Daniel Cormier claims his Twitter account was hacked.
On Sunday, Cormier was on the heart of controversy within the blended martial arts world after a tweet despatched from his account posted a screenshot of an change with Eric Trump through which the president’s son appeared to query Cormier about the opportunity of fixing a match at a UFC White Home occasion. The tweet in query has since been deleted, however each Cormier and Trump denied that it ever occurred.
On Wednesday, Cormier addressed the scenario, explaining the place he was when he came upon and what was taking place from his aspect.
“I will the UFC on Sunday,” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Two of the UFC social media persons are saying to me, “We have been simply speaking about you.” I mentioned, “About what?” They mentioned, “It is you and Eric Trump.” I mentioned, “What about me and Eric Trump?” Hey everybody, that is 6:30pm on a Sunday evening. After I go to occasions, they inform me about issues they don’t know what is going on on. I don’t know how lengthy it was. I did not know the way lengthy it had been eliminated.
“Now, whoever did this, whoever hacked my Twitter, posted it and deleted it as a result of they assume persons are going to consider one thing like that. On the finish of the day, I’d by no means do one thing like that. I’d by no means take part in a dialog like that. I’d by no means take part in a dialog like that after which go on Twitter and publish. I would not try this. That is not my job.”
“So I am going to my Twitter account and I see all of the feedback concerning the subsequent factor I posted about it. Or on my Instagram channel, individuals ask me why I deleted a tweet. I didn’t know what was happening.…
“I am nonetheless barely capable of entry my Twitter account this morning,” Cormier continued. “For the final two and a half days, I have been making an attempt to work with Twitter to get it again on my account, as a result of they informed me to vary it throughout the present. I am making an attempt to vary the password on my Twitter account whereas I am making an attempt to broadcast this historic occasion, and I am making an attempt to see if persons are doing or posting loopy issues with that account, as a result of I am about to broadcast one of many greatest broadcast moments of my whole profession.”
Cormier went on to argue that this whole scenario was patently absurd on its face and that nobody ought to have believed it within the first place.
“I do not assume he is silly sufficient to do this,” Cormier mentioned of Eric Trump. “I do not assume anybody could be silly sufficient to do this to a complete stranger. He would not know me! And rightly so! Twitter, so long as Twitter has existed, to have a dialog with somebody you and that particular person must observe one another and ship direct messages. We do not observe one another on any of our social channels. …To be utterly trustworthy, I met Donald Trump Jr. on Saturday and I mistook him for Eric Trump. I am probably not into politics.
“To me, it is all logical,” Cormier continued. “Primary, I’d by no means do one thing like that, as a result of I would not do it. It would not make sense. And quantity two, not once I’m on the brink of air the most important evening of my whole profession. As a result of once I’m doing it and I am preparing to enter the Octagon, abruptly I am round all these folks that I am making an attempt to reveal. It would not make sense. It actually would not make sense.
“It isn’t simply that. I’ve a household. It doesn’t matter what the scenario is, when you begin attacking all types of conditions such as you assault the household that is within the White Home proper now after we’re company on the White Home garden, you are liable to dropping your job. What is going on to occur to my youngsters? What is going on to occur to my household? And I do not assume that is going to occur, however that simply would not make sense.”
Sadly, that did not cease the story from circulating on the web. Cormier’s response video additionally obtained plenty of feedback suggesting that he was not telling the reality, and the vileness of the unique tweet meant that Cormier needed to cope with a number of backlash although he did not ship the tweet.
“That is turning into an issue for me,” Cormier mentioned. “Not with the UFC, however with sponsors. I am having extra conversations with sponsors than I’ve had in years, as a result of any firm that is contacted me, they’re usually pleased with the way in which the connection goes. So until I am doing work, they do not must contact me. However now, this… And that is not true in any respect. So I am pissed off and pissed off. I can not perceive why that is not true, and I am pissed off. ‘It isn’t true, however individuals do not appear to wish to consider it. ”
However whether or not individuals consider him or not, Cormier has made it clear that every one of that is the results of somebody hacking his account.
“Nothing was incorrect,” Cormier mentioned. “My Twitter acquired hacked. Somebody acquired eager about me and began posting. … Anybody who is aware of me is aware of I do not speak like that.”
