{"id":44057,"date":"2021-08-29T01:08:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T19:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/addison-rae-says-shes-not-a-trump-supporter-after-ufc-encounter\/"},"modified":"2021-08-29T01:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T19:39:01","slug":"addison-rae-says-shes-not-a-trump-supporter-after-ufc-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/addison-rae-says-shes-not-a-trump-supporter-after-ufc-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Addison Rae Says She&#8217;s Not a Trump Supporter After UFC Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li><strong>The Los Angeles Times published an interview with Addison Rae on August 27.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The actress and social media influencer addressed the viral video of her greeting former President Trump at UFC 264 in July.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rae, 20, said that she did not support Trump after fans criticized the interaction online.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup&#10;                            inline-newsletter-signup-variant&#10;                           headline-regular\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-list=\"Business Insider Select\" data-acq-source=\"inlinesignupfenrir\" data-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                          <title>Loading<\/title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                          <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                            <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                          <\/path>\n                        <\/svg><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Addison Rae addressed the video of her greeting former President Donald Trump at a UFC event after fans criticized her online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rae, whose full name is Addison Rae Easterling, appeared in an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2021-08-27\/addison-rae-tiktok-hes-all-that-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> to talk about her new film, &#8220;He&#8217;s\u00a0All That.&#8221; The actress and social media influencer also acknowledged her brief interaction with Trump at UFC 264 .\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In July, the YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GhqGfNrA3e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">NELK uploaded a video titled<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Addison Rae Says Hi to Donald Trump,&#8221; in which the 20-year-old was spotted approaching Trump and tapping him on the shoulder to introduce himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m Addison. Nice to meet you. I have to say hi, hello. So nice to meet you,&#8221; Rae said in the video. Since July, the video has been viewed more than 5.1 million times. <\/p>\n<p>Insider&#8217;s Charlotte Colombo and Palmer Haasch reported that\u00a0a clip was uploaded to the drama channel DefNoodles\u00a0and gained at least 615,000 views.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/ellendurney\/addison-rae-refused-comment-trump-supporter-liked-tweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">\u00a0Buzzfeed<\/a>\u00a0reported that fans and fellow influencers launched criticism at Rae for the public meeting,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, actress and influencer Meghan Rienks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meghanrienks\/status\/1414829051823329281?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">wrote<\/a>: &#8220;You actually * don&#8217;t* have to say hi.&#8221; Influencer and comedian Chris Klemens\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisKlemens\/status\/1414826755190235139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414826755190235139%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Ftiktok-addison-rae-exposed-talking-donald-trump-ufc-264-2021-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">wrote<\/a>: &#8220;Oopsies Addison&#8230; your Republican is showing.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In her interview, Rae told the LA Times: &#8220;I mean, I don&#8217;t support Trump. And if someone does, that&#8217;s their opinion and I respect everyone&#8217;s opinion, for each their own. But it&#8217;s very rare on occasion that you ever get to meet a former president, and I think most people could agree with me on that.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Addison added that it&#8217;s a &#8220;very uncommon&#8221; opportunity, and she considers herself a &#8220;friendly person.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So introducing myself does not mean I stand behind anything that any respective person condones,&#8221; Rae said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image  \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 682 \/ 910)\">\n<p>                            <img class=\"lazy-image \" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612a8a1612b9cc001963410a&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:455,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:341}}\" alt=\"addison rae movie covid testing site\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <noscript><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612a8a1612b9cc001963410a?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                Addison Rae arrives at the 2020 E! People&#8217;s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and on broadcast on Sunday, November 15, 2020.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n                                  Rich Polk\/E! Entertainment\/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images<br \/>\n                                <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>In September 2020, fans began to speculate that Rae was a Republican after a\u00a0TikTok video\u00a0of her alleged voter registration made waves. She took to the comment section to dispel the rumor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t real,&#8221; Rae wrote. &#8220;First, I&#8217;m from Louisiana. Second, I&#8217;m not even registered to vote and never have been. I&#8217;m actually doing it for the first time with someone important and I&#8217;m excited to do so. This is fake.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rae is among other celebrities and influencers who&#8217;ve received online criticism for political beliefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dixie D&#8217;Amelio pushed back at speculation she was a Trump supporter\u00a0after she received death threats, writing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dixiedamelio\/status\/1257873022888955905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1257873022888955905%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Ftiktok-star-dixie-damelio-on-politics-i-never-supported-trump-2020-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that she &#8220;never supported Trump.&#8221; &#8220;Dance Moms&#8221; star Kalani Hilliker\u00a0garnered backlash after supporting Trump\u00a0in the 2020 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Times published an interview with Addison Rae on August 27.\u00a0 The actress and social media influencer addressed the viral video of her &#8230; <a title=\"Addison Rae Says She&#8217;s Not a Trump Supporter After UFC Encounter\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/addison-rae-says-shes-not-a-trump-supporter-after-ufc-encounter\/\" aria-label=\"More on Addison Rae Says She&#8217;s Not a Trump Supporter After UFC Encounter\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":44058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}