- May 21, 2026
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Joe Gruters was only off by 117.4 million.
Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee chair made the loony claim that more people watched the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn than watched the Super Bowl.
The numbers are now in. Per multiple reports, Paramount says 8.2 million watched the event on Paramount+. (As noted by Mattew Belloni of Puck, that's a "fraction" of what marquee sporting events deliver — and it's less than the audience for Marshals or Tracker.)
And (shocker) it's far, far less than the Super Bowl LX audience of 125.6 million.
But who cares about the truth? The truth is an annoyance. An impediment. A pesky little thing that gets in the way of preferred narratives.
No matter how outlandish those narratives may be.
Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee chair made the loony claim that more people watched the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn than watched the Super Bowl.
The numbers are now in. Per multiple reports, Paramount says 8.2 million watched the event on Paramount+. (As noted by Mattew Belloni of Puck, that's a "fraction" of what marquee sporting events deliver — and it's less than the audience for Marshals or Tracker.)
And (shocker) it's far, far less than the Super Bowl LX audience of 125.6 million.
But who cares about the truth? The truth is an annoyance. An impediment. A pesky little thing that gets in the way of preferred narratives.
No matter how outlandish those narratives may be.