Are they has-beens or never-weres?

All of them are “successful,” rich, and working they do not need to be there. And I was going to have
Tom Brady and his family for the 4th for hot dogs 🌭, potato chips, and drinks but that is now a
no go.

For the most part they were pretty successful in their time. I mean Tom Brady is generally considered the greatest NFL quarterback ever.


Mario Lopez is probably the only never was. His fame mostly came from a 90s teen sitcom that was an ensemble show. For the last 15 years, give or take, he's just been the host of one of those Entertainment celebrity buzz type shows.

He is buddies with that idiot Rob Schneider. Surprised he's not listed too, unless he's not considered a celebrity.

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Okay, I find that surprising and disappointing.

Leto voted for Biden and Harris. It’s a wishlist based on their love of the sport.

but she switched to Trump because of Israel. I don't know if it's the case w/Sandler, but it's possible. It's also possible he's just another greedy Republican. There are a lot of those.

I can't find any reference to him being a Trump supporter.

He was great in The Wedding Singer.

I'm not seeing any records of donations to Trump. Seems his last donation at all was to Rudy in 2008? The only thing I see about him and Trump is that he mocks him on SNL, in a very non-Trump humper way:

Knucklehead school yard humor isn't my thing. His movies are cringe worthy. He has many traits that mirror Dim Donnie.

Either one of them were funny. I never understood how they got famous.

Just sayin'.

have already said they're not coming. Morris Day quickly announced he was not going to be there. Young MC just announced that artists were not told it would be political and he's pulling out.

Of course, several on the list in your post are already known as Trump supporters. I don't know about Jared Leto, Jason Statham or The Rock. If they do support Trump, they've at least had the good sense to be quiet about it.

Trump has a long history of caring a great deal about big splashy press announcements and then not caring much at all about the event itself.

I wonder if he'll stay for this after he walks on stage.

...will he stay awake for it?

May the diarrhea gods strike on the day of this unnecessary event to all who attend! Including His orangeness.

And they will all be sitting together on a warm and humid night and ….

should be lots of involuntary sharing of blood-borne infections ... a super-loser-spreader event.

Ari Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel.

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Seems like this list was made because they are fans of the sport.
Leto voted for Biden and Harris.

Where does that money go?

...and the first two don't count.

If so then it kind of makes sense that he's attending plus don't forget he did publicly support Biden and Harris and he does not have exactly kind words for Trump.

He’s on their board but he represents WWE.

After backlash from some of his fans that are also fans of Trump and said he wouldn't be political in the future but it looks like he is making a political decision here.

All I see is another DU link with a video to some random Youtube channel.

A couple of the names--Sandler, Brady--strike me as "Republican light" persons who have campaigned for some Republicans in the past or are thought to be Republican sympathetic, but have never outright embraced Trump or MAGA itself.

changed the story from "have been invited" to "will be attending."

The main source I could find for this is this article in Time magazine, published two days ago:

https://time.com/article/2026/05/26/dana-white-ufc-white-house-fight-interview/

That article includes the line: (Dana) "White has invited Adam Sandler, Guy Ritchie, Tom Brady, Jared Leto, Jason Statham, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and Mario Lopez."

The YouTuber in the video linked to in the OP changed that information to, "We now know that some big time celebrities will be in attendance," before reciting that list of invitees from the Time Magazine article.

If it has actually been confirmed that these celebrities will be in attendance, is there a source for that?

Steve Harness has always been reliable before but sometimes I forget rule #1 and that
is do not believe everything on the internet. As anger @ this shit show grows I expect
many of the celebrities who were expected to attend and or support this madness to
back away from this nonsense.

You do a really good job @ being Earl G!

Whew he donated to Rudy's prez run.

A spokeswoman for Sandler told the Wall Street Journal the iconic comedy star doesn't like politics.

However, he's been registered with the Republican Party in the past and even performed at the Republican National Convention in 2004. He also donated $2,100 to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 presidential campaign

The Rock is disppointing. But fuck Trump, fuck Dana White, and fuck this shit show.

You stated:

Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalities_in_mixed_martial_arts_contests

BTW, I am NOT a fangirl of it. I think all MMA (UFC included) and boxing as well should be banned globally.

INVICTA FC is another one, all women. ONE, etc. There are quite a few at all levels. All are MMA. Zero deaths from sanctioned MMA fights.

NFL and AFL are football leagues.

NHL and PWHL are hockey leagues.

Just as examples.

was the only one on that list that I liked before. Too bad.

Says it all to me.

progressive Democrat, a fundraiser for Obama, stood up for LGTQ+ issues and has never been a Trump or MAGA supporter. No idea if he has or has not accepted an invitation to watch this event. But to assume he is a MAGA supporter is completely unverified.

Allegedly.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/28/white-house-ufc-event-whos-really-going-after-adam-sandler-and-mario-lopez-decline/

“Representatives for actors Adam Sandler and Mario Lopez confirmed to Forbes they will not attend the event next month despite White saying they’d been invited alongside a list of potential guests that also includes Tom Brady, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Guy Ritchie.”

I'm right up the road in South Laurel!

I'm proud to say I've never spent a dime to watch any Adam Sandler piece of shit disguised as a movie.

Other than that I'm not into his movies.