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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 31: Two time Team USA olympian judoka Kayla Harrison during the World Series of Fighting at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 31: Two time Team USA olympian judoka Kayla Harrison during the World Series of Fighting at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images)
Jake Shields is anything subtle. The 43-year-old, former MMA fighter has a reputation for having strong opinions and making blunt remarks to back those opinions. He is quite active on Twitter, where he expresses his views about all kinds of topics. Shields recently took to Twitter to send a message to renowned MMA journalist, Ariel Helwani, over his dialogue with Kayla Harrison.
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Helwani’s take on the United States appears to have offended the proud American in Shields. He has conveyed a message to the MMA journalist on behalf of all Americans.
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Ariel Helwani and Kayla Harrison appeared to have disagreed at some point during the conversation over the ‘greatest country in the world.’ And this particularly irked Jake Shields.
Shields backs up Kayla Harrison over asking Ariel Helwani to leave the US
Kayla Harrison was the latest guest on MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Both exchanged Thanksgiving wishes and Harrison congratulated Helwani on officially becoming a citizen of the greatest country in the world. To which, Helwani replied, “I’d argue I am from the greatest country in the world.” Responding to this, Kayla Harrison jokingly said, “Okay. Then go home.”
Hey @arielhelwani, you’re a bum. If Canada is the greatest country in the world, you wouldn’t have had to come here to the United States for work. Pack up and leave, then: pic.twitter.com/o9PJHwK0Qn
— #AssholeHat #Dizz (@TaIkMMA_) November 24, 2022
Jake Shields, on the other hand, found Helwani‘s remark upsetting and instantly tweeted his backing for Harrison’s ‘go home’ remark. However, Shields wasn’t saying that in a playful manner.
He wrote: “She’s speaking for all Americans when telling him how(go) back to Canada.”
She's speaking for all Americans when telling him how back to Canada
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) November 24, 2022
Thus, social media users were left raising their eyebrows.
Not the first time Shields took a jibe at Helwani
Ariel Helwani and Jake Shields engaged in a verbal spat earlier on Twitter. It all started in 2021 when Shields made fun of Helwani to be the only one to wear a mask at the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley fight in Florida. He captured a video of the moment and posted it on his Twitter. And according to Shields, Helwani was still upset about the year-old joke and further called the journalist ‘a weirdo’.
However, Helwani didn’t pay much heat to the remark and responded with a tweet saying, “Let it out big guy”.
Shields got furious over this and stormed back at Ariel Helwani on Twitter, asking him to “stop pretending.”
Your really gonna pretend like this didn’t happen? We both know it’s 100% true. Why wear the mask if your so mad that I posted the pic of you wearing it? honestly answer the question. I thought your total freak out was Weird over a joke and clearly you aren’t over it
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) September 20, 2022
Both parties have engaged in a fair amount of back and forth on Twitter, and neither side seems to have made much forward in the conflict. However, neither of the two seems to be putting a foot down in their ongoing feud.
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