Paulie Malignaggi accuses bitter rival Conor McGregor of hiding homosexuality in shocking, bizarre r
Paulie Malignaggi has blasted his old sparring partner Conor McGregor and accused him of hiding his true sexuality.
The 38-year-old American famously helped the UFC star prepare for his 2017 crossover bout against Floyd Mayweather, only for footage of their sparring sessions to be publicly leaked by McGregor’s team.
Malignaggi still disputes an apparent knockdown shown in one of the clips, and the pair became bitter enemies as a result.
Last week it was claimed they were in talks for a fight in 2019, however Paulie Malignaggi quickly moved to deny this, believing the rumours were put out by the Irishman’s team on purpose.
Malignaggi added the following shock remarks in an interview with Behind The Gloves on Thursday, declaring: "I’m starting to think this guy has a thing for me, it's kind of a weird vibe I’m getting from him.
"Why do you want me to think about you so much when I don’t need to? Why am I always on your mind?
"I'm starting to feel like it's a weird gay thing, as a man I have my rights and I don’t like another man coming on to me.
"I don’t go that way and I have the right to be a straight man.”
Clearly still irritated by Conor McGregor, Paulie Malignaggi continued his rant, explaining why he believes a fight between himself and the UFC star will never happen.
"If he loses to me [his fans] will know he lied to them and they’ll turn their backs on him.
"The guy’s gay, and I don’t have anything against that but I'm not gay so don’t come at me that way, I have rights as a straight guy.
"Don’t sexually harass me this way. God bless, you can do what you want; if your wife knows you suck c*** you can both be in on it together.
"I don’t care if you suck c*** but I don't want you to go near mine, I don't want to discuss that but I'm starting to feel that if he doesn't want to fight me but wants to keep bringing me up, that's the only thing this can be.
"I don't want to go that way with him."
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You can watch the full Behind The Gloves interview with Paulie Malignaggi below.
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