Carl Nassib slams UFC’s Sean Strickland for anti-LGBTQ+ comments: “Absolute scum”
Carl Nassib has shut down UFC fighter Sean Strickland’s homophobic comments with a powerful statement. Over the last few years, the American MMA fighter has used his platform to target the LGBTQIA+ community with hateful and dangerous rhetoric.
Back in January, he went on a homophobic and transphobic tirade during a press conference, calling a journalist a “weak f***ing man” for being an ally to the community, among other things, per CBC.
With no consequences from UFC, Strickland has continued his harmful rants on X, formerly known as Twitter. On 11 March, the 33-year-old uploaded a series of tweets in which he compared being gay to having an intellectual disability. “Could you imagine if we saw any species on this planet wake up one day and all choose to be gay,” he wrote.
In another post, Strickland used a variety of disgusting anti-LGBTQIA+ slurs before stating that it was all a “joke.” However, in the same breath, he doubled down on his previous statements, adding that being gay was an “abnormality.” A day after his revolting rant, retired NFL star Nassib took to his Instagram story to slam the mixed martial artist for his comments and the UFC organisation’s lack of response. “This guy is the absolute scum of humanity.
