Just when you thought celebrity scandals couldn’t get any wilder in 2025, UFC superstar Conor McGregor’s 37th birthday bash has morphed into a social media circus that would make even a Vegas fight night look tame. The culprit? None other than rapper Azealia Banks, armed with a phone full of alleged explicit photos and enough tea to sink an Irish battleship.
Banks — never one to read the room before setting it on fire — dropped a social media nuke that sent both fighting and entertainment circles into absolute meltdown. The outspoken rapper claims she’s been playing digital footsie with McGregor since 2016, though she’s quick to point out she’s “never met the leprechaun” in person.
“Me and Conor McGregor have been sending each other unsolicited nudes since 2016,” Banks declared with all the subtlety of a heavyweight punch. Then came the real knockout blow — apparently, the UFC star threatened her to keep quiet about their risqué exchanges.
The drama reached fever pitch when Banks unleashed what she claims are screenshots of McGregor’s messages. Among them? A bizarrely memorable snap featuring gym equipment used in ways that would make a CrossFit coach blush, accompanied by the caption “lifting weights.” But it was another alleged message that really set tongues wagging: “Don’t be a rat cos all rats get caught” — a threat that Banks met with her characteristic zero-chill response.
“How you gonna send a bitch crooked d**k pics then threaten her not to tell?” Banks fired back, tagging McGregor directly. “Do you know who the f**k I am?”
Talk about terrible timing. While this digital drama unfolds, paparazzi caught McGregor living his best beach life in Florida with a mystery woman — and his fiancée of four years, Dee Devlin, was nowhere in sight. The whole thing’s messier than a toddler’s first attempt at finger painting.
Devlin’s response? Pure class. She shared a fan account post reading, “Happy Birthday to the person who always keeps Dee entertained and makes her smile,” followed by a carefully curated photo collection of their moments together. Sometimes the quietest statements speak the loudest, eh?
But here’s where things get properly grim. These scandals are just the cherry on top of McGregor’s increasingly problematic sundae. He’s recently been ordered to shell out roughly $230,000 to a woman who accused him of rape in Ireland, while simultaneously facing sexual assault allegations in Miami. The former two-weight champ keeps denying everything, but at some point, you’ve got to wonder where there’s smoke…
Banks, meanwhile, has been taking shots at McGregor’s Irish heritage like she’s working through a bottle of Jameson — proving that in the wild west of celebrity feuds, nothing’s sacred anymore. Though X (formerly Twitter) eventually yanked the explicit photos for terms of service violations, the damage was already done in the court of public opinion.
What’s fascinating about this whole mess is how it perfectly captures the evolution of celebrity accountability in our social media age. McGregor’s swift unfollowing of Banks after her revelations is about as effective as using a Band-Aid to fix a broken nose — it might cover the problem, but it sure won’t make it go away.
As McGregor contemplates his next career move — including some oddly timed claims about fighting at next year’s White House event — this birthday controversy might just be the wake-up call he wasn’t asking for. For Dublin’s self-proclaimed king, the crown’s starting to look a bit crooked.
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