UFC superstar Conor McGregor took a stand many fighters do not this past week regardg Ireland's gay marriage referendum.
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- CONOR MCGREGOR'S FLIPPANT ANTI-GAY SLUR PUTS HIM BACK SPOTLIGHT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS
- PLIE MALIGNAGGI CLAIMS CONOR MCGREGOR HAS 'A WEIRD GAY THG' HOMOPHOBIC RANTTHE AMERIN'S RIVALRY WH THE DUBLER STEMS OM A SPARRG SSNIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARESPORTBYMART DOMEDOR, MIRROR FIGHTG15:26, 18 JAN 2019UPDATED15:34, 18 JAN 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT THE DAY'S SPORTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? OUR FREE NEWSLETTER WILL KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE GAMEMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT THE DAY'S SPORTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? OUR FREE NEWSLETTER WILL KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE GAMEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- CONOR MCGREGOR ON IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM: 'WE ALL SERVE EQUAL RIGHTS'
CONOR MCGREGOR'S FLIPPANT ANTI-GAY SLUR PUTS HIM BACK SPOTLIGHT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS
Connor McGregor has never publicly stated that he is gay or anythg other than heterosexual. In addn, the father of three has been a long-term relatnship wh a woman. * conor mcgregor gay *
(Getty file photo)After a summer which he was rid for makg ments perceived as racist, UFC lightweight champn Conor McGregor‘s fall has begun wh him beg blasted for makg an anti-gay ment. McGregor opened the floodgat of cricism aga after he ed an offensive slang term for gay people while talkg to teammate Artem Lobov on Saturday at a UFC event Gdansk, Poland. A few months after tellg Ain-Amerin boxer Floyd Mayweather to “Dance for me, boy, ” McGregor ed the off-lor gay slang a backstage nversatn wh Lobov.
Wh his right arm draped around Lobov’s shoulrs, McGregor said, “He’s a [gay slur] and everyone knows he’s a [gay slur]. Whether he means a meang way or not, McGregor far too often fds himself g offensive Zeigler, the -founr of, a gay sports se, says is wrong to mimize or attempt to downplay McGregor’s e of the slur. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, he hat gay people, ’ ” Zeigler said.
This one don’t say that by self, but ’s years and years and years of hearg this word that was planted his head that when you want to sult someone, more than anythg else, you ll them a [gay slur].
PLIE MALIGNAGGI CLAIMS CONOR MCGREGOR HAS 'A WEIRD GAY THG' HOMOPHOBIC RANTTHE AMERIN'S RIVALRY WH THE DUBLER STEMS OM A SPARRG SSNIRISHMIRRORBOOKMARKSHARESPORTBYMART DOMEDOR, MIRROR FIGHTG15:26, 18 JAN 2019UPDATED15:34, 18 JAN 2019BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWWANT THE DAY'S SPORTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? OUR FREE NEWSLETTER WILL KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE GAMEMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 WANT THE DAY'S SPORTS HEADL STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX? OUR FREE NEWSLETTER WILL KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE GAMEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
(Getty)That said, McGregor’s past actns don’t suggt he’s anti-gay.
“Listen, when people e this word, do not mean, ‘I hate gay people, '” Zeigler said. [Sayg that] don’t mean Conor McGregor hat gay people. What means is that somewhere his head, Conor McGregor thks that gay men are weaker and ls than everybody else.
CONOR MCGREGOR ON IRELAND GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM: 'WE ALL SERVE EQUAL RIGHTS'
“He and other people who e this word, they’ll try to dance around the issue, but somewhere his head, he believ gay men are ls than everyone else.
He didn’t ll him a [gay slur] as a pliment.
Connor McGregor has never publicly stated that he is gay or anythg other than heterosexual. Some fans recently went through Connor's tweets and disvered that he liked homoerotic ntent, raisg the qutn of whether he is gay.