{"id":5786,"date":"2026-06-16T23:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/paul-tudor-jones-family-in-crisis-after-daughter-at-ufc\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:33:14","slug":"paul-tudor-jones-family-in-crisis-after-daughter-at-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/paul-tudor-jones-family-in-crisis-after-daughter-at-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Tudor Jones&#8217; family in crisis after daughter at UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131209017.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The action is over inside the Claw, but a family is still going a few rounds over the UFC 250 event.<\/p>\n<p>We hear the family members are trying to distance themselves from their wayward child, and apparently they\u2019re particularly upset over an insult thrown at former First Lady Michelle Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Robinhood Foundation founder Paul\u2019s daughter Caroline Jones\u00a0sang the National Anthem at the event on South Lawn of the White House as member of the Zac Brown Band.  The group, standing on a Monster Energy logo decked in red, white and blue, performed alongside\u00a0the\u00a0United States Marine Band as the\u00a0U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew overhead. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Caroline Jones, seen here performing at Omni Nashville Hotel on March 20, 2026, performed at the UFC event as a member of the Zac Brown band.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Caroline has been a member of the band since 2022. They are shown here performing at the UFC Freedom 250 Fan Fest on June 13, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Later during the event, UFC heavyweight Josh Hokit said, \u201cMichelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family is trying to figure out how to navigate this, especially the Michelle slur\u201d says a source.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re told they\u2019ve gone so far as to asked Caroline to \u201cbe quiet about it and not post.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Caroline\u2019s father, billionaire Paul Tudor, was a political backer of Barack Obama and friends with him and Michelle, says our source.  He is shown here at the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas in 2019. <span class=\"credit\">Gage Skidmore\/ZUMA Press Wire \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Paul held a major fundraiser for Obama in 2007. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Their] Obama friendship is really important to them,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n<p>Another source tells us that they would not characterize the reaction as a \u201cfreak out,\u201d but says there is \u201cconcern.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Paul, whose worth an estimated $8.1 billion, was a major early backer of Obama, helping the campaign raise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland19.com\/story\/6546148\/obama-raises-at-least-750000-in-greenwich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$750,000 with a benefit<\/a> at his Connecticut home in 2007 that drew the likes of Tyra Banks and George Soros. He was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/13\/us\/politics\/13donor.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House in 2011<\/a> for a meeting between Obama and\u00a0two dozen Wall Street executives to discuss the economy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>We hear the Jones family has asked Caroline not to post about the event. <span class=\"credit\">Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paul \u2014 who has given to candidates across the political spectrum\u2014 wound up defecting and donating to Romney during the 2012 election cycle. Meanwhile that same year, his wife Sonia held a\u00a0$40,000-per-person fundraiser for Obama\u00a0at Sarah Jessica Parker\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>A source tells us that the relationship is not just political, but that the Jones and Obamas have taken vacations together.<\/p>\n<p>Zac Brown explained his reasoning for appearing at the event as \u201cpatriotism, not politics.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A source tells us that Paul and wife Sonia are not just politically connected to the Obamas, but are personal friends.  <span class=\"credit\">David Fisher \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m there for the troops, man,\u201d Brown said on the Pat McAfee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/zac-brown-explains-white-house-024639838.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJgRF5CEUJL7cMstvkK7a368Kphwb6oxR7j1uJhkhZ5vh6I3UvP2vZTXnnQDb4cXuZPvg250pHYZXJz7v9lZhG5W6WezS_7BXzt8DusjSR5N7Omr9FT3HZbtGbfXNvxpHrWXiUSNdYPP5sgMC1EBts0GsiEI2exb9IYOzozHNi1L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show earlier this week<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m there to honor America. This is patriotism, not politics, for me. F*ck all the division. I don\u2019t believe in that. I love this country, I love all the people that have sacrificed so I can live my American dream, and that everyone who lives here gets the chance to do that if they work hard, [and] make the right decisions.<em>\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reps for both Paul and Caroline did not respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/16\/society\/paul-tudor-jones-family-in-crisis-after-daughter-at-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The action is over inside the Claw, but a family is still going a few<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131209017.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}