Larry David: White House UFC event made him ’embarrassed to be an American’

“Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David on Tuesday said the “UFC Freedom 250” event on the White House lawn last week made him “embarrassed to be an American.”

David spoke with Variety about the fights while at the premiere of his sketch HBO series “Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America.” He told the outlet that the event was “a travesty.”

“What else can you say about it?” he continued. “It was embarrassing, you know? I was embarrassed to be an American, yeah.”

David has never held back his criticism of President Trump. Last year, he satirized comedian Bill Maher’s dinner with Trump at the White House in a New York Times guest essay titled “My Dinner with Adolf.” Maher, who was........

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