Addison Rae seems to have pissed off every single sports journalist on earth by posting a tweet of herself holding a microphone in front of an Ultimate Fighting Championship banner ahead of tonight’s UFC 264 with the caption “I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole months to prepare for this moment.”
Yes, the caption is terrible. And yes, sports media is a competitive, expensive, exhausting grind that very few outside the ‘big J journalist’ bubble understand. But do we really think that Addison Rae got this opportunity based on the one class she took at LSU? Of course not. Addison Rae has 82 million followers on TikTok alone, and just like when UFC commissioner Dana White used comedian Joe Rogan to help grow the brand in the early days off MMA, the purpose of her presence is to expose the UFC to her massive and impressionable swarm of not-yet-able-to-rent-a-car followers.
Here’s UnafraidShow boss man George Wrighster weighing in on the controversy:
Here are some of the salty, and thoughtful, takes from our friends in the media:
If only they told me all I had to do was record myself doing sub-par dance moves to overplayed music in order to make millions. Instead I started out working 12 hour days for $12/hr
— Claudia Bellofatto (@CBellofattoTV) July 10, 2021https://t.co/8KDvDeeFo1
This caption is so lame and just a big slap in the face to all the people in the industry who put the work in for years/applied to hundreds of jobs to get where they are at but hey I guess I'll go back to yelling at clouds
— Eric Kelly (@EricKellyTV) July 10, 2021https://t.co/KveVIntKnt
