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Former UFC and WWE star Ronda Rousey and Joe Rogan used to be friends, but that’s clearly no longer the case after an explosive new interview.
Rousey has been all over the airwaves of late, seemingly targeting anybody and everybody she has beef with.
Rogan, it appears, is the latest target.
“It was really disappointing to see how happily everybody turned on me and how people like Joe Rogan, who were crying in the ring about the honor of being able to call my fights, people I considered friends in the media so quickly turned on me,” Rousey said on The Chris Cuomo Project.
But Rogan wasn’t the only target. Instead, Rousey says all of MMA media has it out for her.
“The MMA media hates me, it’s fine,” Rousey said later in the interview “Not a single person has called me or anything like that. They’ve all just doubled down and said that I’m making excuses or lying or blowing things out of proportion, or not giving credit where it’s due. No, I have not. I’ll be waiting for that call forever.”
“I’m not waiting for it and I get that they’re a bunch of a——-,” Rousey she responded after Cuomo asked if she understood where the criticism comes from. “That’s what I get. I get, ‘F— you.’ At least I would rather not have those fake friendships in my life. I would rather that those people expose themselves and I don’t leave myself open to them. I would rather cleanse myself of all those fake, superficial relationships than have them still around.”
Rousey last fought in the UFC in 2016 when she suffered a knockout loss to Amanda Nunes. She went on to half a short WWE career that saw her become the women’s champion.
But she’s since left both behind, and it appears there’s very little in the way of fond memories with either.