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Dana White stirs up controversy in role as homeless man during Fox NFL Sunday
By Kevin Iole | Cagewriter – 12 hours ago
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UFC president Dana White portrayed a homeless person on Fox NFL Sunday (Courtesy Fox NFL Sunday)
A tiny role as a homeless guy in a not-so-funny betting skit on the Fox NFL Sunday show has created yet another Internet uproar about UFC president Dana White.
In a skit in which comedian Rob Riggle was doing a rather flat impersonation of a pro football tipster, White appeared toward the end as a homeless man in a box. In the skit, Riggle had been bragging about his network of sources and said he'd take information from anyone who could help him make his picks.
The video cuts to White, who said in an odd voice, "Cam Newton is pregnant. Ha ha ha ha!"
The cast on the Fox NFL Sunday show laughed and pointed out that it was White and that the UFC has a card airing on Saturday from Key Arena in Seattle. It seemed like a harmless, though not very funny, way to get a free mention of his fight card during a highly watched NFL broadcast.
But then, one of White's nearly 2.4 million Twitter followers, Jason Wozny, chastised him. Wozny, whose handle is @UFCWozny, gave the UFC president a bit of blowback.
Wozny wrote, "Ahh, done in bad taste Dana. Not funny for those who actually live out of a box. Should apologize"
If you know White even remotely well, you knew there would be a response but that it wouldn't be an apology. And, of course, White's response created a firestorm of its own.
He took a shot at Wozny and referred to him with a slang word for coward.
Wozny stuck to his guns and told White the thought the skit was in bad taste. White responded with another insult and urged him to get a sense of humor.
UFC president Dana White (AP)Let's start by saying that Riggle's writing for the skit isn't going to earn him an Emmy nomination for comedic writing. Nor will White be nominated for his, ahem, acting.
But White was hardly trying to poke fun at homeless people or make light of their plight. He was using unconventional, and probably not very effective, means to try to promote his fight. The UFC's most highly watched Fox card to date was its first, on Nov. 12, 2011, when Junior dos Santos knocked out Cain Velasquez to win the heavyweight title.
It's no coincidence that show got by far the highest ratings of any of the four Fox cards to date, given that it was the only one aired during NFL season and that it got a ton of promotional assistance on Fox NFL broadcasts.
White took the opportunity to access the massive NFL audience to pump up his fight.
He's been way in the wrong on things before. He used a slur used to describe homosexuals during an unbelievably over-the-top rant in 2009 against then-Sherdog reporter Loretta Hunt. He later apologized to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and has subsequently said that's the one thing in his career he regrets.
He's also looked the other way as some of his fighters have openly harassed female reporters with lewd and suggestive comments.
But White did nothing wrong here. He certainly didn't offend homeless people, and he wasn't trying to lessen their plight in any way.
Wozny deserves much respect for at least standing up for the downtrodden, though I think he was overcome by a bad case of political correctness.
But Wozny, who identifies himself in his Twitter bio as a TMZ producer, had to know that White wouldn't simply ignore his remark. White likes to be a bully and fans repeatedly push his buttons. White fires back with insults, vulgarities and derogatory comments repeatedly.
There seems to be a bit of grandstanding on Wozny's part, poking the tiger with a stick, in other words, trying to get a response.
The bottom line is that White's appearance was a harmless attempt to promote a fight that in no way attempted to demean homeless people or diminish the problem. Homelessness is an important issue in this country and it needs to be dealt with in a serious manner by our elected representatives.
As far as White-related Internet controversies go, this one is pretty minor and will soon pass. But like so many of the controversies surrounding White, only one thing is certain about this one: It won't be the last.
That is the one thing you can count on.
the article has pics and the video at bottom of the skit in question.
On a side note, saw some more great UFC promos during those prime Sunday football broadcasts
So one guy complaining warrants an entire article? Slow news day for cage writer I suppose.
Can you imagine how many articles could be written if cage writer went on the UG for one day? 
This is where Dana shoots himself in the foot at times. People like the fact that he interacts with people on twitter and he speaks his mind but all he had do it was say sorry.
If he said sorry I didnt mean to offend you or make fun of the homeless, it was a skit they asked me to be in and I did it. If I offended you or the homeless I'm sorry.
