UFC’s Sean Strickland berates reporter in anti-LGBTQ, anti-Trudeau rant

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Sean Strickland unleashed an expletive-laced tirade against a reporter, Justin Trudeau and people in the LGBTQ community during a media event in Toronto.Strickland, the current middleweight champion, is in Toronto in the run-up to Saturday’s UFC match at Scotiabank Arena. He’ll be facing off against South African MMA fighter Dricus du Plessis.Videos of Strickland cussing out a reporter during a UFC press conference spread quickly on Wednesday, and Strickland himself reposted a video of the incident.At one point during the interaction, the reporter notes that Toronto has a large LGBTQ community and asked Strickland to comment on a tweet he made in 2021, when the MMA fighter wrote: “If I had a gay son I would think I failed as a man to create such weakness.”Strickland cut off the question and repeatedly asked if the journalist was gay.“I’m an ally of the community,” the reporter responded.Strickland asked if the reporter would be fine with having a gay son and never having grandchildren, to which the reporter replied, “No problem with it.”“You’re a weak f—ing man, dude.

You’re part of the f—ing problem. You elected Justin Trudeau when he seized the bank accounts.

You’re just f—ing pathetic,” Strickland ranted.Strickland appears to be referencing the use of the Emergencies Act during the Freedom Convoy protests that shut down downtown Ottawa. About $7.8 million in assets from around 200 accounts flagged by the RCMP were frozen due to their association with the illegal protest.“The fact that you have no f—ing backbone as he shut down your f—ing country and seized bank accounts, and you ask me some stupid s–t like that? Go f–k yourself, move the f–k on, man.”Idk who this guy is and I don't care but you're not a man… But you'd