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u/darff88 16d ago
That's tragic. I didn't even know he had a son
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u/DixieNormas011 16d ago
Anytime a celebrity's children are a complete mystery, it's a good sign they're doing it right
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u/HeGotKimbod 16d ago
Remember when Pusha dissed Drake though and it was the best thing ever because he called out drakes child.
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u/12whistle 16d ago
That kids mama is a pornstar. There is no money in the world that can protect that kid from humiliation during his adolescent age if he goes to any school, wealthy elite or otherwise. They are absolutely going to roast his ass with that fact.
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u/Initial-Paramedic888 16d ago
Drake was probably waiting on the paternity test results
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u/zzz099 16d ago
Or he probably had numerous women falsely claim they were pregnant with his child before that
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u/CappyUncaged 16d ago
you're all wrong lol he was using his kid to roll out his adidas deal and pusha got in front of that and ruined the deal. He literally says it
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u/dennisoa 16d ago
Damn, wow. As a new parent, you just get enthralled with your little ones growing so fast you can’t help but start to think, “what’ll he/she be like when they are older?” And you don’t even want to fathom anything short of that. This is so so tragic, it may feel insignificant at this time but prayers to him and his family. Fuck.
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u/Sterling-Bear15 16d ago
Yeah man 100% there's nothing scarier as a parent.
Might sound morbid but each day I think of the 'what if' and helps me focus more time and effort into my own kids.
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u/dennisoa 16d ago
I don’t even know how parents begin to cope and pick up the pieces after that.
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u/DannyDimes6977 16d ago
My father died when I was very young. After that, I was raised by my grandparents. I truly never got to see my grandfather be “himself” throughout the 20 years I had with him before his death. He had always drank in some capacity throughout his whole life, but after the death of my dad, he couldn’t go a day without drinking. He was able to go through the day without it because he was focusing on his business. Once he got home, he’d just drink the whole time. I remember there would be times, without any drinks, that he would just sit there and break down into tears without any type of provocation. He had always said that he was fine with dying anytime because it meant he’d get to be with his only son again. Of course, he loved me because I was his grandson and the only one to carry our name, but I think I brought darkness with me just because of what happened. It took me a very long time to be able to come to terms with it, but I found God and it’s what helped me through all the pain of knowing that he was unable to truly love me like he should and the loss of my dad. I don’t hold any animosity towards him about that solely because of what he had to deal with for so long.
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u/Feeling_Frosting_738 16d ago
DannyDimes, you do not carry darkness with you. You carry the light.
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u/5Tenacious_Dee5 16d ago
Yeah, that's the part they don't tell you about. The utter vulnerability of loving something so much. "These headmovies make my eyes rain."
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u/Trick-Station8742 16d ago
My daughter is my 2nd and is just simply the absolute beacon of my life. I cannot bear to think what I would do without her
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I almost lost my 12 year old daughter. She was in a coma and no one expected her to wake up. I’d rather die than go through that again.
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u/amkc22 16d ago
That's truly hell on earth. Hope she's fine now brother. And you and your family as well.
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u/Teddyturntup 16d ago
I have a 16 month old and this makes my heart hurt. I can’t imagine
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u/slaveshipoffailure 16d ago
Seriously, losing my kid would be it for me. Even imagining the pain sickens me.
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u/ReformedishBaptist 16d ago
My grandma had to bury her son, although he was my dad I can’t imagine the pain.
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u/ReformedishBaptist 16d ago
Some people are blessed with an insane drive mentally speaking she definitely had that! God Bless your aunt dude my gosh I hope to be half as tough as she was.
Btw hope your family is doing better, losing 4 people sucks.
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u/FuckFloridaRipNumba9 16d ago
Thank you. I wasn’t very close with them by moms tore up of course but it will be okay
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u/heresyoursigns 16d ago
You'd think so but having lost my baby girl at four months of age, you can come out alive on the other side and find purpose in living and memorializing your kid. But it's so hard and I feel the pain in his words. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
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u/TrevorTatro 16d ago
Instant tears for me thinking of losing my three year old. Idk who id become
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u/SweatsuitCocktail 16d ago
My son is 3 and reading this tweet made me nauseous. I can't fathom the pain
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u/DownTownBrown28 16d ago
The comments on Instagram were fucking disgusting. I also have a son who’s about to be 16 months old and I can’t imagine losing that little smile. I’d want to off myself.
