Jake Paul has claimed his recent comments on Dee Devlin were fair game because Conor McGregor previously spoke about Khabib Nurmagomedov's wife.
The YouTuber made unpleasant remarks about Devlin in a video posted online last week in which he offered McGregor $50million (€41m) to fight him.
Paul said the UFC star's fiancee was "a four [out of ten]" and claimed McGregor "could do a lot better".
Defending the comments, he told TMZ: “I don’t give a f***. He (Conor McGregor) spoke on Khabib’s (Nurmagomedov) wife. He said Khabib’s wife looks like a towel.”
Paul added: "He’s getting a taste of his own medicine.
"And now all of a sudden, people are b***hurt (and saying that) I’m going too far. F*** off. This is the fight game.
"Like why are people being b****es now all of a sudden? You know, same with Dillon Danis.
"They’ve said f***ed up s*** about religion, Khabib’s religion; F*** those guys.”
McGregor last year tweeted a photo of Nurmagomedov and his wife, who was wearing traditional Muslim wedding attire, and said: "Your wife is a towel mate."
The tweet was quickly deleted after it was criticised by a large number of people online.
Meanwhile, Paul has claimed that he has held talks with McGregor's team over a potential bout.
He said: "We're talking to his team. [Conor] looked at my DM on Instagram. But, we're talking to his team.
"When we sent them the proof of funds they like put their tail between their a**… they're like, 'This little crazy kid ain't playing."
