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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jared Leto and Adam Sandler are among the celebrities who declined invites to Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event

Several A-list celebrities invited to Donald Trump’s UFC cage fight on the White House lawn later this month have no plans to show up, according to a new report, becoming the latest group to snub a presidential celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.

Comedian Adam Sandler, actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, actor and musician Jared Leto and television host Mario Lopez are among the names that UFC President and CEO Dana White told Time were invited to the event on Trump’s birthday, June 14. But representatives for the stars, and one person close to Johnson, told Vanity Fair that none of them plan to attend.

It’s the latest group of high-profile figures to decline an invite to a Trump-linked event in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Last month, the administration was dealt a blow when several musicians pulled out of performances at the Great American State Fair after learning the event was sponsored by Freedom 250, a Trump-affiliated group.

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[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 70 points 15 hours ago

Not even Jared Leto wants to show up 😂

It’s safe to assume anyone that does show up who is not being paid to be there is probably a pedophile.

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Not to say he's still active but Leto has a history of diddling kids.

[-] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 12 points 12 hours ago

Maybe sKid Rock or Russian Segal can join

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 24 points 15 hours ago

Mans said he's not morbing anywhere near this shit show

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago

Maybe he can land Shia LaBuff.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 13 hours ago

Hollywood superstar Shia Lebeouf?

[-] HopeOfTheGunblade 2 points 5 hours ago

Quiet, Quiet~

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 23 points 13 hours ago

He could offer himself and his cabinet members as contestants. A lot of people would pay for the chance to beat the shit out if him...

[-] wasabi_noir@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

I’d fight Hegseth. A solid liver punch and he’d crumple like the sloppy piece of shit he is.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 26 points 14 hours ago

Kevin Sorbo, Dean Cain, Chris Pratt, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Woody Allen, Gina Carano, Dickey Barrett, the MyPillow Guy, Shamwow Guy, Gwen Stafani, and a half dozen country music artists who all look and sound vaguely the same are hoping theirs are in the mail.

[-] workerONE@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

For a minute I got Woody Allen and Woody Harrelson mixed up and was pretty disappointed.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

I knew of everyone on here except I don't recognize Dickey, and wasn't aware of issues with Shamwow Vince (his history makes it not surprising), and didn't know Gwen is also B-a-n-a-n-a-s.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 14 points 12 hours ago

Dickey is the former singer for 90s ska band Mighty Mighty Bosstones and was Jimmy Kimmel’s band leader until he went full MAGA over Covid. His band kicked him out and the punk scene disowned him so he went and formed a new group with all the other aging “punks” who have decided Trumpism is the “real rebellion” and have been 86’d from their bands. It’s the saddest, sorriest bunch of middle aged losers that might have figured out the music and the fashion but never actually got the message.

[-] phar@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

That makes me sad...I like the bosstones

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Holy fuck. I loved Dickey and the MMB through high school and my 20s. I haven’t listened in forever, but damn…

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 9 points 11 hours ago

It’s been disappointing to watch a lot of the bands I enjoyed in my youth age into boomer-minded “better back in my day”, “I speak my mind so fuck your feelings”, contrarians who are so stuck in trying to maintain their status they’ll hitch their wagon to MAGA then try to explain how they’re still trying to fight the system. It’s not just bands either. I have ditched a lot of my friends from that era who went from anarchist to libertarian once they bought houses, started families, and found careers. They’re the epitome of “I got mine so fuck you”, they’re not pro-Trump the person but like his policies so they’ll compromise their integrity to support him knowing full well what a POS he is while deluding themselves that they can have their cake and eat it too.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 12 hours ago

Noooooooooooo!

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 25 points 15 hours ago

and television host Mario Lopez

Wait, is Mario Lopez a "celebrity" UFC fan or something? I can't for the life of me understand why A.C. Slater is even being mentioned in this article. I heard him doing one of those shitty commercials that get injected into podcasts a couple of weeks ago, and it's literally the first time I've thought of the guy in 15+ years.

[-] sbbq@lemmy.zip 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Pretty sure he hosted entertainment tonight for many years.

eta: Nope, it was Extra and Access Hollywood. Same idea though.

[-] ZeroCool@piefed.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

Ah, that explains it, thanks! I don't watch those kinds of shows so I guess he's just been successful in one of my entertainment blindspots.

[-] adarza@piefed.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

he's stayed 'busy' since his sbtb days, just not in anything really all that noteworthy.

[-] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

He's still in the Zeitgeist but he just hosts shows like dancing with the stars I think.

[-] ccunix@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Wasn't A.C. Slater a wrestling champion? It's a tenuous link, but stil a link

[-] adarza@piefed.ca 24 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

anyone who cares about their reputation and career will stay far away from the liar-in-chief and his 'events'

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

Even if you had no scruples, who's gonna perform for a Guest of Honor who's going to fall asleep during the match anyway?

[-] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 14 points 14 hours ago

I bet it ends up just being kid rock and some country star.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago

kid rock is invited finally?

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

I'm not surprised this event is actually happening, but it's so hard to tell what's satire these days. It sounded too stupid to be true.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 14 points 15 hours ago

Jared Leto is an A lister?

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 12 points 15 hours ago

How else is Jared out of jail while known to be running a sex cult with underage girls and keeps getting cast in big films.

Suicide squad, justice league, Morbius, Blade runner 2049, etc.

Hasn't been in anything too successful in a while but you know who he is. Same for the Dwayne and Adam. Tbf I'm not much of a film guy but like what have any of them even been in recently?

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 9 points 14 hours ago

My favorite Jared Leto bit is when he gets shit kicked in Fight Club.

[-] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Holy shit....

I never connected the dots between Jared's sex cult and the mysterious reasons why he why he keeps being cast in films.

[-] TheRiskiestBiscuit@reddthat.com 7 points 14 hours ago

Y’know… you’re typically supposed to send out the invites before you put out the balloons.

[-] man_wtfhappenedtoyou@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Can't even get Leto or Mario Lopez. King Mierdas.

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 10 points 15 hours ago
[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 15 hours ago

Which proves that we need the golden ballroom.

No one wants to come to these events because of the terrorist threat.

Checkmate!

[no sarcasm intended, because you know it'll be a talking point by Wednesday]

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