Emotional Mike Tyson walked out of interview after question about tragic death of daughter
Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson once walked out of an interview after talking about the tragic death 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, lost her life at just four years of age.
It was reported that Exodus caught her neck in a treadmill cord and was strangled at the gym in Phoenix, Arizona.
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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 passed away on May 25 2009 after being placed on life support.
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."
Tyson was in Las Vegas at the time of the incident and was at Exodus' bedside at the St Joseph Hospital when he died.
He was left inconsolable and in a TV interview, candidly spoke about the state of mind the tragedy left him in.
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“This is my best thinking at the time. Get my gun, automatic, just like this and go crazy,” Tyson said.
The youngest heavyweight champ said he "couldn't handle it at all" after Exodus died 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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