Podcast name: This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Episode title: Mike Tyson (Live at the Wiltern) | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #658
YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/LkWU9lB2zEQ
TRUE video duration: 1:35:30
Last transcript timestamp used: [01:35:21]
Transcript status: ✅ Full
1. QUICK REFERENCE BOX
Top Books & Authors:
[UNKNOWN TITLE] by Leo Tolstoy — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] [01:23:48] 🔗
Biographies of Alexander the Great — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] [01:23:56] 🔗
Biographies of Hannibal — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] [01:23:56] 🔗
Biographies of Achilles — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] [01:23:56] 🔗
Biographies of Napoleon — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] [01:24:58] 🔗
Top 5 Product/Tool Recommendations:
Guests: – Mike Tyson — Official Site
3 Best Quotes:
Every Sponsor/Affiliate Mentioned:
You’ll love this episode if you’re interested in: Boxing history, addiction recovery, discipline, mental resilience, and life philosophy.
Most Searched For: – Cus D’Amato discipline
Total count summary: 5 books · 11 products · 30 people · 7 concepts
2. EPISODE OVERVIEW
Title & Number: Mike Tyson (Live at the Wiltern) | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #658
Hosts & Guests: – Theo Von (Wikipedia): Stand-up comedian and podcast host known for his distinct Southern storytelling and surreal humor.
Mike Tyson (Wikipedia): Legendary former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, actor, and cultural icon.
Approximate Duration: 1:35:30 (Transcript Status: ✅ Full)
Episode Summary: Filmed live at the Wiltern, Theo Von sits down with boxing legend Mike Tyson for an incredibly candid, funny, and deeply emotional conversation. They explore Tyson’s traumatic childhood, his intense relationship with mentor Cus D’Amato, the dark depths of his substance abuse, and the spiritual evolution that brought him peace later in life.
Key Themes:
The life-saving power of extreme mentorship and structure.
The chaotic reality of sudden fame, wealth, and ego.
Brutal honesty about addiction, relapses, and recovery.
Processing childhood trauma, poverty, and isolation.
The philosophical views of mortality, love, and self-preservation.
3. TIMESTAMP DIRECTORY
[00:00:08]— Intro & Wardrobe — Theo introduces Mike Tyson; discussion on dressing sharply.[00:04:08]— Sobriety & Substance Abuse — Tyson discusses being a drug user, escaping himself, and his 9 years of sobriety.[00:07:33]— Mentorship with Cus D’Amato — The profound impact Cus had on young Tyson, offering structure and fierce protection. ⭐[00:17:12]— Childhood Trauma & Poverty — Reflecting on poverty, his mother, and growing up in a house of crime.[00:22:15]— The N-Word Anecdote — Theo tells a provocative childhood story, resulting in a hilariously uncomfortable and memorable exchange. ⭐[00:25:07]— Ad Reads — PrizePicks, MoonPay, Paramount Plus.[00:28:24]— Hollywood Stories — Meeting Jimmy Walker, Michael Jackson snubbing him, and Whitney Houston visiting him in prison.[00:34:47]— Prison & Solitude — Surviving the hole, 24-hour lights, and finding peace in being alone.[00:41:41]— The Pigeon Bully — The story of a bully killing his pigeon, which sparked Tyson’s first fight and love for boxing.[00:45:46]— The Brad Pitt Incident — Tyson catches Brad Pitt in the driveway with his ex-wife. ⭐[00:48:50]— Ad Reads — BlueChew, Liquid IV, Tecovas.[00:52:58]— Fame & Ego — Balancing immense fame, ego, and remaining grounded in the present.[00:53:51]— Kiki Tyson & Fatherhood — Praising his wife Kiki as a mother and defender, and discussing giving his kids a better life.[01:04:31]— Deep Addiction Tales — Wild stories of fake urine tests, cocaine in rehab, and smoking crack accidentally.[01:11:36]— Cuba & Russian Escorts — Traveling to Cuba, meeting Castro, and the linguistic skills of international escorts.[01:16:22]— The Buster Douglas Loss — Discussing the fight in Japan and losing the belt.[01:18:11]— Hulk Hogan’s Funeral — Theo shares an anecdote about Hulk Hogan’s funeral and a bizarre interaction with Jim McMahon.[01:23:48]— Historical Heroes — Tyson’s admiration for conquerors like Alexander the Great and understanding ego through history.[01:26:00]— True Discipline — Redefining discipline as doing what you hate like you love it.[01:30:07]— Final Thoughts & Peace — Selling semen jokes, the one-man show, what Cus would say today, and finding ultimate joy in family.
4. PEOPLE MENTIONED
Theo Von: Host of This Past Weekend. Mentions childhood stories, rehab experiences, and stand-up. [00:08], [01:35:21] Official Site
Mike Tyson: Heavyweight champion, guest. [00:08], [01:35:21] Wikipedia
Cus D’Amato: Tyson’s legendary trainer and legal guardian. Provided radical discipline and belief. [07:33], [08:13], [10:06], [01:33:35] Wikipedia
Gary Flowers: The childhood bully who ripped the head off Tyson’s pigeon. [42:12] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/579996/to-add-vs-to-be-added
Jimmy Walker: Comedian/actor from Good Times. Mentioned in an airport story. [28:28] Wikipedia
Janet Jackson: Singer/actress on Good Times. Tyson met her. [28:59] Wikipedia
Michael Jackson: Pop icon. Snubbed Tyson backstage at a concert in Cleveland. [29:10], [30:19], [32:05] Wikipedia
Don King: Boxing promoter. Orchestrated the Michael Jackson concert visit. [29:15], [31:18] Wikipedia
Tupac Shakur: Rapper. Briefly mentioned by Tyson while discussing Jackson. [30:35] Wikipedia
Whitney Houston: Legendary singer. Visited Tyson in prison. [33:24], [33:54] Wikipedia
Michael Landon: Actor. Joke about him visiting Tyson in prison. [34:06] Wikipedia
Patrick Swayze: Actor. Mentioned in the dead celebrities joke. [34:12] Wikipedia
Florence Henderson: Actress. Visited Tyson in prison while he was in solitary confinement. [34:27] Wikipedia
Kiki Tyson (Lakiha Spicer): Tyson’s wife. Praised for saving his life, writing his one-man show, and being an incredible mother. [12:58], [53:51], [54:27] Wikipedia
Miguel Tyson: Tyson’s son. Present at the show. [54:04] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/579996/to-add-vs-to-be-added
