Dana White and Joe Rogan are both rambunctious, bald white men with an affinity for the UFC, but that doesn’t make them the same person, Sage Steele!
Steele, a former ESPN anchor, welcomed White to “The Sage Steele Show” and spent more than an hour talking with the UFC CEO – touching on most of the same ol’ you’d expect from a Dana White podcast appearance – before arriving at her big final question and giving us an all-time interview gaffe.
As if to set up a dramatic moment, Steele adjusted how she was sitting on a sofa, leaned in to look White in his eyes, and asked him this in a soft-spoken voice:
“Last question: What’s Joe Rogan’s dream?”
Wanting to make sure he heard correctly, White repeated the question:
“What’s JOE ROGAN’S dream?”
At this moment, you could see the embarrassment forming on Steele’s face as she tried to play it off by sheepishly uttering both names:
“Joe Rogan … Dana White.”
The best part was the look White gave her once he realized what just happened:
“Did you just think I was Joe Rogan?
[Looks off camera] “She just called me f*ckin’ Joe Rogan.”
“You thought I was f*ckin’ Joe Rogan? I was bald before Joe was ever bald!”
What a blunder.
If you enjoyed that play-by-play, you’re going to love watching the embarrassing moment play out in real time.
You can watch here (marked at 1:19:12):
What makes this even funnier is that Steele began the interview by calling White “Joe” up front (via X). She was doomed from the start, lol.
Hey, I guess it could be worse.
