UFC president Dana White has identified Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as the rudest celebrity he has ever encountered. White shared the story of an incident that he says left a young family member intimidated and upset.
White’s Account of the Incident
The UFC boss recounted the story after being asked, ‘Who’s the rudest celebrity you’ve ever met?’ on a podcast. He responded by saying, ‘Oh, Diddy. 100%. The biggest d—–bag ever’.
White explained that the incident occurred at one of Tony Hawk’s celebrity charity events. He said, ‘Tony Hawk used to have these charity events and when my kids were little, you’d go to these charity events and lots of celebrities would be there. So, everybody would do things for each other’s kids’.
White had taken his niece to one of these events. ‘So, I had my niece at one of them and Diddy shows up … and my niece was all excited like, ‘Oh my God, P. Diddy’s here,’ and whatever. I said, ‘Awesome. Yeah, go take a picture with him.’’
However, the interaction did not go as planned. ‘She comes back, and I’m like, ‘Did you get a picture?’ She’s like, ‘No, they were scary.’ You know, the guy’s there with f—ing 10 security guards, right? You need security at a f—ing kids’ event? And then they were rude to her and scared her.’
White was critical of Diddy’s behaviour toward a young fan. ‘That’s who’s listening to your f—ing s—ty music, OK? That’s who’s listening to this. Are you f—ing kidding me? And that’s how you’re going to treat some girl that’s a fan and wanted a picture with you?’
Diddy’s Recent Legal Issues
White’s comments come after Diddy’s explosive federal criminal case.
Diddy was arrested and charged with multiple counts in September 2024. He is currently serving prison time after his federal prostitution-related conviction. After his September 2024 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges, Diddy became the center of a sprawling criminal case fueled by lawsuits, misconduct allegations.
McGregor’s Opinion of Diddy
White also mentioned that Conor McGregor had been a fan of Diddy. However, after meeting him at a UFC event, McGregor ‘wanted to punch him in the face’.