VIDEO-Boxing:Tyson Explodes at Canadian TV Host
Mike Tyson Blasts Canadian Talk Show Host After Rob Ford Question
http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/im...630&h=420&q=75 You can chat about tigers, race pigeons across the Sierra Madre and trick him into pronouncing the word “thistle.” What you cannot do, however, is spring a loaded question on him regarding his prior sexual assault conviction in the middle of a live television broadcast. This is the scene that played out Wednesday afternoon when Tyson sat down with CP24 Toronto News anchor Nathan Downer. In Toronto to promote his one-man show, **Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, Tyson stopped by the studio for an interview with Downer. Presumably expecting a couple of cupcake questions and a handshake, Tyson found himself in the crosshairs when Downer ambushed the boxer with a question regarding his recent meet-and-greet with Toronto mayor Rob Ford. Specifically, Downer wanted to know if Tyson—a convicted sex offender—had further damaged Ford’s re-election campaign by associating with the mayor. “Some of your critics would say, ‘You know, there’s a race for mayor, we know you’re a convicted rapist, this could hurt his campaign,” Downer said. “How would you respond to that?” Not well, Nathan. To his credit, Tyson didn’t spontaneously combust into a human bonfire upon hearing the question. He attempted to brush it off. “I don’t know who said that. You’re the only one I heard say that,” Tyson said. “And I don’t have no comment for that, because it’s negative and you’re being negative…and I met the mayor. And there’s nothing they can do about it.” Nonetheless, Downer had struck a nerve, and Tyson wasn’t about to let it go. He quickly interrupted his handler to make his feelings known. “It’s so interesting because you seem like a nice guy but you’re really a piece of s--t,” Tyson said. Downer tried to finish out the interview with some innocuous questions about Tyson’s show. “Is it nerve-wracking for you to do something like [a Broadway show]? Or is more nervous for you to box?” Downer asked. “It’s more nerve-racking for me to hear us talking to a rat piece of s--t like you,” Tyson answered. Thus ended another Taster's Choice moment with Tyson. After the program, Downer took to Twitter to say he hadn't meant to antagonize Tyson: Warning: Video Contains NSFW Language- Tyson Goes Crazy on Canadian TV: |
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