Addison Rae fans launch campaign to CANCEL her after she introduced herself to Trump at UFC 264 

TikTok superstar Addison Rae’s fans have launched a campaign to cancel her after she excitedly greeted former US president Donald Trump at the star-studded UFC 264 fight in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

In footage uploaded by YouTube channel NELK earlier this week, Rae was seen approaching Trump, 75, as he watched the UFC bout between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier from his ringside seat. 

The clip shows Rae tapping on Trump’s shoulder to get his attention before she says: ‘Hi! I’m Addison. Nice to meet you. I have to say hi, hello. So nice to meet you.’ It’s not clear what Trump said to her in return. 

The greeting caused a stir on social media, with the woke Twitter mob calling for the 20-year-old start from Louisiana to be canceled.   

Rae’s devout fanbase also speculated about her political affiliation – a topic first brought up in 2019 when she was accused of registering to vote as a Republican.  

The clip of Addison’s run-in with Trump went viral across multiple social media platforms, and drew mixed reactions from her devout fanbase.  

Social media users quickly slammed Rae over the greeting, with comedian Chris Klemens saying he believed she had revealed her political affiliation, writing: ‘Oopsies Addison… your Republican is showing.’

The 27-year-old YouTuber later quipped: ‘Word on the street is Addison Rae’s song Obsessed is about Donald Trump actually.’

Another user wrote: ‘#addisonrae whatttttttt [hand covering mouth,  face screaming in fear emojis] I feel like she’s gonna get canceled again I would bet my five dollars on this.’ 

One took pleasure in the possibility Rae could be canceled, tweeting: ‘addison rae getting cancelled for shaking donald trumps hand is in my top 10 moments of 2021.’

On Twitter, users were also quick to point out one of Rae’s previous controversies where she appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in April to perform dances which were choreographed by black TikTok creators and failed to credit them.  

Days later, Fallon was forced to apologize and invite all of the black creators behind the dances on the show to interview them before they did the choreography. 

There were several fans, however, who came to the popular TikTok star’s defense. 

One Twitter user wrote: ‘Addison Rae being cancelled for saying hello to trump is why people vote trump. Far left American is just as ridiculous as right.’ 

Another said: ‘if you care that addison rae said hi to trump then you are probably a loserr.’ 

One took a similar stand despite not being a fan of hers, writing: ‘As much I dislike Addison rae, she shouldn’t get cancelled for saying hi to president Trump.’ 

In 2019, a TikTok went viral claiming she ‘had allegedly voted Republican in 2014, 2016 and 2018 in Tarzana, California after she was accused of being featured in a video that showed her registering to vote as a Republican.

Rae slammed the video as being fake, and said she had not registered to vote in her home state of Louisiana.  

‘This isn’t real hahahaha. First I’m from Louisiana, second I’m not even registered to vote and never have been I’m actually doing it for the first time with someone important and I’m excited to do so. This is fake,’ she wrote at the time.

Rae greeting Trump also drew criticism among users who suggested that her support of the Black Lives Matter and other social justice movements contradicts her apparent desire to meet the former president.   

A Twitter user responded to the Trump meeting writing: ‘Miss Addison Rae how you stealing from black creators and shaking hands with trump and saying ‘it’s so nice to meet you’ ermmm the math ain’t mathing.’

Another said: ‘not Addison Rae being one of the biggest performative activists last summer and now her willingly going up to Trump to introduce herself and talk to him.’

Coming to Addison’s defense, one fan asked those angered by the clip to explain exactly ‘what is wrong with’ her introducing herself to Trump, adding: ‘You kids need to grow up and realize folks can agree to disagree and still show respect.’

Reiterating the same stance, another Twitter user wrote that they ‘dont like trump but seeing a former president in front of ur eyes hell imma say hi too wtf.’

‘I love Addison Rae now,’ tweeted out one Twitter user, seemingly impressed with Addison’s conduct. 

Others moved past the outrage and instead wondered just how Rae was able to seemingly make it past Trump’s team of secret service agents.

‘How does a random person just walk walk up and touch a person with secret service protection?’ read one concerned tweet, with another writing: ‘Is nobody surprised how she casually just strolled up on the former president and tapped his shoulder where the secret service at?’

Rae has yet to address the her now viral Trump interaction, but she has continued to post on social media as usual, with her most recent post being a series of backyard portraits.