Musician Jack White lashed out at celebrities who greeted former President Donald Trump at last weekend’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 290 event in Las Vegas by saying that even briefly conversing with Trump is a step too far.
White specifically called out podcast host Joe Rogan, director Mel Gibson, actor Mark Wahlberg, and celebrity chef Guy Fieri for greeting the former president and showing him “respect,” calling them “disgusting” human beings. The crowd that night had different feelings toward Trump, as the former president entered the T-Mobile arena in Vegas with UFC President Dana White to much fanfare.
“Anybody who ‘normalizes’ or treats this disgusting fascist, racist, con man, disgusting piece of s*** Trump with any level of respect is ALSO disgusting in my book,” White posted to Instagram Monday. “That’s you Joe Rogan, you Mel Gibson, you Mark Wahlberg, you Guy Fieri.”
“This is a statement from me, not a discussion/debate,” White added.
His post included photos of the celebrities with Trump at the UFC event, though it appears the image he included of Mel Gibson saluting the former president — in which White circled Gibson — is actually from the UFC 264 event two years ago.
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Throughout Saturday night, Trump was photographed with Rogan, Gibson, and Fieri, and reportedly briefly chatted with Wahlberg. Trump’s meeting with Rogan caused a stir on social media, as many wondered whether a Trump appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” might be in the works.
White, the former lead singer of The White Stripes, is not a new critic of Trump. After Twitter owner Elon Musk reinstated the former president’s account, White left the platform and criticized the move.
“So you gave trump his twitter platform back. Absolutely disgusting, Elon,” White posted to Instagram at the time. “That is officially an a**hole move.”
White went on in the post to claim Trump “incited violence” and blamed his “rhetoric” for breaking families apart. Musk reinstated Trump in November after 51.8% of users voted for it in a Twitter poll. “The people have spoken,” Musk tweeted. “Trump will be reinstated.”
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“That’s not ‘free speech’ or ‘what the poll decided’ or whatever nonsense you’re claiming it to be; this is straight up you trying to help a fascist have a platform so you can eventually get your tax breaks,” White claimed.
White also posted a lengthy message on Instagram after Roe v. Wade was overturned last summer, blaming Trump and calling him an “unchecked egomaniac” partly because he nominated Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch, who each voted to overturn Roe.