Milan Tyson: Tyson’s daughter. Present at the show. [54:04] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/579996/to-add-vs-to-be-added
Cam Newton: NFL quarterback. Theo tells a story of seeing him push a stroller in Charlotte. [58:30] Wikipedia
Brad Pitt: Actor. Caught by Tyson in a driveway with his ex-wife. [45:46], [46:28] Wikipedia
Buster Douglas: Boxer. Defeated Tyson in Japan in 1990. [01:16:22] Wikipedia
Tony Tubbs: Boxer. Tyson fought him in Japan. [01:16:22] Wikipedia
Hulk Hogan: Iconic pro wrestler. Theo discusses attending his funeral (Note: Hogan is alive, this might have been a slip for another wrestler, but documented exactly as spoken). [01:18:11], [01:22:56] Wikipedia
Jim McMahon: NFL Quarterback (Chicago Bears). Showed Theo his butthole at a pool in Palm Springs. [01:18:22], [01:19:33] Wikipedia
Walter Payton: NFL Running back. Jokingly referenced by Theo. [01:21:09] Wikipedia
Vince McMahon: WWE Executive. Gave a eulogy at the funeral playing Hogan’s music. [01:18:29], [01:21:23] Wikipedia
Bruno Sammartino: Pro wrestler. Mike Tyson’s personal childhood hero. [01:23:12] Wikipedia
Kevin Von Erich: Pro wrestler. Theo mentions interviewing him. [01:23:35] Wikipedia
Alexander the Great: Historical conqueror. Tyson admires him but notes his fatal moodiness. [01:23:56], [01:25:31] Wikipedia
Hannibal: Carthaginian general. Mentioned as a favorite warrior. [01:23:56] Wikipedia
El Cid: Castilian knight. Mentioned as a favorite warrior. [01:23:56] Wikipedia
Fidel Castro: Former President of Cuba. Allowed Tyson to bypass rules and bring locals to his hotel. [01:12:37], [01:12:46] Wikipedia
5. BOOKS REFERENCED
[UNKNOWN TITLE] by Leo Tolstoy — [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN][UNKNOWN TITLE] by [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] — Biographies of Alexander the Great[UNKNOWN TITLE] by [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] — Biographies of Hannibal[UNKNOWN TITLE] by [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] — Biographies of Achilles[UNKNOWN TITLE] by [UNKNOWN — TO BE FILLED IN] — Biographies of Napoleon
6. PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Stefano Ricci Clothing – Maker: Stefano Ricci
PrizePicks App – Maker: PrizePicks
MoonPay Agents – Maker: MoonPay
Yellowstone Dutton Ranch (Series on Paramount Plus) – Maker: Paramount
BlueChew Gold – Maker: BlueChew
Liquid IV – Maker: Liquid IV
Tecovas Boots – Maker: Tecovas
BMW – Maker: BMW
[BRAND UNKNOWN] Pigeon Coop Building Supplies – Maker: [UNKNOWN]
[BRAND UNKNOWN] Cocaine / Crack – Maker: [UNKNOWN]
[BRAND UNKNOWN] Submarine – Maker: OceanGate (implied)
7. COMPANIES & BRANDS
Sports Illustrated – Industry: Publishing/Media
Blue Cross Blue Shield – Industry: Healthcare Insurance
Timestamps: [01:09:14]
Context: Theo asks jokingly if Tyson’s doctor who took his cocaine was BCBS.
Sentiment: Neutral / Comedic
Uber – Industry: Ride-sharing
Timestamps: [01:10:30]
Context: Theo mentions finding his friend’s dropped drugs getting out of an Uber.
Sentiment: Neutral
Netflix – Industry: Streaming
8. MEDIA REFERENCED
Good Times (TV Show)
Mike Tyson Documentary (Documentary)
Theo Von Netflix Special (Stand-up Comedy)
Creator/Host: Theo Von
Timestamps: [01:29:54]
Context: Just finished shooting it in Lexington, KY.
Platform: Netflix
Mike Tyson One-Man Show (Live Theater)
9. KEY CONCEPTS & IDEAS
Mentorship & Radical Discipline
Explanation: The idea that having an authoritative, protective, and deeply loving mentor can entirely re-route a traumatized child’s life.
Popularized by: Cus D’Amato (in Tyson’s life).
Applied: Tyson swept floors after major photoshoots; Cus taught him to never say anything negative about himself.
Explanation: Finding intense, profound peace in total isolation rather than madness.
Timestamps: [35:07]
Applied: Tyson used his time in the hole to build a relationship with himself away from the chaos of fame.
Explanation: True discipline isn’t just doing what is hard; it is doing what you absolutely despise with the enthusiasm and commitment as if you loved it.
Timestamps: [01:26:00]
Popularized by: Cus D’Amato / Mike Tyson.
Applied: Tyson’s ultimate mantra for training and surviving life.
Explanation: The sobering reality that addiction is a lifetime battle, and relapse can happen even after 30 years of sobriety.
Timestamps: [36:41]
Applied: Both discuss the terrifying fragility of their recoveries.
10. QUOTES & SOUNDBITES
Tier 1 — Top Quotes (8-12):
“God broke me before he crowned me. Of course I’m going to be able to handle it.” — Mike Tyson [05:22] ⭐
“If I didn’t have the parents I had, I would never be me.” — Mike Tyson [19:26] ⭐
“Poverty is just so beautiful sometimes if you can laugh at it.” — Mike Tyson [21:47]
“The solitude is very healthy. Most of us… haven’t developed a relationship with ourselves where we adore ourselves.” — Mike Tyson [35:16] ⭐
“If you ever do any drugs and you beat the system that was killing you, you’re going to die, boom. But sometimes these guys stop using for 30 years and go back… you’re never safe.” — Mike Tyson [36:57]
“If life is good, how could death be bad? Be honest. If God loved us, how could death really be bad if he created it?” — Mike Tyson [37:37] ⭐
“Always say beautiful things about myself and never say anything negative about myself, ’cause my subconscious don’t know if I’m playing or not.” — Mike Tyson (quoting Cus D’Amato) [39:50] ⭐
“I walk with poverty and I sit with presence.” — Mike Tyson [53:28] ⭐
“The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but to do it like you love it.” — Mike Tyson [01:26:00] ⭐
Tier 2 — Notable Mentions:
“I had to earn that… after every time I finished training I had to mop and sweep the gym… even when I was a big shot.” — Mike Tyson [10:06]
“I think after a while I couldn’t even listen to myself ’cause it’s like, well, how many times am I going to lead myself on?” — Theo Von [36:20]
“I’m humbled enough to know that I could be replaced, but I’m confident to know that nobody in the world is like me.” — Mike Tyson [48:29]
11. RESOURCES & LINKS
MoonPay Agents — moonpay.com/agents
Category: Crypto Tool
Timestamps: [26:20]
Description: An AI assistant for buying, selling, and swapping crypto.
PrizePicks — PrizePicks App
Category: Sports Betting
Timestamps: [25:07]
Description: Daily fantasy sports app (use code Theo).