If he said that its not a story but he went off and called people pussies etc, which is true you are a bit of a puss if that offended you. Plus people on twitter like that do exactly what they said, they poke the bear hoping to get a reaction.
If he just responded one time with I'm sorry and didnt mean to offend anyone that would be it but he attacked people on twitter and made this into a bigger story than it ever would have been.
Really, THIS is what people are getting their panties in a bunch over? Are you kidding me?
Dana is essentially a walking internet forum.
Don't agree with me? You're a faggot!
So this is what the world has come too? this is offensive now?
C'mon grow thicker skin.
People need to read the article. It was a TMZ producer obviously pressing Dana's buttons to get a reaction and a story. I don't think a lot of people are actually getting in a tizzy over the skit. 
jesus... That was horrible and embarrassing...
The vast majority of homeless people are addicts who live that way intentionally and are career panhandlers.
Who gives a crap about them? I sure don't except in rare cases. This TMZ character sounds like a wussified tool.
Chris27 - This is where Dana shoots himself in the foot at times. People like the fact that he interacts with people on twitter and he speaks his mind but all he had do it was say sorry.
If he said sorry I didnt mean to offend you or make fun of the homeless, it was a skit they asked me to be in and I did it. If I offended you or the homeless I'm sorry.
If he said that its not a story but he went off and called people pussies etc, which is true you are a bit of a puss if that offended you. Plus people on twitter like that do exactly what they said, they poke the bear hoping to get a reaction.
If he just responded one time with I'm sorry and didnt mean to offend anyone that would be it but he attacked people on twitter and made this into a bigger story than it ever would have been.
I disagree, so many people running around expecting other people to say they are sorry for doing nothing wrong. This guy was more than likely trolling anyway. It's like reverse bullying from the passive agressive PC crowd. They need to get a grip and worry about real problems.
some people take shit too serious. it was silly, but kind of entertaining. and the Dana cameo kinda threw me off, but not really a big deal. not at all
Diver690 -Chris27 - This is where Dana shoots himself in the foot at times. People like the fact that he interacts with people on twitter and he speaks his mind but all he had do it was say sorry.
If he said sorry I didnt mean to offend you or make fun of the homeless, it was a skit they asked me to be in and I did it. If I offended you or the homeless I'm sorry.
If he said that its not a story but he went off and called people pussies etc, which is true you are a bit of a puss if that offended you. Plus people on twitter like that do exactly what they said, they poke the bear hoping to get a reaction.
If he just responded one time with I'm sorry and didnt mean to offend anyone that would be it but he attacked people on twitter and made this into a bigger story than it ever would have been.
I disagree, so many people running around expecting other people to say they are sorry for doing nothing wrong. This guy was more than likely trolling anyway. It's like reverse bullying from the passive agressive PC crowd. They need to get a grip and worry about real problems.
Yeah I know, I dont think he did a dam thing wrong and I agree the guy was looking for a response but if he takes teh high road and says sorry its not a story. Or if he doesnt say anything and just ignores the people crying on twitter its not a story.
I dont see how anyone would be offended by that skit and Dana is right that people are such pussies these days but firing back at people made this a bigger story than it had to be.
My guess is not too many hobos have a tv, I've been homeless... I think my dad is homeless not too sure but the only person who should be affended is Cam.. If I was him I'd be pissed
I have zero problems with the joke save for it not being the funniest.
Comedy is always going to hurt SOMEONE'S feelings.
Period.
You can't garner laughter if not at the expense of another save for a comic who makes self deprecating remarks.
Even in that case, a comic still offends another.
How?
Well, if a comic pokes fun at his own self for being fat it essentially is a fat joke which, you guessed it, offends fat people.
Fuck anyone who picks apart this material in hopes of picking on the performer for being a bastard.
But, Dana White is no comic and given his role as the head of a company (at least publicly if not in terms of percentage of ownership shares) and as such he should be more careful of his own image.
Dana wants to be a star, he wants to be the Chael Sonnen talking smack and he wants to be the UFC Oprah with his face on everything.
That is the problem.
Given his role, less time should be spent in trying to act like Mike Tyson in 'The Hangover' and less time spent trying to play this Vic Mackey character with more spent on building stars so that fans tune into fight cards and buy PPV events.
