the metaphor was intentional.

"Let's restore the balance. ... Conversation over cancellation, like I've said from the beginning."

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Blaze News original: 7 times celebrities spoke against woke culture — and won



Celebrities typically are afraid to speak out against progressive ideologies since they subscribe to the ideals of the woke Hollywood echo chamber or because they fear repercussions for going against the liberal herd. However, there are a handful of times when entertainers not only spoke against woke culture, but they also won because of it.

Joe Rogan

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Joe Rogan has declared himself to be a "bleeding heart liberal" on several topics. However, the prolific podcaster has also condemned progressivism for going too far to the left on a myriad of significant issues.

Rogan was one of the first major voices to question the pandemic narrative. Rogan used his massive platform to question why government health officials were not advising people to get more exercise and increased exposure to the sun for a natural source of vitamin D to help protect them against COVID-19.

His opinions expressed on "The Joe Rogan Experience" opened the door to widespread condemnation by the media and fellow celebrities. Musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell yanked their music off Spotify for allowing "irresponsible people" who were “spreading lies that are costing people their lives" regarding COVID-19 vaccines. However, both musicians walked back their positions and returned their music catalogs to Spotify.

Rogan even considered suing CNN for its hit piece on him.

Rogan has been an outspoken critic of biological males competing in female sports under the guise of transgender rights. The comedian has also lambasted the idea that children should have irreversible transgender treatments and surgeries to enable them to transition.

The controversies have not put a dent in Rogan's popularity.

Last month, it was revealed that "The Joe Rogan Experience" has 14.5 million followers – nearly three times more than the next most popular program on Spotify.

In February, the Wall Street Journal reported that Rogan had signed a multiyear deal with Spotify worth an estimated $250 million. By re-signing with the streaming behemoth, Rogan reportedly received an upfront minimum guarantee and revenue-sharing based on sales of advertisements. The contract is a three-year deal, according to the New York Daily News.

Rogan was so fed up with progressive policies that he moved his family from the liberal enclave of California to Austin, Texas.

Mark Wahlberg

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Mark Wahlberg is another celebrity who moved out of California.

"The Departed" actor moved his family from southern California to Nevada "to give my kids a better life."

"We came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there’s lot of opportunity here, so I’m really excited about the future," Wahlberg said in 2022.

In 2016, Wahlberg admitted that "a lot of Hollywood is living in a bubble."

"They’re pretty out of touch with the common person, the everyday guy out there providing for their family," he added.

While many Hollywood actors are nonreligious, Wahlberg openly flaunts his devotion to his Christian faith.

Wahlberg previously said religion is "not popular in Hollywood."

"It's a balance — I don't want to jam it down anybody’s throat, but I do not deny my faith. That's an even bigger sin," Wahlberg explained. "You know, it’s not popular in my industry, but, you know, I cannot deny my faith. It's important for me to share that with people. I have friends from all walks of life and all different types of faiths and religions, so you know, it's important to respect and honor them as well."

In 2022, the Academy Award-nominated actor starred in the movie "Father Stu" – a film based on the true story of a boxer-turned-priest and his journey from self-destruction to redemption.

Earlier this year, he partnered with a Catholic prayer and meditation app, which shot up to the top of the Apple App Store after being promoted by Wahlberg in a Super Bowl commercial.

Wahlberg is one of the top Hollywood actors and also boasts several successful businesses. Wahlberg's net worth is said to be $400 million.

Gina Carano

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Actress Gina Carano fought back against the cancel culture horde after she was fired by Disney over social media posts.

In February 2021, Carano was terminated by Disney for posting a meme on social media that likened the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. Carano had been a star on Disney's immensely popular "Star Wars" TV spin-off "The Mandalorian."

The Walt Disney Company declared her social media posts as "denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities," which it called "abhorrent and unacceptable."

Last February, the former mixed martial arts athlete teamed up with Elon Musk to launch a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm.

The wrongful termination and discrimination lawsuit alleges that Carano was a victim of an "online bully mob who demanded her compliance with their extreme progressive ideology."

