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Dustin Poirier is opening up about the drunken incident at an Atlanta airport on Father’s Day that saw him get arrested for public intoxication.
Video of the incident show an aggressive Poirier yelling at security and Delta airline staff before being put in handcuffs and getting led away. Shortly after his release, “Diamond” posted an apology post admitting he “needs some help.”
“Walking away from fighting hasn’t been easy on me and alcohol isn’t the answer,” Poirier wrote. “It has ruined my father’s life and I will not allow it to ruin mine, my family deserve me at 100%. I’m trying to do everything I can to get my mind right and take the right next steps.”
It’s been just over two weeks since the incident and Poirier is now speaking about it on the Diary of a CEO YouTube channel. He gave more context to his comment about alcohol ruining his father’s life and how it weighed on him that day.
“If I could paint a picture of what you think of a classic drunk or alcoholic, [he’s] very selfish and continues to go back to it,” Poirier said. “He’s actually homeless right now. Part of that, me getting in trouble at the airport, was I just felt — and it’s not my weight to carry — but I just felt I tried to help him out, and he’s back out on the street. It’s like he almost doesn’t want help.”
“And on Father’s Day, I was traveling to work, and I just couldn’t stop thinking about my father. And I started drinking in the airport, and that’s kind of what led to the incident.”
“But when I feel like that, you know, I’ve been going to therapy and stuff like that,” he continued. “Years ago, I started going to therapy. And when I started feeling better, I stopped practicing everything I learned through therapy. And then I felt that feeling again, I guess I’d call it depression, I just didn’t feel well. And when I feel like that, I know I shouldn’t drink, and I drink anyway.”
“So not that my father or anything is an excuse. Obviously, I did what I did. But I knew in the moment when I’m feeling like that, to drink or have any alcohol has never benefited me, especially in times like that where I’m mentally not the best.”
Poirier said he still hasn’t seen the full bodycam footage from his arrest.
“I don’t want to see it,” he said. “Even when my wife started playing it and I heard it, she would watch it in the other room. And then I have a buddy I work out with five days a week. Between him and my wife, I’ve put the pieces together and pretty know the extent of what happened.”
“To see myself in that condition, disrespecting a police officer, disrespecting workers at the airport, disrespecting myself, disrespecting my family. I just don’t feel like it’s gonna benefit me to see that. If anything, I think it’s gonna bring me down, and I’m gonna keep thinking about it. I, like I said, for the most part, understand what happened, know what happened. I don’t need to see it again.”
He also hasn’t seen all the memes and videos making fun of the incident.
“I got home, I posted that on Instagram, then I uninstalled all social media off my phone,” Poirier said. “So I haven’t, since father’s or the day after father’s day, I haven’t been on anything. I know they’re making fun. I know they’re talking about me. Obviously, I’ve been in the light with being a professional athlete for a long time. I know how this goes. So I just uninstalled all my stuff. I haven’t seen any of the clips, any of the videos, any of the anything, you know, besides what my wife and my buddy are telling me.”
Poirier talks unflinchingly about the airport situation and his life for the entire 90 minute podcast, and it’s a very interesting look into the life and mindset of the retired UFC fighter. Here’s hoping Dustin regains the equilibrium he says he’s lost a bit of since retiring and finds the next big thing that fills the void that fighting occupied for so many years.
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