BKFC fighter Tai Emery’s highlight-reel worthy uppercut at BKFC Thailand last weekend isn’t what made the Australian into a viral superstar. It was her post-fight celebration, which saw Emery climb the ring and flash her breasts to the crowd after her first-round victory over Rung-Arun Khunchai, that broke the internet. Speaking with Nick Chapman, Emery claimed that her antics are “only going to get worse” from here.
“Yes, we have broken the internet. This is a new thing. My friends have told me that I am the No. 1 trending thing on Google, so that’s kind of nice to beat a Kardashian at something.
BKFC’s Tai Emery On “Illegal” Post-Fight Flashing Celebration: “It’s Only Going to Get Worse”
I threw the threat out there around Nick Chapman, and I think I threw it out at [my management] at one stage, literally being a brat, just to see if I could make people feel uncomfortable just being myself and wanting to see their reaction. When it came to, [and] every single person that really knows me, there’s a moment where they’re like, ‘Tai’s being Tai,’ and it’s bloody well paid off. There was no backlash at all.
Everything is positive, positive, positive, which is why it’s been so bloody good because it wasn’t meant to make anyone feel some type of way negatively, but if that’s what they’re going to feel, than I think they need to have a look at themselves to see why that’s triggering them while someone is up there having a good time. I’m sure there are ladies who probably flashed their t*** for a free Bundy rum back home in Australia, but c’mon, I just knocked a b**** out.”
Emery claimed that others were worried about backlash from the locals in Thailand – where a woman baring her breasts is illegal – but that she remained steadfast in her self-belief.
“Honestly, it’s been one of the best things to happen. I’ve always said that as long as you’re always truly just being yourself in every moment, nothing bad can come from it.
I’m sure there was a lot of people worried that I was going to get backlash in Thailand [because] it’s actually illegal for women to show their breasts, but it’s legal for a man that has fake breasts to be able to expose his chest. Being in a country that’s mostly Buddhist, there could’ve been a lot of backlash, but honestly, from every single country there’s been a lot of support.”
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