Mike Tyson spoke about one of the most tragic moments in his life and it got too much for the Baddest Man on the Planet.
Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson once walked out of an interview after talking about the tragic 𝙙𝙚@𝙩𝙝 of his daughter.
The 57-year-old has been married three times and has fathered seven different children: Mikey, Rayna, Amir, Miguel, Exodus, Milan and Morocco.
In 2009, daughter Exodus, who Tyson had with Sol Xochitl, l0st her life at just four years of age.
It was reported that Exodus [email protected] her n3ck in a treadmill cord and was stra@ngI3d at the gym in Phoenix, Arizona.
She was found unconscious by older brother Miguel, who alerted mother Sol.
Sol tried to perform CPR in a bid to revive her daughter and called 911.
Exodus was rushed to hospital, where she sadly pass3d away on May 25 2009 after being placed on life support.
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At the time, Sgt Andy Hill from the Phoenix Police Department said: “Somehow, she was playing on this treadmill, and there’s a cord that hangs under the console; it’s kind of a loop. Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it.”
He was left inconsolable and in a TV interview, candidly spoke about the state of mind the tragedy left him in.
Mike Tyson cuts an interview short after being asked about the tragic passing of his young daughter in 2009.
“This is my best thinking at the time. Get my g.u.n, automatic, just like this and go crazy,” Tyson said.
The youngest heavyweight champ said he “couldn’t handle it at all” after Exodus dl3d and turned to cocaine.
It was at this point that an emotional Tyson asked to stop the interview, saying, “You have to go, you understand, right? Thank you”.
His microphone was removed before the interviewer consoled Tyson and apologised for bringing up the trauma, telling him he was “allowed to cry”.
‘Iron’ Mike returns to the ring in July when he takes on Jake Paul in a huge fight at the AT&T Stadium live on Netflix.
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