“Man it’s Hollywood,” ‘Innocent bystander’ of Dana White’s INFAMOUS Howie Mandel podcast walk-out moment reveals his side of story

UFC CEO, Dana White recently created a viral moment on Howie Mandel's podcast and Ginger Billy gave his perspective.


“Man it’s Hollywood,” ‘Innocent bystander’ of Dana White’s INFAMOUS Howie Mandel podcast walk-out moment reveals his side of story

Dana White[L] - Howie Mandel[R] (via X/NBC)

Dana White recently went viral on social media. YouTuber Ginger Billy was present when Dana White stormed out of Howie Mandel‘s podcast. Here is what he had to say:

Ginger Billy is a comedian from rural upstate South Carolina. He gained popularity through his comedic YouTube videos. Addressing the viral moment on ‘bigdandbubba’ he said:

I was just an innocent bystander, I didn't know what was happening... So I was at Howie Mandel's podcast and some things apparently happened. Dana White stormed off and he said he was tired of effing with podcasts. And he took off. And you can see me there just going kind of with a st*pid face. Hey man it's Hollywood. 
Ginger Billy via bigdandbubba
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UFC CEO, Dana White left Howie Mandel’s ‘Howie Mandel Does Stuff’ podcast after just 30 seconds of appearance. White’s exit came during the podcast’s opening minutes after Howie introduced the UFC CEO. White thanked Mandel for his “kind words” and then went on to say that he is “literally done with podcasts.” He said he was tired of doing them and marched off the set. This left both Mandel and Ginger Billy speechless.

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The UFC CEO later addressed this in the post-fight interview at UFC 298. When asked about his viral moment on the internet, he said that now everybody knows where he is at with the podcasts. Dana White said that he felt like Jordan Peterson every time he opened Instagram because he was on a podcast.

Howie Mandel still is not sure why Dana White left his podcast

Howie Mandel recently addressed Dana White’s abrupt exit from his podcast. He clarified that it was not a joke.

Dana White references Jordan Peterson while addressing his controversial walk-off from Howie Mandel's podcast
Dana White references Jordan Peterson while addressing his controversial walk-off from Howie Mandel’s podcast (via Instagram/YouTube)

Mandel had praised White as an amazing businessman and an inspiration. White thanked him and left the podcast creating a viral moment on social media. It generated a good number of humorous reactions from fans online.

Talking to Postmedia about it, he said that it just happened and he does not have any real insight or explanation. Howie revealed that they would simply move on and continue doing podcasts. He expressed his love for podcasting and said that hopefully, such incidents do not happen too often.

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