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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., provided a harsh rebuke to comic Larry David’s feedback slamming President Donald Trump’s celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary with a UFC combat hosted on the White Home.
“It was a travesty,” David advised Selection — referring to the UFC combat — on the premiere of his new collection on HBO, “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,” including, “What else are you able to say about it?”
“It was embarrassing,” the 78-year-old comedian continued. “I used to be embarrassed to be an American.”
Talking with TMZ on Wednesday, Fetterman channeled a ‘80s comedy reference as he slammed David’s feedback.
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks via the Senate Subway in the course of the Senate Battle Powers vote on April 22, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Heather Diehl/Getty Pictures)
“I’d say loosen up, Francis,” Fetterman stated, quoting a well-known line from the 1981 film, “Stripes.”
The quote originates from a well-known scene during which a personality named Francis — performed by Conrad Dunn — tells his fellow troopers throughout Military fundamental coaching that he desires to be known as “Psycho,” as a substitute of his given identify.
The request prompts Sgt. Hulka — performed by Warren Oates — to quip, “Loosen up, Francis.”
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Comic Larry David arrives on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork Costume Institute Gala in Manhattan, New York, on Might 4, 2015. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
The callback to the Invoice Murray-fronted movie drew confusion from the TMZ reporter, who repeatedly requested Fetterman concerning the reference.
Fetterman went on to inform David to “recover from himself,” as he slammed the comic for expressing his embarrassment over the occasion.
“Hey, I’m proud to be an American, and if you’re embarrassed or no matter due to a UFC factor, recover from your self, dude,” Fetterman added.
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President Donald Trump hosts the UFC Freedom 250 fights on the South Garden of the White Home on June 15, 2026, celebrating his eightieth birthday with a collection of Final Preventing Championship matches. (Jacquelyn Martin/Getty Pictures)
The UFC Freedom Battle 250 was hosted on the White Home South Garden and marked Trump’s eightieth birthday earlier this month.
The occasion boasted an attendance of 1,200 active-duty service members and roughly 4,000 spectators, with each Trump and UFC president Dana White within the viewers.
Attendees had been additionally handled to a efficiency of the nationwide anthem by the Marine Band and Zac Brown, and the occasion concluded with a flyover by the Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Power Thunderbirds.
“It was past something that anyone’s ever seen in sports activities,” the president advised reporters as he departed the White Home forward of the G7 summit in France.
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump watches the UFC light-weight championship combat in the course of the UFC Freedom 250 occasion on the South Garden on the White Home on June 14, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
When reached for remark, a White Home spokesperson beforehand advised Fox Information Digital: “This was one of many best and most historic sports activities occasions in historical past, and President Trump internet hosting it on the White Home is a testomony to his imaginative and prescient to rejoice America’s monumental 250th anniversary. Anybody who finds an issue with that clearly suffers from a extreme and incurable illness generally known as Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Fox Information Digital reached out to David and Fetterman for remark however didn’t instantly obtain responses.