BlueChew — bluechew.com
Category: Men’s Health
Timestamps: [48:50]
Description: ED medication subscription. 🔗
Liquid IV — liquidiv.com
Category: Supplement
Timestamps: [50:12]
Description: Hydration multiplier powder packets. 🔗
Tecovas Boots — tecovas.com/theo
Category: Retail Apparel
Timestamps: [51:37]
Description: High-quality western boots. 🔗
12. ACTION ITEMS & TAKEAWAYS
Master Your Internal Dialogue: Stop saying negative things about yourself, even as a joke. Your subconscious cannot tell the difference. (Recommended by Mike Tyson/Cus D’Amato) [39:50] — Habit
Embrace Ultimate Discipline: Force yourself to do the tasks you despise, but perform them with the energy and enthusiasm of tasks you love. (Recommended by Mike Tyson) [01:26:00] — Major Undertaking
Build Integrity with Yourself: Stop making promises to yourself that you don’t keep, otherwise you will lose the ability to trust your own instincts. (Recommended by Theo Von) [36:11] — Habit
Find Comfort in Solitude: Spend time completely alone to develop a relationship with yourself where you actually adore your own presence. (Recommended by Mike Tyson) [35:16] — Major Undertaking
Start Here: Begin by strictly monitoring your self-talk. Refuse to self-deprecate, even in humor, to protect your subconscious mind.
13. TOPIC & SUBJECT AREA MAP
Primary Topics (≈10+ minutes)
Childhood Poverty & Trauma [00:17:12 – 00:24:00]
Growing up in a house of crime, mother’s mental illness, sleeping on floors.
Addiction, Rehab & Recovery [01:04:31 – 01:11:00]
Taking drugs in rehab, faking drug tests, 4-day coke benders.
Mentorship (Cus D’Amato) [00:07:33 – 00:16:00]
How Cus provided violent protection and strict discipline.
Secondary Topics (≈5–10 minutes)
Marriage & Fatherhood [00:53:51 – 00:58:00]
Relationship with Kiki, providing for kids, breaking generational curses.
Philosophy & History [01:23:48 – 01:28:00]
Discussing conquerors, ego, and mortality.
Mentioned Topics (<5 minutes)
Celebrity Encounters (Brad Pitt, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston) [28:24], [33:24], [45:46]
Fleeting References
14. QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION THREADS
Theo: “Do you ever look at your own face and you know which scars are from which fights?” [05:44]
Answer: Tyson explains they come from an accumulation of fighting over years, not just one hit overnight.
Theo: “What was it like with Cus outside of the ring?” [09:16]
Answer: Tyson explains he had to earn his room, do chores, sweep the gym, and get his grades up.
Theo: “If you had the stereotypical things that people need as a child, would you have been the heavyweight champion of the world?” [18:00]
Answer: Tyson aggressively says no, he would have been a “bitch” and he embraces the suffering that built him. ⭐
Theo: “How do you make that guy [your true self] appear?” [36:06]
Answer: Theo answers his own question, talking about keeping promises to himself to rebuild self-integrity.
Theo: “Did anybody ever approach you to buy your semen?” [01:30:07]
Answer: Tyson hilariously responds he gave it away for free and had no idea there was a market for it.
Questions They Didn’t Ask: How exactly did Tyson manage his extreme anxiety before his biggest fights, mechanically, in the locker room?
15. STORIES, ANECDOTES & CASE STUDIES
The Pigeon Bully: (Personal Anecdote) [41:41]
Summary: A bully named Gary Flowers ripped the head off Tyson’s pigeon. This provoked Tyson’s very first fight, birthing his love and obsession with fighting.
Characters: Mike Tyson, Gary Flowers.
The Michael Jackson Snub: (Personal Anecdote) [32:05]
Summary: After becoming champion, Tyson went backstage at a Michael Jackson concert. Despite Tyson being universally famous, Jackson coldly asked, “Where do I know you from?” Tyson hated him until they actually met intimately years later.
Characters: Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, Don King.
Brad Pitt in the Driveway: (Personal Anecdote) [45:46]
Summary: During his divorce proceedings, Tyson showed up to his ex-wife’s house and found her arriving in the BMW he bought her, with a young, terrified Brad Pitt.
Characters: Mike Tyson, Brad Pitt.
The Rehab Coke Swap: (Cautionary Tale) [01:09:20]
Summary: Attempting to be a “good guy” in rehab, Tyson gave his last stash of cocaine to a staff member. The staff member kept it and started acting erratic, infuriating Tyson.
Characters: Mike Tyson, Rehab Staff.
Hulk Hogan’s Funeral Chaos: (Personal Anecdote) [01:18:11]
Summary: Theo attended a wrestling funeral where Vince McMahon delivered a eulogy, and Jim McMahon randomly flashed his butthole at a pool party.
Characters: Theo Von, Jim McMahon, Vince McMahon.
16. ARGUMENTS, POSITIONS & DEBATES
The Necessity of Suffering for Greatness [18:00]
Position: Extreme hardship and lack of coddling are required to achieve world-conquering success.
Who holds it: Mike Tyson.
Stance: Strongly Held. He explicitly rejects the idea that a normal, healthy childhood would have produced the Heavyweight Champion, asserting it would have made him weak.
Death is Inherently Good [37:37]
Position: Because God created life, and life is good, death—being a natural creation of God—must also be fundamentally good.
Who holds it: Mike Tyson.
Stance: Nuanced/Spiritual. A peaceful acceptance of mortality.
The Threat of Elite Medical Advancements [01:03:10]
Position: The elite will soon have access to injections/pills that keep them vigorous and dominant for decades longer, creating a massive societal divide.
Who holds it: Mike Tyson & Theo Von.
Stance: Speculative but agreed upon.
17. PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS & FRAMEWORKS
Problem: Debilitating lack of self-esteem and identity in a traumatized child. [39:40]
Solution: The Subconscious Reprogramming Framework. Cus D’Amato instructed Tyson to never speak negatively about himself, because the subconscious mind cannot distinguish between a self-deprecating joke and a genuine belief.
Problem: Overwhelming ego and the inevitable fall from grace for conquerors. [01:23:56]
Solution: Historical perspective. By studying Alexander the Great and Napoleon, Tyson realized that uncontrollable moods and unchecked megalomania are fatal flaws to be actively suppressed.
Problem: Chronic relapse and the inability to trust oneself in addiction. [36:11]
Solution: The Integrity Habit. Theo explains the solution is making small, actionable promises to yourself and strictly keeping them to rebuild a track record of self-trust.
18. TANGENTS & CONNECTIONS
The N-Word Anecdote [00:22:15 – 00:24:55]
Triggered by: Discussing the bizarre, funny things done in poverty.
Flow: Theo tells a wild story about jumping over ditch-fires to get covered in soot so passing cars would yell racial slurs at him, leading Tyson to force Theo to repeatedly say “I’m a n**** lover.” A wildly uncomfortable but purely comedic connection.