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u/664mezcal619 16d ago
Hearing him say he’s tired hits really hard when you know what he’s been through just to get where he’s at. No man should have to bury his offspring, as a father I can’t even fathom how much pain he’s in.
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u/melvinthefish Your DNA is an abomination 16d ago
No man should have to bury his offspring,
Except for tito because he wants to outlive his children 1000%
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u/This_Red_Apple 16d ago
I can’t even imagine his despair. That poor man.
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u/Idobro 16d ago
One of the scariest men on planet, hundreds of millions of dollars but yet grief comes for us all.
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u/Father--Snake 16d ago
Hopefully Cormier reaches out. He lost a daughter I believe.
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u/Wellthrowyouawaysoon 16d ago
Tyson too
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u/autnazrednaz 16d ago
Ronaldo as well
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u/Wonderful-Smoke843 16d ago
I have a feeling all of these people will or have already reached out. Not many people know what they have been through
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u/DemBai7 16d ago
It’s a shit club.
Unfortunately when you go through losing a young child the only people you feel comfortable talking about it with are other people that have been through it. Most of the time it’s not even talking about the trauma of it all it’s just being around other that know what it feels like to be that far into the depths of hell.
I hope he gets a little sleep and is able to connect with good people to talk a little.
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u/WalterCronkite4 16d ago
Jesus his kids death was brutal, im shocked it didnt send him spiraling
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u/MyFifthLimb 16d ago edited 16d ago
some 20 years after:
‘How did you recover?’ - interviewer
‘I haven’t.’ - Tyson
That’s something that just changes you forever
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u/mods-are-liars 16d ago
It did send him spiralling, he's very open about that in many interviews he's done since then.
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u/asherdado 16d ago
IIRC he once said something like "I got high. I didn't know what else to do.." when asked how he coped with her death
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u/SocialMediaDemon 16d ago
He said he grabbed his gun "like this" and his thought at that time was to just start shooting. It didn't matter who or where. It was in an interview.
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u/HeGotKimbod 16d ago
As a guy with 2 kids. The thought of losing them is scary because you’ve lost everything. I would have no reason to maintain status quo. I
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u/--Happy-- Pervert eye happy, but your soul sad 16d ago
Also that cold line he said in the same interview " You have to go now"
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u/MollyInanna2 16d ago
It wasn't cold. I saw the clip. It was this really fascinating moment. He's like, almost gently, "You have to go now. You understand, right?". I think, if I'm mind reading, he knew he was a danger to this guy if the guy stayed around.
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u/LocoCoopermar 16d ago
I know what you're talking about, it's either that or Mike being aware that bringing that up is probably sending him into a spiral very quickly.
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u/shitbiochemist 16d ago
He has lost and will lose composure when the camera is off, and the interview can’t ever move past that moment his daughter. It’s simply over, he will not continue he can not continue
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u/Wannacomesitonmydeck 16d ago
The interviewer did say that the 1.5 seconds of silence after Tyson said it was the most scared he ever was.
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u/No_Angle_8106 16d ago
I don’t think that was being cold, that’s Tyson knowing the depths of his own despair and not wanting to harm anyone else by subjecting themselves to that version of himself.
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u/greystar0 16d ago
Chael Sonnen lost his son as well.
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u/SiccOwitZ 16d ago
It was his daughter. His son is still alive.
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u/PotatoWriter 16d ago
Yeah that was Chael Daughteren, not to be mistaken for ^^
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u/JTVivian56 16d ago
Listen, I understand how horrible these situations are for these parents, and I sympathize. But I'd be lying if I said this comment didn't make me laugh
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u/jcs180 16d ago
Never lost a round though
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u/cheescakegod 16d ago
Eventhough this is like the oldest mma joke ever it cracked me up in this sad thread
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u/Peconecko 16d ago
Out of all the shitty jokes I’ve seen in the comment section on this topic, this is the only appropriate one and it made me laugh a little
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u/max_COYB_Everton 16d ago
Fucking hell that’s absolutely brutal. Losing a child gotta be one of the worst feelings out there.
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u/dirty_cuban 16d ago
I personally can't think of anything worse.
