"The views expressed by our employees are their own and do not represent those of the Carolina Panthers," the team said in a statement posted to social media.

Fans of the Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth were surprised on to see her publicly grieve over the right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed in Utah on Wednesday.

Mitchell, meanwhile, is one of the UFC's most controversial stars - having previously faced backlash for praising Adolf Hitler - and continued that streak as he weighed in on Kirk's death.