Mike Tyson still remembers how to punch people. Iron Mike was at a ticket counter in LAX when a papparazzo got up in his bidness, and Tyson allegedly struck him. Tyson was released on bail.
[Tony] Echeverria, who described himself as a freelance photographer, told police that Tyson struck him once. The photographer fell to the ground and was treated for a cut to his forehead at a hospital.
Tyson’s spokeswoman Tammy Brook said the boxer was traveling with his wife and 10-month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzo. “Mike acted in self defense as a father protecting his child,” she said. –AP.
It’s hard to defend a guy that thought getting in Mike Tyson’s face was a good idea. If all he got was a cut on his forehead, he could consider himself lucky. I’d stick my arm in a lion’s cage before I did anything to upset that guy. Even that pigeon knows that it’s better to just go with it and not upset the man. But to be fair, that is a really submissive pigeon.
The former undisputed champ was on Oprah Winfrey’s TV show yesterday (she has a TV show now), where Tyson pretty much ran the table on everything he did since he jabbed his way out of the womb.
Tyson opened up about most of his headline-grabbing actions over the years, including his years in prison, his tempestuous eight-month marriage to Robin Givens, his long addiction to drugs, the $400 million fortune he squandered, the 1997 comeback match in which he bit Evander Holyfield’s ear, and — for the first time — the death of his 4-year-old daughter earlier this year.
On choosing not to know the details of his daughter’s accidental death: “I don’t know. I don’t want to know. If I know … [then] somebody’s to blame for it, and if somebody’s to blame for it, there are going to be problems.” via.
This is Part III of the interview, the entirety of which (I believe) is online. It has all the elements of one of those redemption stories that make the hairs on the backs of everyone’s necks stand on end and have all the women weeping. But sadly, there’s no mention of Zack Galifinakis stealing his tiger…
I can’t believe that we’re just now finally getting to this, but Mike Tyson’s four-year-old daughter apparently died while the former undisputed boxing champion was in Vegas. From People:
“We are grateful for the tremendous outpouring of love and prayers from all over the world,” Tyson says in a statement. “There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus. We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal.”
Exodus’s mother, whose name has not been released, was cleaning in another part of the house when she sent her 7-year-old son to the playroom to check on his sister. The boy found Exodus tangled in a cord dangling from a treadmill. He called for his mother, who dialed 911 and administered CPR.
Wow, that 7-year-old boy is a horrible babysitter. “Uh, mom, I just found her like that.” And I love how the mother was “cleaning.” Since when does a mother with two kids not put them to work? This really isn’t the time to be making jokes, though. However, this is the time that you could get a really sweet deal on a treadmill.
With saving the other half of his face for future tattooing, former undisputed heavyweight champ and basket case cum laude Mike Tyson has been working on a film of his life’s story, specifically discussing the project with leading man Jamie Foxx. From the New York Daily News:
The troubled ex-champ told a Las Vegas newspaper that he has had talks with Foxx about a movie and predicted the flick will happen within two years.
“Jamie Foxx and I will be working together,” Tyson told the Review-Journal. “He will play me in the film about my life. We already talked about it several times.”
He says his life story is a warning to kids to stay on the straight and narrow. “I’ve seen the devil, and I don’t want that,” Tyson said.
Tyson says he’s alcohol and drug free now, but high school kids say that all the time, and everyone knows what a bunch of damned liars they are. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go fertilize my lawn before I leave for bridge club.
Violet's turning violet! Even though twoeightnine played with the color in Photoshop, the ass and gut of former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson are disturbingly real. From TMZ.com:
Ear-snackin' Iron Mike Tyson looks like he's getting into shape — pear shape!
Oh SNAP! With a dry cool wit like that, I could be an action hero.
But don't get distracted by TMZ's bottomless well of one-liners; the point of the story is that Mike Tyson is fat. Which means he's probably off of coke. Which is too bad. It's better for business when he's crazy. UNLESS… he's unlocked Diego Maradona's secret of being fat and hooked on cocaine. And now I desperately want a reality show whee Mike Tyson and Diego Maradona sit around and try not to go on a drug binge. And it takes place in Ibiza in the middle of summer. And their roommates are Tara Reid and Lindsay Lohan. And a 200-pound bag of cocaine. Guess who doesn't get voted off the first week.
Tyson said the energy on the sets of a music video he recently shot for a new comedy got him thinking about trying to do more Bollywood work, The Times of India reported Monday. The former heavyweight boxing champion said in an interview that Firoz Nadiadwala, producer of "Fool n Final," had approached him with a script. "Firoz has discussed a movie with me," the newspaper quoted Tyson as saying.
Of course, it'll never happen. This is just the standard thing Mike Tyson does every two months to get his name in the headlines. Get a face tattoo. Declare new profession of male prostitute. Get arrested and confess doing all kinds of drugs. Basically the only things he hasn't done to get attention are eat a live baby and threaten Pat Sajak on Wheel of Fortune. Seriously, somebody needs to put Sajak in his place. Like he actually cares when people land on Bankrupt. Smug bastard.
NOTE: WL's assistant editor had the lead on this three weeks ago, but it's been popping up in a bunch of places today, so I thought 289 and I should give it a go.
