Dana White’s Energy Slap taken off broadcast schedule.
Dana White’s Energy Slap won’t be airing on Jan. 11 on TBS as deliberate, probably because of the controversy surrounding its namesake.
UPDATE – In accordance to Andrew Marchand, the programming will simply be delayed to Jan. 18, not canceled as some had initially thought was occurring.
In keeping with Jeremy Botter, who reached out to the community, the present has been faraway from the broadcasting schedule.
“A Warner Media supply tells me Dana White’s Energy Slap sequence is now not listed on any inner programming schedules and all advert spots have been dropped. The dying of the deal, I’m instructed, is mainly simply paperwork at this level,” he tweeted on Thursday.
Damon Martin additionally confirmed the information with sources and famous that the DWPS web site had been faraway from TBS’ official web site.
TBS pulls Dana White’s Energy Slap present after TMZ video leaked
“Dana White’s Energy Slap League has been faraway from the TBS programming schedule forward of its anticipated launch on Jan. 11. The Energy Slap web page was additionally faraway from the TBS web site Warner Media has not responded to a number of messages asking for remark,” he tweeted.
This comes after a video surfaced of White slapping his spouse Anne a number of occasions throughout a bodily altercation.
White issued an apology through TMZ.
“I’m one of many guys, you’ve heard me say for years, there’s by no means, ever an excuse for man to place his palms on a lady, and now right here I’m on TMZ speaking about it,” White stated. “My spouse and I’ve been married for nearly 30 years, we’ve identified one another since we had been 12 years outdated. We’ve clearly been by way of some s*** collectively, we’ve received three youngsters and that is a kind of conditions that’s horrible, I’m embarrassed, however it’s additionally a kind of conditions that proper now, we’re extra involved about our children.
“Now we have three youngsters and clearly because the video popped up, we’ve proven the youngsters the video. We’re extra targeted on our household proper now. Persons are going to have opinions on this, and the general public’s opinions can be proper, particularly in my case. You don’t put your palms on a lady ever. My spouse and I like one another, we’ve been collectively for a really very long time. We’ve identified one another since we had been little or no, and that is simply a kind of unlucky conditions.”
