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Edith Labelle has finally broken her silence.

MMA Fanhouse spoke to recently dismissed Octagon girl, Edith Labelle. Labelle addressed why she was absent from UFC 100 citing a sudden illness. Edith denies the rumors that she was hung over and asked not to attend UFC 100.

"It was so bad that I couldn't stop throwing up. Then it was kind of getting late that [next] day -- I didn't realize it was that late -- so I contacted the proper UFC personnel to let them know of my situation, and I told them that I would get ready as quick as possible and I would be there. I didn't want to miss that at all. They told me to stay in my room because they didn't want to take the risk of anything happening because it was such a big event. So I had to stay [in my hotel room].
"Honestly, it was the worst feeling because I was so excited for those fights, obviously, and I could hear the fans cheering and screaming while I was laying in my bed."

Labelle was let go a few days later. She said she was disappointed when she heard a rumor that the reason why she couldn't attend the event was because she was hung over.

"That's not true. I was not hung over. I was really sick. That's why I left the pre-party because I was really sick. ... I truly believe it was food poisoning."

"After the UFC Expo and weigh-ins [at UFC 100], I went to dinner," she said. "Then I attended some of the pre-parties with some of the UFC management, some of the Octagon girls, some of the fighters. And then I started to feel ill -- I wasn't feeling good. So I decided to go to bed. I really wanted to be in good shape for the next day, obviously. Then I started to feel worse throughout the night and the next day.

But the UFC believed the hangover rumor and when they called Labelle they cited it as the principle reason to let her go.

Shitty way to go down but now we get Natasha Wicks and all her curly glory.