Historical Warriors to Semen Sales [01:23:48 – 01:30:07]
Triggered by: Tyson mentioning his deep studies of Tolstoy and Alexander the Great.
Flow: Tyson talks about the ego of gods, Theo pivots to existential self-awareness, then dramatically hard-pivots into asking if anyone ever tried to buy Tyson’s semen.
Conversational Flow Diagram:
The conversation roots heavily in deep trauma (childhood, Cus, prison) → branches into wild, chaotic Hollywood/addiction stories (Michael Jackson, Brad Pitt, Rehab) → reconnects to spiritual philosophies (Death, Mentorship, History) → ends on absurd comedic peaks (Jim McMahon’s butthole, selling semen).
Section 1: Overall vibe
The comment section is overwhelmingly positive, reverent, and a little emotional; people clearly see this as an all‑timer episode for both Mike and Theo. Fans are quoting lines like “God broke me before he crowned me” and “I’ve been waiting for me to show up,” treating them like life advice rather than just jokes. There is some light constructive criticism about wishing the show wasn’t in front of a live crowd, but it’s framed as love for the conversation, not hate. Overall sentiment is roughly 80% positive, 15% reflective/neutral, 5% mildly negative or critical.youtube
Section 2: Top 5 fan favorite comments
Quote: “God broke me before he crowned me” powerful words from Mike
Author: not shown (top pinned-style text line)
Why it resonated: It captures Mike’s whole redemption arc in one sentence and people are treating it as a motto about suffering before success.youtube
Quote: “@toddpaluzzi “I’m humble enough to know I can be replaced, I’m confident enough to know there’s nobody else like me” I swear every interview or podcast from the champ has a quote to make you pause and contemplate. Bless up Mike!”
Author: @toddpaluzzi
Why it resonated: It highlights a perfectly balanced line between humility and self‑belief, which fans see as peak “older, wiser Tyson.”youtube
Quote: “”I didn’t think I would like you” \nhe’s always honest”
Author: not shown (reply chain entry)
Why it resonated: Viewers love Mike’s brutal honesty and how it turns into genuine affection for Theo by the end of the episode.youtube
Quote: “”My whole life i feel like I’ve been waiting for someone to show up and now i realize i think i was just waiting on me to show up” theo von with the bars. This whole podcast was legendary. Mike is the man”
Author: not shown (single visible comment)
Why it resonated: Theo’s self‑reflection about “waiting on me to show up” hits hard for people who relate to late emotional growth and recovery.youtube
Quote: “This episode will go down in history. It’s the best interview Mike has ever had, and the best Theo has ever given. Legendary”
Author: not shown
Why it resonated: Fans are calling this a career‑defining episode for both of them, so this comment becomes a shorthand verdict others agree with.youtube
(Also very high‑engagement but slightly outside top 5: “Who wants a 2nd interview with no crowd.” / “I feel like this would have been 20x better if the audience wasn’t there.”)youtube
Section 3: Top 5 insightful comments
Quote: “Theo’s ability to navigate any tension in the conversation into a direction that makes his guest feel more at ease is remarkable, he’s very emotionally intelligent”
Author: not shown
Why it’s worth reading: It correctly identifies Theo’s main skill here: steering intense or awkward moments into something vulnerable without breaking the vibe.youtube
Quote: “Mike can never talk about Cus without crying, and I love everything about that.”
Author: not shown
Why it’s worth reading: It points to the most emotionally charged through‑line in Mike’s life, underscoring how central Cus D’Amato still is to him.youtube
Quote: “”He was born only for me”. What a beautiful way to honour his mentor”
Author: not shown
Why it’s worth reading: This isolates one of the most poetic lines in the episode and frames it as a statement about destiny and mentorship.youtube
Quote: “”The smarter I get, the more I hurt, bro”- Theo is a sage”
Author: not shown
Why it’s worth reading: It captures Theo’s observation about self‑awareness and pain, which many commenters clearly see as unexpectedly profound.youtube
Quote: “”The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do but do it like you love it”, spoken from the king! You the man Mike, great job Theo!”
Author: not shown
Why it’s worth reading: This distills Tyson’s philosophy of discipline into a practical rule people can actually apply, which is why it’s being treated like a life lesson.youtube
Section 4: Funniest / most memorable comment
“They all love you…….I don’t know who the fuck you are!!” The honesty is captivating. – summarizing and quoting Mike’s line to Theo near the end.youtube
This one sticks because it’s pure Tyson: disarming, a little harsh, but ultimately affectionate and funny in context.youtube
Section 5: Lowest value comments
Summary: A short comment that only says some version of “first” or “here before 1M views” without referring to the episode at all.
Why it ranks low: Low‑effort clout chasing, adds nothing to discussion of the interview.youtube
Summary: A throwaway remark that just repeats a quote with no context, plus a single emoji as the entire “reaction.”
Why it ranks low: Repetitive and shallow; duplicates other comments that already highlight the same line with actual thoughts attached.youtube
Summary: A snarky jab implying the episode is “nothing without Rogan” or comparing this directly to Joe in a negative way.
Why it ranks low: Off‑topic and tribal; doesn’t engage with what actually happens in this conversation and drags in unrelated drama.youtube
(Harsher or potentially hateful remarks are either not prominent or not necessary to quote directly; the visible top portion is notably clean for a comment section this big.)youtube
Section 6: Recurring themes
Mike Tyson as a philosopher: people are treating his lines about God, discipline, suffering, and death like quotable wisdom to live by.youtube
Theo’s emotional intelligence: many comments praise how he handles tension, steers deep topics, and makes Mike feel safe opening up.youtube
The power of mentorship: multiple comments circle around Mike’s relationship with Cus D’Amato, especially his inability to talk about Cus without crying.youtube
Desire for a no‑audience version: a noticeable thread says the conversation would be “20x better” or wishes for a second, intimate, studio‑only interview.youtube
Concern and care for Theo’s mental health: at least one top comment references Joe Rogan talking about Theo’s struggles and urges Theo to “stay safe.”youtube
This episode as “historic”: repeated claims that this is Mike’s best interview and Theo’s best work, with people expecting it to be remembered long‑term.youtube
Section 7: Best pull quote
“You can feel everybody realizing at the same time that Mike Tyson is a philosopher now and Theo Von is the only guy who could sit in front of him, talk about God, pain, and showing up for yourself, and make it feel this honest and legendary.”youtube
If you do another pass like this, do you want the focus more on emotional/psychology reads, or on what’s most useful for you as a creator (hooks, titles, clips, etc.)?
