UFC fighter and former Donald Trump supporter Sean Strickland has stunned online followers with a dark admission following Charlie Kirk’s murder in Utah on Wednesday.
‘Alright guys,’ Strickland said while driving in the self-recorded video. ‘I’m on Twitter and somebody says, ‘Hey did you hear that Charlie Kirk got shot?’ And my gut reaction was like, ‘No I f***ing didn’t, but I’m excited.’
Strickland’s confession didn’t end there.
‘Like I felt this little dopamine spike in me where I’m like: ‘Dude I wan to see the video,’ he continued. ‘And then I see in the video, real bad, real bad, but I still kind of excited from it. Like, ‘oh s***,’ you know?
‘Like I could feel like my muscles tensing. And then I start thinking, man, well what’s gonna come from this?’
Strickland wasn’t bragging about callousness but was rather calling himself out for a lack of empathy.
Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Thursday prior to his murder
Strickland admitted to being excited to see the Kirk video before questioning his own humanity
And while his first reaction was to think ‘let’s burn this mother***er down, I need some excitement!’ Strickland said his humanity returned in the moments after seeing the shooting on social media.
‘And then you start thinking, man, like how the f*** did I become such a sociopath?’ Strickland asked. ‘Like how am I so disattached (sic) from human beings. I don’t even see people, I just see potential threats.’
Strickland went on to mention other recent tragedies, including the murdered Ukrainian woman who was stabbed to death in Charlotte, and Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip.
‘We’re watching little kids get pulled out of buildings because maybe somebody’s launched a rocket, we are so desensitised, we’re so socialised… it’s so sad that we let these people ruin America and it’s like taking the soul from us,’ he continued.
‘I’m just numb to seeing people die online. Just numb to tragedy in 2025. Welcome to the internet. The erosion of humanity one reel at a time.’
Thousands were on hand at Utah Valley University to see Charlie Kirk speak on Wednesday
Strickland also offered a reaction in his caption to the video post.
‘The gut reaction is to double down and pick a side.. Republicans, democrats,’ he said. ‘They’re not America first… They never have been. They stay in power by making us hate each other. They love this and encourage it. America first always…#charliekirk.’
Strickland, who has become somewhat estranged from the conservative movement in the US, received significant criticism over his post.
‘You need help dude,’ one follower wrote.
Others agreed: ‘Bro … what are you talking about . Get some help.’
‘Stop fighting Sean,’ another wrote, adding: ‘get some help man.’
Kirk was murdered with a single gunshot while speaking to thousands at an outdoor event at UVU. The shooter remains at large.
A former UFC middleweight champion, Strickland was a staunch supporter of Donald Trump until the President bombed Iran back in June.
‘America doesn’t want to be involved in Israel’s war,’ Strickland wrote online. ‘This is not our war. We don’t want it. You were elected by the people. Listen to the people who elected you. WE DO NOT WANT THIS!!!!’ Strickland wrote in response.’