Carano told BlazeTV's Glenn Beck about Musk's lawyers contacting her to sue Disney.

“I was just so excited, and I emailed him back immediately,” Carano told Beck, adding that “they were kind of dumbfounded about how this happened.”

The former MMA fighter also said, "I think it’s pretty incredible what he is doing. A lot of billionaires put their money into buying islands and building bunkers. Elon Musk is using his money to fight massive injustice battles."

Disney's attorneys argue, "The First Amendment protects Disney’s decision to dissociate itself from some speech but not from other, different speech. The First Amendment mandates deference to the speaker’s own decisions about what speech to associate with, even if others might consider those decisions ‘internally inconsistent’ ... Carano thus cannot stake out a discrimination claim by alleging that Disney accorded different treatment to different statements by different actors."

Carano contended, "Disney has confirmed what has been known all along, they will fire you if you say anything they disagree with, even if they have to MISREPRESENT, MALIGN, and MISCHARACTERIZE you to do it. They are now on record letting everyone who works for them know that Disney will take any chance they get to control what you say, what you think or they will attempt to destroy your career. Glad we cleared that up. The First Amendment does not allow Disney to wantonly DISCRIMINATE, which is what they have done in my case and frankly have now admitted they did. If you ever wanted to know what today’s 'Disney values' are, they just told you."

Dave Chappelle

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Comedian Dave Chappelle was attacked for telling transgender jokes. However, the stand-up comedian refused to bow to the woke mob and ended up winning.

In October 2021, Chappelle faced controversy for transgender jokes in his "The Closer" comedy special. Critics declared Chappelle to be "homophobic" and "transphobic."

"Gender is a fact," Chappelle declared. "Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact."

The special aired on Netflix, which prompted employees of the streaming television giant to stage a protest over the stand-up comedian's jokes.

Chappelle blasted the legacy media's attempt to cancel him.

He stated, "F**k Twitter, F**k NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid ass networks. I'm not talking to them. I'm talking to you, this is real life."

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos refused to bend the knee to the firestorm posse.

Sarandos proclaimed, "Content on screen doesn't directly translate to real-world harm."

In fact, Netflix canned the employee organizing a worker walkout at the streaming giant over Chappelle's transgender jokes. The employee allegedly leaked classified information about how much Netflix paid for Chappelle's comedy specials — $24.1 million on "The Closer" and $23.6 million on "Sticks & Stones."

BlazeTV's Lauren Chen noted of the comedian, "He's the type of entertainer, the type of person where nothing is off limits, and he’s certainly not afraid of being controversial."

Chappelle went on to release "The Dreamer" comedy special on Netflix in 2023.

Jason Aldean

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Jason Aldean pulled off the opposite of "go woke, go broke" by releasing the law-and-order anthem "Try That in a Small Town."

Online pundits panned the country music song as having racist undertones, endorsing political violence, encouraging lynchings, and advocating vigilantism.

CMT pulled the music video off the country network's air.

Aldean defended the song by saying, "There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it — and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage — and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music — this one goes too far."

He continued, "'Try That in a Small Town,' for me, refers to the feeling of a community that I had growing up, where we took care of our neighbors, regardless of differences of background or belief. Because they were our neighbors, and that was above any differences."

At a concert in Cincinnati, Aldean declared cancel culture to be "bulls**t."

"You guys know how it is this day and age, cancel culture is a thing. That's something that, if people don't like what you say, they try and make sure that they can cancel you, which means try and ruin your life, ruin everything," Aldean stated. "One thing I saw this week was a bunch of country music fans that can see through a lot of the bulls**t."

The backlash drew even more attention to the song, which helped it climb the music charts.

"Try That in a Small Town" debuted at number 24 on the Billboard Country Airplay. Over a month after being released, the song notched the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 — thanks in part to the supposed controversy. It became Aldean's first number-one song since 2014's "Burnin' It Down."

Ricky Gervais

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Comedian Ricky Gervais savagely took no prisoners when hosting the 77th annual Golden Globes in 2020.

Gervais mercilessly mocked A-listers right in front of their faces and refused to back down from even the most taboo Hollywood topics.