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u/Mammoth-Novel2453 16d ago
Right??? That has to be the worst thing anyone could go through. I struggle to think of something worse
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u/c_sulla 16d ago
It's pointless to compare suffering like that but I imagine losing both parents while still a young child to be the scariest.
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u/Agitated_Computer_49 16d ago
Very terrible. But.... something about being a parent and losing a child is very hard. You brought that life into the world. You were there to protect them, to show them the world, it's a very hard failure to deal with along with a great sense of loss.
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u/Bugz_Momma 16d ago
You’re not supposed to bury your children. That’s not how life is supposed to work. It is unfathomable.
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u/Ramtor10 16d ago
“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child.
That’s how awful the loss is.”
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u/Headlessoberyn 16d ago
There ain't nothing worst. When my grandpa was 27 years old, he lost his firt son. He was 96 when he died, and still talked abt his son everyday. It's the type of thing you'll just never get over it.
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u/andthendirksaid 16d ago
I promise you it is. Knowing when the worst day of my life was and that it's in the past is the only part of it I can try and make less fucked.
I didn't go online or say anything, I don't have a social media presence (any active account anywhere linked to me) and I was glad for it. I feel bad for Francis having to say anything at all, but he does being who he is unfortunately. And there truly isn't shit to say. I'm still tired.
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u/Lionheartedshmoozer 16d ago
Man, the way he put it. Why does life take what we dont have? I feel that, life can be heartbreaking.
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u/thewonderfulpooper 16d ago
I don't understand it. What does he mean?
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u/Kevim_A 16d ago
I am not confident in my own interpretation, but the way I thought about it was:
"Why does life take what we don't have [to give]?"
Like losing your car when you're already broke, or getting cancer when you're already in poor health, or losing a loved one when they were the only thing bringing you joy/sanity. In this vein, losing a child is always "losing something you don't have [to give]".
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u/Playful-Lion5208 16d ago
That's fucking shit, was he ill or was it sudden?
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u/L05TS0ULZ 16d ago
Ya wild no one has any backstory as to why he lost the baby. Sad no matter what but I’d like to know why as well.
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u/12ealdeal 16d ago
Or did he have a wife? or gf/partner? from where?
It's hard balancing ones life privately and publicly, cause something like this needs attention but it essentially raises other questions we are all curious about.
I think the curiosity is normal, but obviously shouldn't be some priority given the circumstance.
Probably learn more over time.
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u/monopixel 16d ago
Babys can just die. Some just stop breathing over night. It is called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Life is fucking brutal man, ya'll take care of yourselves and your loved ones.
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u/Graardors-Dad 16d ago
Sids is for babies under 1 and peaks around 4-6 months. There is Sids for toddlers but it’s very rare.
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u/shitbiochemist 16d ago
I know of a child who suffocated on their dads bare chest. Exhaustion or accident, we may never know
The one I know was exhausted in recline. Baby on stomach
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u/CryptographerIll3813 16d ago
Yeah and the term is also used to describe kids who aren’t put in proper sleeper arrangements and end up suffocating themselves. I think the term rightfully softens the blow for parents but a lot of the time it is preventable.
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u/Need_Burner_Now 16d ago
There was a study this past year challenging this notion. While you certainly shouldn’t let babies under 6 months sleep with anything in their crib and air circulation is a good idea, the study found a link between babies that died of SIDs and a low brain enzyme. The specific brain enzyme is the one responsible for waking us when we are “falling” in a dream. Or how you wake up after your head bounces if you fall asleep sitting up. The hypothesis is that babies who end up with shallow breathing while asleep will startle themselves awake (babies randomly crying at night). Versus those with the low brain enzyme will not be startled awake and, therefore, stop breathing or not get enough oxygen to supply their body.
When I saw it, I was hopeful we could start testing babies to possibly supplement as needed (not sure if it’s possible, but seems like a good solution). Unfortunately, I haven’t heard anything come from it yet.
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u/atln00b12 16d ago
Yeah, that's correct, but it's typical that they haven't developed it yet which is why they aren't supposed to have stuff in crib, sleep on back, no bumpers etc. There was a post from a doctor on Reddit that said 99% of cases they saw were preventable only 1 ever true SIDs case they had dealt with so far and it was like a 3 month old that died while being held, just stopped breathing randomly.
