Fans of both UFC and HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” were hoping for a crossover when rumours spread that UFC Champ Conor McGregor was in talks to be on the hit show.
During an interview with the Good Times Network, the 28-year-old fighter addressed the reports.
“That was everywhere and I’ve never even heard about it,” McGregor said. “I heard about it once after [a fight]… backstage in the dressing room. [UFC brass, including Dana White, were] in front of me and they were saying [they] want you to be in the ‘Game Of Thrones.’ I’m banged up, my shin in a heap, I’ve been kicking his knee’s straight for 25 minutes, my leg’s in bits, and he’s trying to offer me a ‘Game of Thrones’ role.”
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“And I’m saying, ‘Listen, come at me with sh** I want to hear, I’m not trying to be in show business, I’m trying to be in the fight business,” McGregor continued. “Come at me with a real number to fight again. So that was the only time I ever heard the [words] ‘Game of Thrones’. And it went everywhere like months later! So I don’t know where that came from. But I’ve never been in contact with nobody from ‘Game of Thornes’ and now I’m starring in ‘Game of f**king Thrones!”
The new season of the hit drama will premiere in June on HBO.