Gervais prefaced his hard-hitting monologue by warning the celebrities: "Let's have a laugh — at your expense."

The British comedian joked that the license plate on his limousine was made by Felicity Huffman — the actress sentenced to jail for her role in the 2019 Varsity Blues college admissions scandal. Actor Tom Hanks was visibly disgusted by the joke at the expense of his fellow colleague.

The Golden Globes host not only skewered actors but also roasted Hollywood executives.

"Tonight isn’t just about the people in front of the camera. In this room are some of the most important TV and film executives in the world. People from every background," he said. "But they all have one thing in common: They’re all terrified of Ronan Farrow.”

He tagged the line by saying, "He’s coming for you, he’s coming for you."

Farrow is the journalist most known for his investigative reporting on the sexual abuse committed by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, which ushered in the #MeToo movement.

Gervais didn't stop there. He shamelessly plugged his Netflix show "After Life" and then added a zinger.

He said, "You can binge-watch the entire first season of 'After Life.' That's a show about a man who wants to kill himself after his wife dies of cancer. It has a second season though, so he obviously doesn't kill himself in the end — just like Jeffrey Epstein."

The celebrity crowd gasped, to which Gervais fired back: "I know he's your friend, but I don't care."

Gervais blasted the celebrities for lecturing the public.

"So, if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a political platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world," he stated. "Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So, if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God, and f**k off. OK?"

The Gervais-hosted Golden Globes in 2020 boasted 18.3 million viewers. Viewership plummeted to 6.9 million in 2021 and only 6.25 million in 2023. There was no televised Golden Globes ceremony in 2022 because of the diversity and ethics scandal at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – the group that votes on the winners.

Many regard Gervais – who hosted the award show five times – as the best Golden Globes host.

Dana White

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In 2023, Dana White said of the UFC: "We don't do anything woke over here."

White has made it no secret that he is a friend and supporter of former President Donald Trump.

At the 2016 Republican National Convention, White stumped for Trump and explained how their friendship began. White noted that the fledgling UFC was struggling in the early 2000s.

"Nobody took us seriously," White said. "Except Donald Trump."

White remembered how Trump not only took an interest in the UFC but offered to host two mixed martial arts events at the Trump Taj Mahal hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

"Donald was the first to recognize the potential that we saw in the UFC and encouraged us to build our business," White recalled.

"He dealt with us personally, got in the trenches with us, and he made a deal that worked for everyone," he continued. "On top of that, he showed up for our fight on Saturday night and sat in the first row."

White declared, "I will always be so grateful to him for standing with us in those early days."

White has continued to be a staunch supporter of Trump despite outside pressure for him to disavow his friend.

During a November 2023 appearance on comedian Theo Von’s podcast, White revealed that a major UFC sponsor instructed him to distance himself from Trump.

"I posted a video for Trump on my personal social media. One of our big sponsors called and said, ‘Take that down.’ You know what I said? 'Go f**k yourself,'" White said on the "This Past Weekend" podcast.

“You vote for whoever you want to vote for, and I’ll vote for whoever I want to vote for," he added. "That’s how this works. I don’t even care who you’re voting for. It’s none of my f*****g business. F**k you. Don’t ever f*****g call me and tell me who to vote for."

White has applied his free-speech advocacy to the UFC and does not censor MMA fighters, even when they make remarks that some have deemed to be offensive.

The UFC CEO said in 2020, "These guys all have their own causes, things, their own beliefs. We don't muzzle anybody here. We let everybody speak their mind."

White convinced casino executives to purchase the struggling Ultimate Fighting Championship for $2 million in 2001, and he was named president of the organization.

In 2016, the UFC was sold for $4.025 billion – making the acquisition the most expensive transaction for an organization in sports history at the time. At the time of the sale, White owned 9% of the UFC.

As of April 2023, the UFC is reported to have a value of $12 billion.

The UFC produced $1.3 billion in revenue in 2023 — a 13% increase from 2022.

White, 54, has an estimated net worth of $500 million.