Dana doesn't want to build stars because that's leverage which helps fighters and hurts the company financially so as long as the UFC is doing decent business he has zero need to change things up.
Miguel Cotto fought last weekend.
Most people don't know who promoted the fight.
It's a shame with the UFC no one knows the fighters but everyone knows the promoter.
It's definitely not funny.
octowussy -Diver690 -Chris27 - This is where Dana shoots himself in the foot at times. People like the fact that he interacts with people on twitter and he speaks his mind but all he had do it was say sorry.
If he said sorry I didnt mean to offend you or make fun of the homeless, it was a skit they asked me to be in and I did it. If I offended you or the homeless I'm sorry.
If he said that its not a story but he went off and called people pussies etc, which is true you are a bit of a puss if that offended you. Plus people on twitter like that do exactly what they said, they poke the bear hoping to get a reaction.
If he just responded one time with I'm sorry and didnt mean to offend anyone that would be it but he attacked people on twitter and made this into a bigger story than it ever would have been.
I disagree, so many people running around expecting other people to say they are sorry for doing nothing wrong. This guy was more than likely trolling anyway. It's like reverse bullying from the passive agressive PC crowd. They need to get a grip and worry about real problems.
Right. They can worry about real problems like... homelessness.
Dana White agreeing to portray a stereotypical homeless person is in bad taste, and that's all some people need to think it's the funniest thing in the world. But the sign implies that they're all drunks, and that's offensive. And his reply, as usual, is totally childish. Shit like this is why people continue to think MMA fans are knuckle-dragging goons.
I love how the article claims it didn't offend homeless people. How does the author even know that? Did he ask any homeless people? If so, isn't that worth mentioning?
IN B4 "LIGHTEN UP IT'S A JOKE SANDY VAGINA BUTTHURT PC"
Homelessness is a real problem A skit on t.v. portraying a homless person isn't. Come on, let's not try to pretend that the guy who called Dana out on it gives a shit about the plight of the homless. Let's also not pretend that that skit somehow contributed to their demise in a negative way. That guy wanted attention and he got it.
People just read way to much into this shit, the sign does not imply that they are all drunks it implies that the one that Dana White is playing is a drunk. And on top of that most people that are so offended probably wouldn't even have blinked if it wasn't Dana, I'd bet you're included in that group.
Again it's that passive agressive "we're enraged by what you did..."" shit that's so wrong here. It's like politically correctedness comes at the cost of common sense or something. It's stupid and hypocritical, like you or any of those people have never laughed at a joke made about some other grpup/race/demographic/sex....
octowussy -Diver690 -Chris27 - This is where Dana shoots himself in the foot at times. People like the fact that he interacts with people on twitter and he speaks his mind but all he had do it was say sorry.
If he said sorry I didnt mean to offend you or make fun of the homeless, it was a skit they asked me to be in and I did it. If I offended you or the homeless I'm sorry.
If he said that its not a story but he went off and called people pussies etc, which is true you are a bit of a puss if that offended you. Plus people on twitter like that do exactly what they said, they poke the bear hoping to get a reaction.
If he just responded one time with I'm sorry and didnt mean to offend anyone that would be it but he attacked people on twitter and made this into a bigger story than it ever would have been.
I disagree, so many people running around expecting other people to say they are sorry for doing nothing wrong. This guy was more than likely trolling anyway. It's like reverse bullying from the passive agressive PC crowd. They need to get a grip and worry about real problems.
Right. They can worry about real problems like... homelessness.
Dana White agreeing to portray a stereotypical homeless person is in bad taste, and that's all some people need to think it's the funniest thing in the world. But the sign implies that they're all drunks, and that's offensive. And his reply, as usual, is totally childish. Shit like this is why people continue to think MMA fans are knuckle-dragging goons.
I love how the article claims it didn't offend homeless people. How does the author even know that? Did he ask any homeless people? If so, isn't that worth mentioning?
IN B4 "LIGHTEN UP IT'S A JOKE SANDY VAGINA BUTTHURT PC"
I'm wondering if you feel that way about actors who portray homeless people as dirty, stupid, drunk bums?
You know, In Living Color, tons of movies have the bum who is a drunk saying something funny.
So why is this suddenly a big deal?
Hopefully the homeless community doesn't decide to boycott the UFC over this.
Glad I'm not a cry baby.