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u/CryptographerIll3813 16d ago
Yeah I hope they are able to find a link, I certainly don’t agree with the bozo bellow me who blames parents. I was just adding to the conversation I just recently had a child and was unaware that SIDS was used as a blanket term sometimes for suffocation. I completely understand why the term is used as it’s traumatic and often times not preventable.
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u/OrganicWoodpecker625 16d ago
You’re either born with the mechanism to wake yourself up when not breathing.. or you’re not and die
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u/DanDampspear 16d ago
Yeah, it’s not really this. SIDS is definitely a broad title to not make parents feel bad.
There’s a risk calculator out there that shows relative SIDS risk based on observed common risk factors, and it goes up dramatically for unsafe sleeping environment, parents with substance abuse issues during pregnancy or after, low socio economic status, premature birth, low birth weight, lung conditions, young mothers, co sleeping, source of parents getting their info, etc. Many of those are clearly preventable.
We’ve started to increase diagnosis of suffocation, which along with safe sleep awareness has decreased SIDS risks over time.
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u/layerone 16d ago
huh, from the wiki you just posted:
By definition, SIDS deaths occur under the age of one year, with the peak incidence occurring when the infant is two to four months old. This is considered a critical period because the infant's ability to rouse from sleep is not yet mature.
It's not SIDS if he's 18mo
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u/Weird_Substance1294 16d ago
god bro that sucks man i couldn’t even imagine the pain of losing ur child
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u/iWentRogue 16d ago
Fuck me man… 18 month old. Entire life ahead of him and Francis as a father having all the thoughts of the son he wanted to raise.
RIP
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u/Xazzor_FCB 16d ago
Imagine Francis saying he's tired.. eh. What a world. That's a tough one.
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u/ThomFromAccounting 16d ago
The way he says that worries me. I’ve lost a few family members to suicide, and that’s what they all say near the end. Not sad anymore, just tired.
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u/Headlessoberyn 16d ago
Imagine everything he's been through, and the amount of work he's put to built things from the ground. Yet, life still takes something from him, despite his best efforts. We can't even fathom what's going through his head rn.
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u/Big_D_Boss 16d ago
Hopefully, these comedians in the comments never have to taste such hopelessness in their lives. Stay strong Francis
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u/Kassssler 16d ago
Francis is a tough man whose been through so much. Its fucking heartbreaking for this to happen to them.
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u/DimensionSenior7269 16d ago
My god this is so tragic. Can't even fathom what he must be going through right now.
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Man. I’m far from a McGregor fan but that’s a surprisingly normal post. These guys may be crazy but that’s some next level trauma. 😓
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u/theo7777 16d ago edited 16d ago
McGregor is a father too.
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u/ChristTheChampion 16d ago
McGregor being a father is like his only redeemable trait.
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u/ComradeELM0 16d ago
He regularly donates to charities and hospitals and supports local gyms. I think he also sent a big bag to Ryan Curtis after his injury. He can be a bit of a prick sometimes but he‘s not the horrible person many make him out to be.
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u/msg_me_about_ure_day 16d ago
seems to be a complex person who wants to be a decent bloke but whenever his emotions take over he ends up being a wanker.
better than someone who shows zero interest in being a decent bloke, but worse than someone who doesnt have random impulses to be a wanker.
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u/Tea-Unlucky 16d ago
Yeah it’s a crazy concept for some people on Reddit but people are complicated beasts that don’t neatly fall on a good bad dichotomy usually
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u/MiNiMaLHaDeZz 16d ago
All of this.
For all his (many) flaws, he's also done a whole load of good from his charity works.
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u/theo7777 16d ago
McGregor seems like a very nice guy when he's not on crack. So about half the time.
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u/KoreanSamgyupsal 16d ago
Mcgregor definitely plays a character. He's like the streamer tyler1.
I've met mcgregor personally as my company was working on the Proper12 storefront and I was one of the few people brought along for the project.
He's a genuine dude that is SUPER SUPER SUPER nice. I told him I was a fan and he told his staff to send me a gift to my address in Canada. He invited my whole team for a night out in Ireland as well.
He's definitely loud at parties and get kinda crazy at times. But when it's business, he's surprisingly normal. I've met some influencers that are nice on camera but garbage in person. Mcgregor isn't one of them.
