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Here’s a bromance we never saw coming. Conor McGregor attended Sunday’s World Cup final between France and Croatia as the guest of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
That, however, wasn’t even the weirdest part of the story. The weirdest part was that McGregor, who was celebrating his 30th birthday all weekend, called Putin “one of the greatest leaders of our time” on Instagram, ending his photo caption with a “Go Russia” written in Russian. (Russia wasn’t in the finals, as I mentioned above. Surely he knew that, right?)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQwXEBAHlN/
“Today I was invited to the World Cup final as a guest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This man is one of the greatest leaders of our time and I was honored to attend such a landmark event alongside him. Today was an honor for me Mr. Putin. Thank you and congratulations on an amazing World Cup. Россия вперёд!”
Naturally, McGregor’s high praise for the Russian leader made many of his fans angry with him, for obvious reasons.
You may be my favorite fighter of all time but no,man, Putin is not a great leader. Unless you consider leading by fear and murder is considered great. Then yeah I guess he's great at murder.
— Shawn Coss (@ShawnCoss) July 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/ruizmiguel_/status/1018560348620820480
When your favorite fighter has disappointed you more than once… pic.twitter.com/hLsVpjOEcd
— Plázziibo 💊🎶 (@plazziibomusic) July 15, 2018
I was a huge fan but have to unfollow. Putin is pure evil
— vikingjedi (@vikingjedi23) July 15, 2018
Fukin hell lad.
— dannyodwyer (@dannyodwyer) July 15, 2018
I guarantee he doesn't know a single thing about Russian politics and the things he's done
— Dan (@DannyJ804) July 15, 2018
He’s not a great leader, he’s a murderous thug.
Get your head of your hind parts, Conor. Don’t forget the ppl he’s killed.
This is such wrong statement and you should know it. Don’t be played by a murderer.
— Brandon Music (@BrandonMusicKy) July 15, 2018
Ah FFS man. What are you doing?
— Hoopy (@Thommy_the_Tank) July 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/MZnaczko/status/1018602602764759040
— Emma Cliff (@emasmokesabit) July 15, 2018
Jaysus Conor read a few books …
— Helen Shaw – Athena Media (she/her) (@athenamediaie) July 15, 2018
And did I mention he was celebrating his 30th birthday all weekend? Because he was…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlOfr2vHJHG/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlN1JCzn-ZC/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlQol8jFKiD/
Annnnd he’s having another kid.
https://instagram.com/p/BlONZodhRs6/?utm_source=ig_embed
Quite the weekend, huh?