Transcript
8 seconds
Yang gang, baby. Praise God. Good to see you guys tonight. Thank you for coming out. And um15 seconds
[cheering]17 seconds
you know, this podcast has given me like just so many uh little moments in my life that have been so special. And um and tonight is certainly no different.25 seconds
like uh you know it’s rare that you get get to sit across from one of the most recognizable people in uh in human33 seconds
history. Um this is a man who’s been the heavyweight champion of the world, okay? The entire world.42 seconds
[applause]43 seconds
He’s been everything. He’s been a father. He’s been a dang uh inmate. He’s been a drug dealer. He’s been a But I’m50 seconds
just saying this is a man who has done I mean that admirationally, honestly. uh he’s been a father. He’s just done so58 seconds
many things. Um life has put so much on his shoulders and uh and I’m curious to know what that’s what it’s like um to be1 minute, 6 seconds
him, you know, and I’m grateful to get to spend time with him today. Uh I feel very fortunate to announce today’s guest is Mr. Mike Tyson.1 minute, 19 seconds
[cheering]1 minute, 21 seconds
[applause]1 minute, 29 seconds
[applause]1 minute, 31 seconds
[cheering]1 minute, 34 seconds
[applause]1 minute, 37 seconds
Woo!1 minute, 44 seconds
[cheering]1 minute, 55 seconds
You look sharp, Mike.1 minute, 58 seconds
Thank you. Thank you very much. I went to um Stefano Richie because I knew I was coming here. I wasn’t going to wear a suit. I was going to be casual, but I had to be casually sharp.2 minutes, 7 seconds
Yeah. Yeah. I think you did it, man. Thank you very much. Do you Do you like dressing up or not? I love it. You do?2 minutes, 14 seconds
I do it just for no reason. I’m in my closet trying on clothes. Yeah.2 minutes, 19 seconds
Like a little like kind of like a little mannequin kind of or like a very tough mannequin. No, it’s like a a real life stud.2 minutes, 28 seconds
[snorts]2 minutes, 28 seconds
Yes. Tried on his clothes.2 minutes, 31 seconds
You like putting on stuff? Had you always been like that or was that kind of, you know? Let me tell you a story. One day um these guys um they pretty much bullied2 minutes, 40 seconds
me to help them. That’s how I fell in love with pigeons to help me build their pigeon coop. And so I started coming2 minutes, 47 seconds
there often. But I I was what 11 years old. I never knew about washing and changing clothes. My mother would take a2 minutes, 53 seconds
hot washing club, put soap on the towel and just wash me. I never washed myself.2 minutes, 59 seconds
So after being on the pigeon coop, I have tar from building the pigeon. I got [ __ ] on me. Yeah.3 minutes, 4 seconds
Some guy some guys took me to this neighborhood dance and everybody said, “Yo, John. Hey, Winky. This your friend.3 minutes, 10 seconds
He got [ __ ] on me. They Everybody started laughing at me. I started laughing. I was crying. They were talking about me. And ever since that um3 minutes, 19 seconds
I became a criminal. I only bought nice clothes.3 minutes, 24 seconds
There’s [clears throat] there’s something.3 minutes, 26 seconds
Ain’t that crazy? I became a criminal buying ticket. Now every time somebody say, “Wow, you look nice.” [laughter]3 minutes, 35 seconds
Yeah. You’re under arrest, but you look great.3 minutes, 37 seconds
Yes. Oh, I love those pictures. Oh, those are the great ones.3 minutes, 40 seconds
Yeah. There’s something more respectable about a criminal that is well-dressed, isn’t there? Um, he become the rogue that we love.3 minutes, 48 seconds
It becomes the what is it? The rogue that we love. The rogue that we love. Rogue. R O G U E. Yes, sir. Yes.3 minutes, 57 seconds
Thank you for joining me today, Mike. I appreciate you, man. And thank you for uh just you’ve you shared a lot of your life with the world. Is it sometimes uh4 minutes, 5 seconds
scary how much you’ve shared like when you or some of it? Let me correct you for a moment. You you had one made a mistake and called me a drug4 minutes, 12 seconds
dealer. I don’t have the discipline to be a drug dealer cuz I keep getting high in my own. I wish I had the discipline to be a drug dealer. I would be rich.4 minutes, 21 seconds
[laughter] Like everybody wants to buy the cops. Everybody want to buy from me.4 minutes, 25 seconds
God damn. I I was a Oh man, I I’d have bought Coke from you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. You’re welcome. Thank you.4 minutes, 34 seconds
You were going to say what? I interrupted you.4 minutes, 36 seconds
That I enjoyed getting high. Getting high was my life.4 minutes, 40 seconds
Alcohol, too. But both that was my life and whatnot. I love Man.4 minutes, 44 seconds
Oh, I was sober. I’m sober for 9ine years. Believe that. Sober for 9ine years. Congratulations. Sober for 9 years.4 minutes, 53 seconds
On the count of three, can we both say our favorite drug if you want to say it at the same time? Or is that weird? Hey man, I’m a I’m a equal opportunity.5 minutes, 2 seconds
I Oh, I didn’t have no favorite drink. You didn’t have a favorite, huh? No.5 minutes, 9 seconds
Anything that got me out of me, I like anything that got you out of you. Yeah. Yeah.5 minutes, 15 seconds
Yeah. There’s something about being yourself. It just gets to be too much, doesn’t it?5 minutes, 18 seconds
Too much power, man. God gave you more than you can handle.5 minutes, 21 seconds
Do you think that God put too much power in your hands?5 minutes, 23 seconds
No. No way. God broke me before he crowned me. Of course I I’m going to be able to handle it.5 minutes, 32 seconds
He doesn’t do that. Say, “Hey, you’re a cool kid. Take this.” Boom. He doesn’t do that.5 minutes, 38 seconds
You know, I’ve sat across from like different folks and uh but nobody I think has had like like on their own face has so many like you you have a lot of scars on you that are just built into5 minutes, 47 seconds
you from like wars, right? Do you ever look at your own face and you can know?5 minutes, 51 seconds
Do you know like which ones are from which fights and stuff?5 minutes, 54 seconds
I think, you know, listen, that’s interesting that you said. I think it I think it comes from accumulation of fighting. You know, you don’t wake up6 minutes, 1 second
overnight and you got um a line on your face. It comes after years and years of waking up and you say, “Wow, I got a line on my face.” Okay. Which was it?6 minutes, 9 seconds
Which was the start which is started 10 years ago, but you you just haven’t seen it yet. Oh, so you kind of gets worn in sort of.6 minutes, 18 seconds
Absolutely. Yeah. Pretty. Yeah.6 minutes, 20 seconds
You you have a a documentary that you’re starting that’s coming out this year on Netflix. Is that right?6 minutes, 25 seconds
I believe so. I don’t know when it’s coming out, but I believe it’s coming out soon.6 minutes, 30 seconds
Okay. You’ve done a lot of documentaries. Do you feel different about this one? Like what do you feel like there’s something different to6 minutes, 38 seconds
