Jack Osbourne has responded to criticisms for attending the UFC Freedom 250 event held at the White House on Sunday, June 14th, insisting that he just happens to be a longtime UFC fan.
Some people called out Jack for attending the Donald Trump-endorsed event as contradictory to the anti-war message that his late father Ozzy Osbourne sang about in the Black Sabbath classic “War Pigs.”
Jack Osbourne said in a video posted to his YouTube channel:
“All right, I want to address me going to the White House, to the UFC fight. First of all, some of the comments I’ve been getting are completely insane, and like, what the fuck? I went to a sporting event, that’s it. 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.
I have been into combat sports my entire life. I started doing taekwondo at six, I used to go to Thailand every year in my late teens, early 20s to do Muay Thai. I have fought in Muay Thai fights professionally. In my 30s, I started doing jiu 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 Dana White 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’m sorry, there was no one I could think of that would have been like, no, I’m not doing that, because I don’t approve of, you know, orange man, or whatever, the fuck, it’s ridiculous. It was not a political event, or in my eyes, it was not. It was a fucking fight at the White House. Who gives a shit? And in fact, when I was there with my wife, I looked over at one point, and I was like, ‘Hey, why aren’t… why does this not happen more often?’ It would be amazing to have sporting events at the White House.
In fact, there are politicians back in the day that did used to do that, so just food for thought. And as far as the people bringing my father into this, saying, ‘Oh, Ozzy would not approve,’ he’s ‘rolling over in his grave’, shut the fuck up. You did not know my father, you did not know where he stood with things. Yes, he wrote a song called ‘War Pigs‘, sure, anti-war song. He was an anti-UFC, he wasn’t anti going to an event at the White House, he was anti-war. Sure, fair enough.
But at the end of the day, my dad still attended the correspondents — the press dinner — back in the day when Bush was president, George Bush gave him a shout out…. Additionally, my dad did USO tours. He went to Korea to see the troops. He attended events at Walter Reed Hospital to see the wounded soldiers and Marines, and you know, Air Force pilots. So, shut the fuck up, basically.
Like to bring my father into this to say he would or wouldn’t approve is completely insane. I simply attended a sporting event for a sport that I have a great amount of respect for, and something that’s been a part of my life since I can remember. So, deal with it. I’m sorry you weren’t invited.”
See Jack Osbourne’s response in the video below.
