{"id":727375,"date":"2026-06-26T14:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727375\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:48:11","slug":"comic-nate-bargatze-posts-for-first-time-since-trumps-ufc-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727375\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Nate Bargatze Posts For First Time Since Trump\u2019s UFC Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But the comic, who has built a brand as an apolitical and family-friendly act, still hasn\u2019t addressed his appearance at the event. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree cities. Four shows. One great weekend,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBBVkFlkBv\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"he wrote\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBBVkFlkBv\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he wrote<\/a> along with a picture of himself performing. \u201cThanks to everyone who joined us in Houston, Austin, and Corpus Christi. Phoenix, we\u2019ll see you soon \ud83d\udc40\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also updated his Instagram Stories to include photos from those shows. <\/p>\n<p>Many of the comments on his new Instagram post have been supportive, but The Daily Beast reported that negative comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/nate-bargatze-busted-deleting-negative-comments-after-maga-outing\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"were being deleted quickly\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/obsessed\/nate-bargatze-busted-deleting-negative-comments-after-maga-outing\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were being deleted quickly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans on social media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/fans-turn-nate-bargatze-spotting-143411408.html\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"were livid\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/fans-turn-nate-bargatze-spotting-143411408.html\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">were livid<\/a> with the comedian when he was spotted in photos of the event. He was behind Trump in one image, and also posed for photos with key MAGA figures, including Health and Human Services Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Robert F. Kennedy Jr\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>. and House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Mike Johnson\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/mike-johnson\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-La.). <\/p>\n<p>Some have urged Bargatze to speak out on why he was at the event.<\/p>\n<p>But so far, the only comment has come from the two-time \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/snl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday Night Live<\/a>\u201d host\u2019s representatives. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate is family-friendly entertainment first,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/comedian-spotted-at-trumps-ufc-fight-with-rfk-jr_n_6a3019e2e4b07f7766e9a438\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"rep for Bargatze told HuffPost\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a3e2d3ee4b0fe0f007543cc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"6a3019e2e4b07f7766e9a438\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">rep for Bargatze told HuffPost<\/a> after he was seen at the event. \u201cHe is not political, nor is anything he produces. He is also a huge UFC fan and has been since before it became political.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rep added that Bargatze has \u201cfans from both sides of the aisle\u201d and attended the Trump event \u201cto enjoy a sport he loves.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But the comic, who has built a brand as an apolitical and family-friendly act, still hasn\u2019t addressed his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12,88,13410,3784,788],"class_list":["post-727375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-mike-johnson","tag-nate-bargatze","tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}