Conor McGregor has admitted that the pressures of fame and constantly having to please his fans are starting to “mess with his head”.
The fighter has become one of Mixed Martial Arts biggest success stories but he has now revealed that his massive popularity has at times make him feel “like a piece of meat”.
The Dubliner highlighted a recent incident when he came home in September for a four day promotional tour.
“I [just] lay on the bed. I must have signed a million pictures and had two million pictures taken,” he said.
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“I stayed on the stage after. People were coming up and I did autographs and a load of selfies and pictures. I must have been there an hour,” he told The Irish Examiner.
“Then I went upstairs to this little private room that they had for me. And there was about 400 people queuing all along the stairs.”
“So I took some selfies, rang someone’s uncle in Canada who is a big fan, all that, but there was no way in hell I could have gone through everyone after a four-day run like that. I’d still have been there! So I had to go.”
Fame: Conor admitted he sometimes feels like “a peace of meat”
The UFC star also admitted how annoying it is to be approached by fans when he’s in a restaurant trying to enjoy a meal with his family.
“(A fan) was going ‘Colin! Colin!’ Calling me the wrong name! ‘Colin! Colin! Can we take a picture with my kids?'”
“And me literally with a forkful of food in my mouth! But I said ‘Okay’, finished my food and done the thing. But then when one takes it a million come over.”
“So it’s all messing with my head a bit. That’s why I feel I just need to drift away for awhile,” he said.
“I need to say no sometimes. But then you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I’m in a weird place in my head now.”
