The ex-heavyweight champ, who's back (again) with a memoir and a Spike Lee-directed HBO special, ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,' airing Nov. 16, sits down for an in-depth interview.
Mike Tyson is fast asleep.
The former undisputed heavyweight-boxing champion of the world-turned-entertainer is in New York to promote his autobiography, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, as well as his HBO special of the same name, a Spike Lee-directed taping of his acclaimed one-man show on Broadway. I ask him how he's doing these days.
I'm doing good…I'm OK, just trippin' out sometimes…I'm tryin' to do better…
Before I know it, his eyes are closed. He's snoring, seated upright, in his chair.
We decide it's best to postpone our interview until the following morning, when he's more lucid. When Tyson comes to, he motions toward his wife, Lakiha Spicer. “Let's go to the strip club,” he says wheezily. “Yeah, if you want to die,” she quips.
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