Dana White Awkwardly Walks Out On Podcast: VIDEO

Dana White pulled off an all-time awkward moment during Howie Mandel's podcast.

The UFC boss was on Mandel's podcast to presumably talk about life and his career, but viewers didn't get to enjoy any kind of conversation.

The reason why was pretty simple:

Dana White got up and left a few seconds into the podcast.

Dana White awkwardly walks off Howie Mandel's podcast. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

UFC leader Dana White quits Howie Mandel's podcast in bizarre fashion.

Mandel was reading White's bio in a very complimentary fashion when the UFC leader decided he'd had enough of podcasts and talking to commentators.

"Thank you for all the kind words. I appreciate it. I am so f*cking tired of doing podcasts that I'm literally done with them. I'm not doing any more podcasts," White said before taking his headphones off, getting up and walking the hell out.

Was it all a shtick? If it was, White deserves an Oscar for his acting ability because it appeared to be incredibly real. Give it a watch below, and let me know if you think it's real or staged at David.Hookstead@outick.com.

What happened here with Dana White?

In terms of a bizarre moment, it's not an understatement at all to say this is one of the more bizarre things we've seen in sports media in recent memory.

Howie Mandel was literally complimenting White for 20 straight seconds. He was buttering him up in unbelievably positive fashion.

And instead of rolling with it like 99.9% of famous people would have…….Dana White decided to walk out. Again, I'd like to hedge at least a little that this might be staged.

If this was a roulette table, I'd throw at least a little money down that this isn't real, but it certainly appears to be. Why? Why would Dana White - a man famous for his skills in front of cameras - just quit on an interview with Howie Mandel?

Clearly, it was going to be a friendly interview. Yet, White clearly wasn't feeling the vibe, and left. Not only did he leave, but he declared he's never doing a podcast again.

Call me skeptical of that claim, even if this moment was wild. Hit me with your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com, and let's embrace debate.