Dana White slams Travis Kelce for promoting Pfizer ‘garbage’ jab as Colby Covington calls him ‘biggest piece of s***t'

Travis Kelce has faced backlash from the mixed martial arts community for his endorsement of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine
PUBLISHED DEC 23, 2023
UFC president Dana White and fighter Colby Covington have blasted Travis Kelce for promoting Covid jab (Instagram, Getty Images)
UFC president Dana White and fighter Colby Covington have blasted Travis Kelce for promoting Covid jab (Instagram, Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Travis Kelce, the star tight end of the Kansas City Chiefs, has faced backlash from the mixed martial arts community for his endorsement of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

UFC president Dana White and fighter Colby Covington have both blasted Kelce for his partnership with the pharmaceutical giant and his appearance in a commercial urging people to get vaccinated.

Dana White calls Travis Kelce's promotion of vaccine as ‘garbage’

Dana White, who has been vocal about his opposition to vaccine mandates and mask-wearing, expressed his disdain for Kelce’s involvement with Pfizer on the 'Full Send Podcast.'

Dana White asserts that working from home is not productive (danawhite/Instagram)
Dana White has slammed Travis Kelce for promoting COVID jab (danawhite/Instagram)

He questioned Kelce’s motives and said he was promoting something "we don’t need". "I don’t know him. I don’t know anything about him, other than he’s a good football player," White said on the podcast.

"He’s getting a lot of attention right now. I don’t know why - unless he’s a believer - why would you promote that garbage? I don’t know why you would do it," he added.


 
 
 
 
 
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He said, "It’s pretty f*****g’ obvious we don’t need it, but like I say, to each his own man. It’s like people that are still wearing masks. You’re basically just telling everybody "Hey, I’m nuts. Check me out, I’m f****** crazy,"’ Daily Mail reports.

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Dana White questioned Travis  Kelce’s motives and said he was promoting something 'we don’t need' (Getty Images)

Colby Covington mocks Travis Kelce for being ‘paid off by Pfizer’

White was not the only one who aimed Kelce for his Pfizer deal. Colby Covington, a controversial MMA fighter and a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, also ridiculed Kelce for his vaccine advocacy on a podcast this week.

He claimed that Kelce was being dishonest and irresponsible by telling people to get two shots at the same time - one for Covid-19 and one for the flu.

"[Kelce’s] believing in: '‘Oh, I’m paid off by Pfizer; guys, get two shots at the same time, that’s the healthiest thing you could ever do with your life,"’ Covington said - referencing the CDC recommendation of getting a Covid shot and a flu shot at the same time.

"Dude, two shots?" Covington continued, adding "I didn’t get the vaccine, I don’t believe in [the] vaccine, but I’m not against someone that does believe in [the] vaccine."

Colby Covington claimed Travis Kelce was doing it for money

Colby Covington claimed Travis Kelce was doing the promotions for money.


 
 
 
 
 
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"If you do get the vaccine, you should probably just get one at a time because if there’s an adverse and wrong effect in it, then how are you going to know which one’s the cause of it if you’re getting two at the same time?" Covington asked.


 
 
 
 
 
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Aiming at him he said, "That’s irresponsible. Travis Kelce is one of the biggest pieces of s**t of all time the fact that he’s advising people to do that."

"You know he’s not doing it, he’s just telling people to do it because he’s getting paid off and bought for by Pfizer. It’s disgusting," he added.

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