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Dana White and his spouse acquired bodily with one another on New Year’s Eve, gorgeous onlookers in a crowded Cabo San Lucas nightclub … an incident Dana says was, regretfully, fueled by booze.
The UFC honcho and Anne White, who’ve been married for 26 years, have been celebrating Saturday evening with mates in El Squid Roe … however issues took a flip shortly after all of them welcomed in 2023 at midnight.
The couple and their group have been in a VIP space above the dance flooring, and when Dana leaned over to say one thing to Anne … she reacted by slapping him throughout the face. Dana instantly slapped her again in the face, earlier than mates jumped in and pulled them aside — and all of it performed out in plain view of patrons down beneath.
Eyewitnesses in the membership inform TMZ Sports … Dana and Anne each appeared closely intoxicated previous to the violence, and the video appears to bear that out, as a result of issues went from zero to 100 in an on the spot — seemingly for no motive. Further, we’re instructed the battle was throughout in lower than a minute.
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We spoke to Dana concerning the incident, and he admits he and Anne had been consuming closely — however shortly provides that is no excuse for him getting bodily. He instructed us, “You’ve heard me say for years, ‘There’s by no means ever an excuse for a guys to place his fingers on a lady,’ and now right here I’m on TMZ speaking about it.”
He says he is embarrassed by this “horrible” incident, and he and Anne have apologized to one another. He says they’re “good,” however their greatest concern now could be for his or her 3 youngsters … with whom they’ve already mentioned the battle.
Meanwhile, Anne tells TMZ Sports … “Dana and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years. To say that is out of character for him is an understatement — nothing like this has ever occurred earlier than. Unfortunately, we have been each consuming an excessive amount of on New Year’s Eve and issues acquired uncontrolled, on either side. We’ve talked this by as a household and apologized to one another. I simply hope folks will respect our privateness for the sake of our children.”