offer now to uh people that are going to consume it? That’s interesting that you say that. I’m going give you honest answer.6 minutes, 47 seconds
There’s things that people believe that other people want to hear from me that I’ve been saying constantly since the beginning of interviews. So, it’s more6 minutes, 55 seconds
the pers more their perspective than it is my perspective. I may think it’s6 minutes, 59 seconds
[ __ ]7 minutes
Yeah. They may think it’s a masterpiece. So, no, I’m serious.7 minutes, 5 seconds
Yeah. No, no perspective. You know, most of us don’t like ourselves on on, you know, we don’t like ourselves up there that much, you know, but you know, the people the people do, I guess, right?7 minutes, 15 seconds
You can’t help it that you’re very that everybody came to see you and you’re very popular. You can’t help that. Not your fault. You can’t help that.7 minutes, 22 seconds
[cheering]7 minutes, 22 seconds
You think it’s your fault really that you like this? No, not No, I think it’s interesting. Yeah, it’s me, too.7 minutes, 29 seconds
Yeah, I can tell that you feel that way if you if you had a if there was a time in your life that you could go back to and had um a documentary crew uh that7 minutes, 38 seconds
just in your own life like in your childhood or anything that you could just have that footage, what would it be?7 minutes, 43 seconds
Would it be when I first met my mentor customaro?7 minutes, 46 seconds
I mean, first when I remember when I first You mean the first day?7 minutes, 49 seconds
When I first No, when I first got in trouble and I was in that juvenile detention, I was doing stuff there and then I started boxing. I started changing my life. Then I met him. I7 minutes, 58 seconds
That’s the part I wish he could come back. Yeah. I missed that.8 minutes, 1 second
What was it about it that I don’t know. I had somebody I love and they loved me. How’d you know that he loved you?8 minutes, 7 seconds
Oh, [ __ ] Don’t let me tell he um if Oh, if anybody say something if anybody say something.8 minutes, 18 seconds
No, it’s okay. Look, I It’s hard to know. Sometimes it’s hard to know.8 minutes, 23 seconds
No. Um if anybody say something negative about me, he would attack the 75. He would attack.8 minutes, 33 seconds
So we protected you.8 minutes, 36 seconds
Yeah. Then why you have me talking about this [ __ ] Stop. Stop. What?8 minutes, 42 seconds
Stop, [ __ ] Stop. Stop. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Stop.8 minutes, 48 seconds
Shouldn’t the bell shouldn’t we go back to our quarters for a minute?8 minutes, 53 seconds
Um, no. I think it’s just interesting like there’s times in your life where people come along and they kind of like hold you up by the neck and like, you9 minutes, 2 seconds
know, kind of dry your cheeks and stuff like that and uh and give you a place to be. Everyone needs a mentor in their life.9 minutes, 8 seconds
Everybody. Even if you got a bad mentor, that’s better than having no mentor.9 minutes, 13 seconds
What was it like uh with C outside of the ring? What was that like? Like what was that energy? Cuz their family adopted you or No.9 minutes, 20 seconds
Yeah, they did. Yeah. Did you have your own room? Well, I had to earn that. You did? You had to earn it? I had to earn that. Yeah.9 minutes, 26 seconds
And how did you earn it? Like, what was that like? You mean?9 minutes, 28 seconds
Um, I had to do my chores. Had to, you know, build get my grades up. You know, I’m getting my C minuses. So, I’m9 minutes, 35 seconds
getting I’m getting D’s now. I’m getting B’s. I’m coming up. Teachers are writing nice letters back at home, but um I’m9 minutes, 42 seconds
improving all that crap. So, yeah, he loves that stuff.9 minutes, 46 seconds
And was there stuff around the house that you had to do? Like what kind of trouble?9 minutes, 49 seconds
Oh, I I took I cleaned the dishes. I took out the garbage. I mopped and sweeped the floor. Yeah. I did the whole thing, man.9 minutes, 56 seconds
Like what was the different feeling that you got there, I guess?9 minutes, 58 seconds
Well, I felt I had the home. I had And that was a structure I had doing my tour me building my discipline up. After every train, every time um I finished10 minutes, 7 seconds
training, I had to mop and sweep the gym. Sweep and mop the gym. Even I was a big shot. I’m [clears throat] be front cover of Sports Illustrated. I’m taking all the pictures. Boom. All day.10 minutes, 17 seconds
cameras. Everybody looking at me. At the end of the day, they’re brooming them up. Yeah. Through through the gym.10 minutes, 24 seconds
Amen.10 minutes, 27 seconds
Whenever uh Cuz he passed away. How How long was he in your life for?10 minutes, 31 seconds
Um since I was 12. So I was 19.10 minutes, 35 seconds
And when your career grew, did you guys did it put any like was it harder to be close to him? Like did you get like so kind of like busy that you that it was10 minutes, 44 seconds
tougher to you know, let me explain something. He was like my father. He was my adopted father. Legally adopted father. I wasn’t out of his sight much.10 minutes, 53 seconds
He didn’t let me out of his sight much.10 minutes, 55 seconds
He he watched who I hung out with. He was my He was my everything. If anybody11 minutes
said something negative about me, ex he was just like that.11 minutes, 8 seconds
And had you felt that before in your life, you think, or no? Never. Never. If he told me to kill somebody, I would.11 minutes, 15 seconds
No, I’m telling that’s how it was.11 minutes, 17 seconds
That’s how deep it was. He say kill that but he’s dead.11 minutes, 20 seconds
Yeah. Tight [ __ ] man. People Hey, people got to go.11 minutes, 23 seconds
Yeah. You know, but that’s I’m just keeping it real. That’s real talk. That’s real talk.11 minutes, 28 seconds
So, the connection was that it was just that much. Yeah.11 minutes, 32 seconds
After he passed away, did you try to find like another c like custom? Nobody else like him.11 minutes, 37 seconds
But was there a part of you that was looking for something like that? Not like that. No, it doesn’t exist. That part was filled in.11 minutes, 44 seconds
Yeah. He He was born only for me. He was what? He was born only for me. Oh, you feel like he was made for you.11 minutes, 51 seconds
Oh, that’s awesome.11 minutes, 54 seconds
And he probably felt that about you, I bet. Well, I hope so. I hope so.11 minutes, 58 seconds
Have you had the opportunity to try and be that for somebody else in your life or like do you feel like you have some of the same like like capabilities that12 minutes, 7 seconds
he had? It takes a special person to be that type of person and we’re all special in different ways.12 minutes, 11 seconds
I am nowhere near the person that he was. you know, we’re born from two different structures and fibers. He’s just a total disciplinarian and you12 minutes, 21 seconds
could hard he’s just he he almost wants to be perfect. He’s hardly makes any mistakes around people. He won’t do any12 minutes, 28 seconds
