Iron Mike Tyson was visibly upset when a seasoned Canadian TV host, Nathan Downer referred to him as a convicted rapist during an interview.
Tyson was in Toronto Canada for the promotion of his one-man show – Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. He also took his time to pay homage to popular Toronto mayor Rob Ford whom he described as the best mayor in Toronto’s history.
“We’re cut from the same cloth,” said Rob Ford to the media mob outside his office.
According to a report by the Toronto Sun, the situation in the interview studio was calm, even soothing, until Downer asked Tyson:
“Some of your critics would say, this is a race for mayor, we know you’re a convicted rapist, this could hurt his campaign.” (Tyson did three years for rape in the 1990s.)
Tyson’s jaw clenched. His tattoo jiggled. His eyes hardened. I swear his biceps tensed.
“You’re being negative,” he said. OK, so far so good. Downer exhaled. The conversation, including promoter Alex Choko, switched to the topic of George Chuvalo.
Then Tyson boiled over.
“So interesting that you come across like a nice guy,” he purred menacingly to Downer.
“But you’re really a piece of s—.”
“C’mon,” Downer said.
“That was a piece of… F— you. That was a piece of s—.”
“You know we’re on? We’re doing live TV.”
“I don’t care. What are you going to do about it?”
Downer tried to turn talk to Tyson’s one-man show, Undisputed Truth, at the ACC.
“Is it nerve wracking for you to do something like this (the show) or is it more nervous for you to box. How does it compare?”
“I dunno,” said Tyson. “It’s more nerve wracking for me here talking to a rat piece of s— like you.”
“Oh, c’mon, Mike.”
“No, because you’re a piece of s—. You really shouldn’t have….. A piece of s—-.”
“Alright, we’re going, we’re going to wrap up this interview. Thank you for coming in.”
“Well, f— you!”
And people say political discourse in Toronto has gone to the dogs.
Unfortunately, the video has been removed from YouTube but you can watch it HERE