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Gina Carano reveals why she’s suing Disney with Elon Musk



Actress Gina Carano is teaming up with Elon Musk and X to sue Disney and Lucasfilm after they trashed her name and fired her from "The Mandalorian."

Carano was fired after likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. The lawsuit alleges that she was fired for daring to voice her own opinions against an “online bully mob who demanded her compliance with their extreme progressive ideology.”

Carano reveals to Glenn Beck that the lawsuit came to be soon after she gave it up to God, when she received an email from a lawyer hired by Elon Musk to inquire about her case.

“I was just so excited, and I emailed him back immediately,” Carano tells Glenn, adding that “they were kind of dumbfounded about how this happened.”

While Carano’s co-star had tweeted a similar metaphor comparing conservatives to Nazis, the co-star faced no repercussions.

“You had to have gone, ‘Guys, wait a minute, hold it,’” Glenn says regarding her co-star, but Carano didn’t have the chance to say anything.

“They didn’t even contact me to let me know they were letting me go,” she says. “They didn’t contact me to let me know that there was about to be paparazzi, stalkers, and people flooding outside my house.”

“I found all of that out just like everybody else did, over the internet,” she continues. “I couldn’t leave my house for seven days. I was being stalked; I was being harassed.”

“They definitely put my life in danger at that moment,” she adds.


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Gina Carano reveals why she’s SUING Disney with Elon Musk

Gina Carano reveals why she’s SUING Disney with Elon Musk

Gina Carano sues Disney thanks to Elon Musk: 'I was not in line with the acceptable narrative'



Actress Gina Carano has now filed a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after Elon Musk helped finance lawyers willing to take up her case of alleged wrongful termination and discrimination.

Carano, a former MMA fighter, spent two seasons playing Rebel ranger Cara Dune on the smash hit "Star Wars" series "The Mandalorian." Despite the success of the show and Carano's obvious popularity with fans, Disney executives fired her in February 2021, claiming that some of her social media posts were not in keeping with the company's "values."

"Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future," a statement from Lucasfilm said at the time. "Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable."

During and after the government lockdowns of 2020, Carano took to Twitter, now called X, and questioned a number of national policies, including those regarding vaccine mandates and election integrity. "I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time," Carano said in a lengthy X post announcing the lawsuit. "My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt-right-wing extremist.

"It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying & making an example out of me."

Not only was Carano targeted because of her personal opinions, the lawsuit said, but because she's a woman. "Her male co-stars were not disciplined, let alone terminated in a way to destroy their careers even though some would find their statements 'abhorrent,'" it stated.

Carano claimed on X that she maintains a good relationship with "all" of her former co-stars. "[T]here is nothing but care and kind words between us," she insisted.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California and is humorously riddled with "Star Wars" references. "A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away," the suit opens, "Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated.

"And so it was with Carano."

In the suit, Carano is seeking to be reinstated to her former "Mandalorian" role; an admission from the defendants that her termination was "unlawful and in violation of California law"; at least $75,000 in lost compensation; other compensatory damages since she also lost a promised role in another "Star Wars" series, "Rangers of the New Republic"; emotional distress damages; and other punitive damages to be determined at trial.

Carano indicated on X that the lawsuit likely would never have happened if Elon Musk had not offered to help those who had been fired for using Twitter to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech. "[N]ever in my wildest dreams would I have thought anyone would take on my case against Lucasfilm/Disney," Carano wrote. "... To my surprise, a few months ago I received an email from a lawyer who had been hired by X to look into my story & many others."

Joe Benarroch, the head of business operations at X, confirmed X's involvement with the litigation. "As a sign of X Corp.’s commitment to free speech, we’re proud to provide financial support for Gina Carano’s lawsuit," his statement said, "empowering her to seek vindication of her free speech rights on X and the ability to work without bullying, harassment, or discrimination."

"I am grateful someone has come to my defense in such a powerful way & look forward to clearing my name," added Carano.

Disney did not respond to Deadline's request for comment.

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Elon Musk Helps Gina Carano Sue Disney For Firing Her After Internet Smear Campaign

‘I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time.’