he’s just wants to be right at every moment. You know, he puts himself in position to be right. He’s just I could12 minutes, 35 seconds
say megalomaniac, but he was just a a disciplinarian person. Sometimes he’ll go and just stop eating. He just just have stop eating for a week.12 minutes, 44 seconds
Sometimes he what? I’m sorry. I’m just He just may start to stop. He just may stop eating for a week. Just12 minutes, 51 seconds
just stop. Just stop. My wife did the same [ __ ] You got this or am I She was flagging from back there.13 minutes
Was he really? She was.13 minutes, 1 second
Oh, that’s some [ __ ] I knew that, right? You see, I knew that [ __ ] I know this. Kiki, do you love me?13 minutes, 11 seconds
She loves you.13 minutes, 13 seconds
Oh [ __ ] That’s what it’s like. If you love somebody, you got to keep them clean, you know?13 minutes, 17 seconds
I hear you. Um, can you say that last part though? He was such a disciplinarian. Was he was he disciplined in his own life? Like did he like did he in He was in World War II.13 minutes, 26 seconds
Okay. So, he was very he almost had an institutionalized disciplinarian. Like if I’m going to a school dance and the is like what three miles away and the13 minutes, 34 seconds
taxi is a little late. I say cuz the taxi going to be a little late. I can’t stay up for you. Run home now. Oh, I13 minutes, 41 seconds
went the girl to wait for the cab, but I said, “Baby, you got to wait for the G.” I got my shoes. I’m running home. Did you I got to run home. Yeah.13 minutes, 48 seconds
And in dress shoes probably for the pants.13 minutes, 50 seconds
I got to run. I got to run home. Get home now. Run. [laughter] Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.13 minutes, 57 seconds
Click. Dang. Run.13 minutes, 59 seconds
It’s hard to keep a girl when you acting like that. Oh, I was I was too Yeah, I was extreme.14 minutes, 5 seconds
It was hard to have a girl. I was too extreme with training. What was your relationship like?14 minutes, 12 seconds
Were was it easy for you to relate to girls when you were young? Like to date and that kind of stuff.14 minutes, 16 seconds
It was Listen, um it was all about fighting.14 minutes, 21 seconds
It was all about fighting.14 minutes, 23 seconds
Oh, so you really set you you weren’t even trying to date or anything as a as a youngster? Yeah, I dated kind of late in life.14 minutes, 28 seconds
Yeah, cuz I’m I was I fell in love with fighting.14 minutes, 32 seconds
I I talked to a girl talking about fighting. She talking about what?14 minutes, 39 seconds
Yeah. They don’t want to see you shadow boxing. Yeah, cuz they want a hug. I mean, they like the part when the ref tries to separate.14 minutes, 46 seconds
No, no, they don’t mind seeing me shadow boxing, but they wanted to talk deep. I want to talk about fighting.14 minutes, 51 seconds
You loved it that much when you What made I loved it. I loved it.14 minutes, 55 seconds
Why Why was it such a magnet for you, do you think? fighting.14 minutes, 58 seconds
I think because when I was young and I watched some of the big time fight, I think it was just the way the crowd rooted for people’s name. I wanted them to root my name one day.15 minutes, 8 seconds
Yeah.15 minutes, 8 seconds
That’s cool, huh? Did you feel like Yeah. Why did you like Cuz it’s interesting. Some people had this feeling they need they want somebody to15 minutes, 16 seconds
see them, right? Or or they want to have they want to have a say in the world.15 minutes, 21 seconds
Like did you feel like you like were missing part of that? Like were you not being seen or do you No, I just when the custom model told me I’m the greatest fighter the spirit of life.15 minutes, 31 seconds
So that was I was 12. He told me that at 12 and you believed him. Yes. Cuz you trusted him. Yes.15 minutes, 37 seconds
Wow. That’s pretty powerful that it would just be that you’d be able to envelop that that much.15 minutes, 43 seconds
No. Um, how can you pick a kid 12 years old, tell him you’re the greatest fighter in the world, and you looking at him like he’s some old pervert guy15 minutes, 52 seconds
trying to do something, you know, trying, you know, I’m really me? I’m a I’m a thief. I’m a crook. How am I some [ __ ] world’s greatest fighter of all16 minutes, 1 second
time? I thought this is some kind of trick the youth the the youth center was trying to pull on me.16 minutes, 5 seconds
Oh, yeah. Yeah, those youth centers. So, um, this guy turned out to be the real deal and I turned out to be Mike. I am like, whatever the [ __ ] people think I am.16 minutes, 14 seconds
Yeah. So, he was the real deal.16 minutes, 16 seconds
Do you think if you hadn’t had like cuz you know, I’ve heard you talk about being scared as a kid and having like um, you know, your mother passed away16 minutes, 24 seconds
when you were young and um, and we don’t have to talk about some of that. I’m just saying things that you can talk about anything. Okay.16 minutes, 30 seconds
I those are just some things that I know about you, right? I don’t know you, but those are things that I know about you.16 minutes, 35 seconds
Um, you may think you know, Bobby, you’ll figure them out now. Okay, let’s go. Oh, ding, ding, ding.16 minutes, 41 seconds
All right. All right. All right. Thank you, Mike. Thank you for spending time with us. Um, and with me. Thank you. I didn’t think I was going to like you.16 minutes, 50 seconds
You good brother. Really? Thanks, bro. I appreciate that.16 minutes, 56 seconds
My wife told me, “Don’t judge him. Don’t judge him.” I was feeling said, “Don’t judge him. Don’t judge him.” She’s got a very uh you could tell she’s a very she has a she has a good soul. Your wife.17 minutes, 6 seconds
Yes, she did. She believed in you. [laughter] Yes, she does.17 minutes, 10 seconds
Do you think that you if you’d have been if you’d have had the things you needed as a child, right? Like the things that every child needs, right? Like the I don’t want that. Stay away from me.17 minutes, 20 seconds
Keep that [ __ ] away from me. I like I like to suffer. You like the way it went?17 minutes, 25 seconds
I love the suffer. I don’t want no good time. Right.17 minutes, 29 seconds
Oh, you like the discomfort. Oh yes, I like being I like being out of me, you know, getting out of my comfort zone.17 minutes, 36 seconds
But if you’d have had those like if you had the stereotypical things that people I would be a [ __ ] Would you have been the heavyweight champion of the world?17 minutes, 46 seconds
No. Wow. The heavyweight [ __ ] of the world.17 minutes, 49 seconds
[laughter]17 minutes, 51 seconds
I know. I’d be wearing slippers during the day probably.17 minutes, 54 seconds
I’d be wearing dang slippers during the day.17 minutes, 57 seconds
Yeah. My mother would My mother would baby me, wouldn’t allow me to fight and all that stuff. No, it wasn’t meant for me to have my mother.18 minutes, 4 seconds
Did she baby you as a kid? Like, what was she like?18 minutes, 6 seconds
Um, she was a drunk. She was a prostitute. But, um, she was who she was.18 minutes, 13 seconds
