Jack Osbourne is defending his decision to attend the UFC Freedom 250 event.
In honor of Donald Trump‘s 80th birthday last weekend, UFC hosted an event on the South Lawn of the White House.
Jack, 40, and wife Aree Gearhart were among the stars that attended the event.
In a new video to posted to YouTube, Jack fired back at backlash he’s received for attending Trump‘s event.
“I went to a sporting event. That’s it,” he clarified. “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.”
Jack went on to explain that he’s been interested in combat sports his entire life, including doing taekwondo at 6 years old, studying Muay Thai in Thailand in his late teens and early 20s and doing jiu-jitsu in his 30s.
“I have also attended UFC and PRIDE fights going back to the early 2000s,” he noted. “It is something that has been a part of my life since I can remember.”
Jack said when he was invited to the event by Dana White, the President and CEO of UFC, “of course I would go. Any person out there who would get an invite would have gone. I’m sorry, there’s no one I could think of that would have been like, ‘No, I’m not going to that ‘cause I don’t approve of Orange Man’ or whatever the f–k.”
He called the backlash “ridiculous,” stressing it was “not a political event — or in my eyes it was not. It was a f–king fight at the White House. Who gives a s–t?”
Jack then took aim at critics saying his late dad Ozzy Osbourne would be disappointed in him for attending the event.
“You did not know my father. You did not know where he stood with things,” Jack said. “Yes, he wrote a song called ‘War Pigs,’ sure. Anti-war song. He wasn’t anti-UFC. He wasn’t anti-going to an event at the White House. He was anti-war.”
Jack also pointed out that Ozzy attended a White House Correspondents Dinner during the Bush administration and shared a video of the late Black Sabbath excitedly jumping up and down when he got a shoutout from former President George W. Bush.
He also noted that his dad did USO tours and went to visit wounded service members at Walter Reed Medical Center.
“So, shut the f–k up, basically,” Jack concluded. “To bring my father into this to say he would or wouldn’t’ve 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.”
He added, “So, deal with it, and I’m sorry you weren’t invited.”
Another star also recently explained why they attended the UFC Freedom 250 amid criticism.
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