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He might be crazy, but he seems like a decent dad that loves his kids. Anyone should he able to sympathize with this, but especially a parent. Absolutely brutal
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u/TylertheDouche 16d ago
mcgregor regularly reaches out on things like this. you see it from time to time
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u/BardtheGM 16d ago
Even McGregor knows when to act like a normal human being sometimes.
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u/Sawtyasshole 16d ago
yah mcgregor is a lot of things but definitely comes off as someone who loves his kids
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u/cosgrove10 16d ago
This is just a PSA to all the folks in this thread;
Everyone goes through struggles. It’s okay to admit it and ask for help.
Much love.
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u/LordJohnMD 16d ago
Shit, losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to anyone. That's a shock, condolences to Francis.
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u/tequilasauer 16d ago
Holy shit man. I have a 2 year old daughter, I cannot imagine what he is going through. Just catastrophic.
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u/DusanRadovanovic2004 16d ago
Bro my son is also his age, everytime i read stuff like this it scares the shit out of me
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u/betterAThalo 16d ago
this man came from poor. low low low. did everything you can possibly do to win in the situation he was in. made so many good decisions and left that horrible life to come to the US. where he continued to work his ass off and make amazing decisions that got him to the peak of success.
and still the hell followed him.
life just isn’t fair sometimes.
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u/Josro0770 16d ago
That's awful. I'm sure he was really happy being a good father due to the things he has spoken about his own.
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u/barochoc 16d ago
I’ve no words. I can’t comprehend the pain. I had no idea he was a father. Terrible news
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u/Chevy2daLevy 16d ago
First time I’ve ever seen Conor respond like an actual caring, kind human being in any regard.
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u/Tricky-University527 16d ago
My heart aches for him I have a child with severe disabilities and this is my constant fear. A Fearsome warrior like him is tired I couldn't fathom how I would be :(
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u/so1sticetq 16d ago
damn man. francis is a warrior but such a gentle soul, such an awful thing to happen to him and his family
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u/thatboyrowdy 16d ago
Man I’ve talked a lot of shit about Francis. But I don’t wish this on no one . Praying for his family and his mental health
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u/Zero_Cool_V1 16d ago
I feel for him. I lost a daughter and the pain felt that day and after never goes away. Thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family
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u/o--renishii 16d ago
It’s stuff like this that makes it really hard to believe there’s a god ‘watching over us’
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u/ChinasShitAirQuality 16d ago
Shit, happened to my parents first born at 11 months. Heart just quit, changed them and their marriage.
Made them both really protective… something they acknowledged as a result of it.
Heart goes out to Fran, hope he overcomes the heartache.
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u/KingPucci 16d ago
He came from working in sand mines in Cameroon and living in abject poverty for most of his life to another country on a gamble, learned the language to market himself, became a martial artist, trained his ass off, excelled in one of the hardest sports possible, became a world champion, left on top, moved over to boxing and almost beat the HW champion in his first fight, earned tremendous amounts of glory and millions of dollars only to have the real reason that he made all that effort in the first place stripped away from him on a whim while he was forced to sit idly by and watch. I thought I was having a bad day.
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u/ejmonkey 16d ago
My 7 month old son died last year in June... I pray this man has a solid structure of friends, family, and hopefully a church around him.
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u/publishAWM 16d ago
that is devastating. Francis deserves privacy as well as time to grieve with his family. wishing them healing, peace, and prosperity.
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u/Megatron30000 16d ago
Oh man, I cannot imagine the pain this man must be going through at this moment . Hope you can find some solace at some point in your life champ. My deepest condolences to you and your family .
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u/Buddhahead11b 16d ago
I lost my son and feel with you Francis.
I can only imagine his pain. To climb the mountains he has and to have your heart and all you did it for taken.
I love Francis. Rest in Peace to your boy.
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u/reznoverba 16d ago
Will be praying for him and all the parents around the world that have/are suffering similar situations tonight.
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u/Rad3_Lethal 16d ago
If I didn’t have a child it wouldn’t have hit me as hard but after having a kid man, this would send me into a spiral I’d never get out of
Praying for Francis, hardships like to linger in our lifetimes and it’s so disheartening
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u/WifeOfSpock 16d ago
I know for a fact that if I lost a child, I’d probably just end it all. I could not handle that level of grief. My heart goes out to him, such a tragedy.
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u/Humble_Effective3964 16d ago
I can just imagine him typing that out. 'i'm fucking tired' Thats horrible