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Serena Williams’ Husband Drops Absurd Excuse for Partying With Trump

The Daily Beast

June 18, 2026

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Serena Williams’ Husband Drops Absurd Excuse for Partying With Trump

Mario Anzuoni/ReutersSerena Williams’ husband scrambled to excuse his attendance at President Trump’s 80th birthday party at the White House.The UFC Freedom 250 card unfolded on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. Organizers staged the event, supposedly to mark the quarter-millennium since America’s founding, three weeks early to rather more auspiciously coincide with the president’s birthday.Williams’ husband, internet entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, 43, says he attended the event at the invitation of TKO, the company behind UFC, which is run by MAGA ally Dana White. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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