Fans are not letting up on Ian Garry.
During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on Monday, Jan. 8, Garry spoke in depth about his thoughts on Sean Strickland's trash talk.
“I don’t personally care what happened in his childhood, or what happened in his past that has him the way he is now,” Garry said. “I don’t care what happened in your past. Don’t attack and project your pain onto other people, or other people’s families, because you can’t deal with it correctly."
The only problem with his words are that he appears to be reading them off something in front of him. And he's not doing a good job trying to hide it.
MMA Twitter caught on pretty quickly and called him out for it.
Ian Garry said that child abuse is the worst thing in the world and Neil Magny belongs in jail for joking about it.
— Tea Talk (@MMATeaTalk) January 8, 2024
Now he making fun of Sean Strickland's childhood abuse while is he reading off a script that his wife wrote during the interview.
You can't make this up. pic.twitter.com/z3P5D54ehN
Ian Garry's wife after he lets everyone see him reading the script https://t.co/wMFSpLFA65
— Mixed Marshal Art (@MixedMarshalArt) January 9, 2024
Ian Garry looking at a script is the most embarrassing thing a fighter can do in his shoes 😂
— Kruptix Combat (@kruptixcombat) January 9, 2024
Ian Garry trying to repair his public image after he gets roasted last PPV by spinning it on Strickland, reading lines written from his manager 😂 “here read this, it’ll help your image” https://t.co/0MoC9Z1Fsj
— Kyle Rafferty (@RotoRaff) January 8, 2024
@arielhelwani @NewYorkRic @connerburks can any of you confirm if Ian Garry was reading from a script during his interview? Sure looked like it 😂
— Zac AL-Habashneh (@BabyBosh92) January 8, 2024
Sean Strickland after seeing Ian Garry respond to him using his wifes script pic.twitter.com/HeIbUBUQUB
— Max James (@MaxJamestv) January 3, 2024
Garry has been in hot water lately with fans who have accused him of being controlled by his wife Layla, who is also his manager. Fans found an old book "How to be a WAG" written by Layla many years ago citing that, and Garry adding his wife's last name to his, as evidence of her control over him.
Adding fuel to the fire, Garry pulled out of his UFC 296 fight at the height of the fan onslaught due to illness, which fans believe was faked to avoid having to speak to the press or fellow fighters.
It's going to be a while before MMA fans forget about the drama, and he's not making it easy for them to do.