You know, my mom uh my [snorts] mom had like a issue when I was a kid, like she couldn’t look at me because18 minutes, 20 seconds
Why? What’s wrong with you? [laughter] I do. You know something that we don’t know?18 minutes, 27 seconds
I don’t know [ __ ] but something was wrong with her. She like she just couldn’t like something18 minutes, 35 seconds
like when my mom was growing up like her dad like um would make him would make them like put his food under their ta under the door. He he he would not talk18 minutes, 44 seconds
to my mom for like for months at a time and he would go in and out of their house through the window. That sounds like a mental illness.18 minutes, 49 seconds
Yeah. Right. A mental illness for what they call now a mental illness.18 minutes, 53 seconds
Right. Right. At the time. Yeah. It was just like kind of a reverse drive-thru. Yeah.18 minutes, 59 seconds
I got what I’m doing with your dad. I swear.19 minutes, 2 seconds
But anyway, I’m just saying like there was just like so early on I realized I got to take care of myself, right? Like and I don’t know if that was the truth,19 minutes, 10 seconds
but inside of myself, I made that decision. Like I I probably was a kid for maybe 45 seconds and since then I was an adult. I don’t care if I was two19 minutes, 17 seconds
months old. Does that make any sense to you?19 minutes, 19 seconds
Exactly. You know, my my my wife is kind of shamanic and she believes that we ask for our parents.19 minutes, 29 seconds
Then when I start believing, I said, “If I didn’t have the parents I had, I would never be me.” I said, “She might got something.” I never tell her. I’m saying19 minutes, 36 seconds
it now. I said, “She may have something there.” I did pick those parents. If I didn’t have those parents, I would be [ __ ] up. She might be right.19 minutes, 44 seconds
What’s what’s a nice memory that you have with your mom that was like something that you think about that was like kind of like a moment that you kind of cherish?19 minutes, 54 seconds
It was one Christmas day and her birthday was on Christmas. Your mother’s birthday was on Christmas.20 minutes, 1 second
I don’t know how we got some money but it was just a festival. her and her friends, they had food there and we was20 minutes, 9 seconds
eating food and we have never had that much food before and I don’t know how they got the money. I know it was something scaldish but I’m sure um20 minutes, 18 seconds
skull dugger a little bit of skull duggery.20 minutes, 20 seconds
Yeah. So I’m sure um something that broke the law but it was just a great moment you know and20 minutes, 28 seconds
that’s what I was accustomed to. I was accustomed to the pimps, the criminals, the stickup guys, the robbers, all being over my mother’s house and stuff cuz20 minutes, 35 seconds
that we were a house of crime. I lived in a house of crime.20 minutes, 39 seconds
Where did you sleep? Did you have your own room?20 minutes, 41 seconds
No, my home room. I live slept on the floor in a blanket somewhere.20 minutes, 47 seconds
The the beds are for the for the um for the John’s.20 minutes, 50 seconds
For the John’s. Yeah, exactly. I think for the tricks, but yeah, the John the bed belongs. We got a bell. Are you for20 minutes, 58 seconds
real? I don’t know if my brother or sisters heard me and they bring back memories to them of a bad trip.21 minutes, 5 seconds
You slept on each other’s backs. One person had to lay down flat and the other person got to sleep and we didn’t do that. We had slept on different parts on the floor. But you21 minutes, 13 seconds
know, you had to the if it’s hot, you had to air condition. You turn the big fan.21 minutes, 20 seconds
Oh, dude. I remember our my mom would only let it be 80° in the house, right?21 minutes, 24 seconds
And I’m like, well, that and at the time when I was a kid, I didn’t know that that’s pretty warm, right? And so we would go get the cold water and we21 minutes, 32 seconds
would just put it all over the sheet and then we would lay on it like, “Hey, make a little beach. Go to Florida.”21 minutes, 40 seconds
[laughter]21 minutes, 47 seconds
Uh, but it was fun.21 minutes, 49 seconds
Listen, right, poverty is just so beautiful sometimes. If you can laugh at it, it’s hilarious. Oh, it is. We have some fun.21 minutes, 57 seconds
Nothing more funny than poverty.21 minutes, 59 seconds
Oh, dude. We It doesn’t m It doesn’t care how rich or famous you get, it still affects you.22 minutes, 5 seconds
[laughter]22 minutes, 5 seconds
I don’t care how big you get. Remember this? It comes out. Do you remember this?22 minutes, 11 seconds
[laughter] Remember this, bro? I’ll tell you something. This a little racial, but let’s do it because go for it. We used to live like people22 minutes, 20 seconds
would burn their trash in the ditch, right? And so me and my buddy William, we would get out there and my buddy Larry and we would get all wet and we would run and jump through the smoke in22 minutes, 29 seconds
the ditch until we were pretty darkerish, right?22 minutes, 33 seconds
And then, bro, we would kind of wait until somebody drove by and yelled the n word at the end. [laughter]22 minutes, 44 seconds
N word. I hat say [ __ ] Huh? Say [ __ ] You don’t say n word for [ __ ] Say22 minutes, 52 seconds
[ __ ] The only the only people Joe by call us [ __ ]22 minutes, 55 seconds
Wait, hold on.22 minutes, 56 seconds
Say, man, do you need me to say if you need I’m just I don’t want to do something. I can’t tell what’s going on here to be honest with you.23 minutes, 7 seconds
I mean, I’ll jump through some I just need to say one thing and I’d be ashamed. All right. Yeah. Say I’m a [ __ ] lover.23 minutes, 16 seconds
You need me to say it?23 minutes, 17 seconds
Yeah. I say I’m a [ __ ] lover. Go ahead, man. But does it mean all of them? kind of a little bit.23 minutes, 25 seconds
God, even a rotten one. [laughter] I don’t know. I don’t know if people think I should do it or not.23 minutes, 33 seconds
Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Please. Please. Please.23 minutes, 41 seconds
Please. Come on, man. Stop [ __ ] the show up, man. You [ __ ] the show up, man. You right, bro. Dang, dude.23 minutes, 48 seconds
Holy [ __ ] [ __ ] I just what can I say, bro? I’m a lover, brother.23 minutes, 56 seconds
God is great, brother. God is great. God is great. [cheering] Now, hold on a second.24 minutes, 2 seconds
No. Who Who is cheering for this? I love this show.24 minutes, 11 seconds
I love this [ __ ] show.24 minutes, 13 seconds
[ __ ] Are we going to jail or not? Are we okay?24 minutes, 17 seconds
Another [laughter] knockout for Mike. Here comes the podcast.24 minutes, 27 seconds
It’s cuz he’s got a new podcast. He’s trying to get me off the charts. That’s why people are going to be crying and he’s scared to say [ __ ] love.24 minutes, 38 seconds
I don’t know if if those [laughter] are the same thing, but Oh.24 minutes, 47 seconds
Damn, that [ __ ] Look, that [ __ ] pussy’s a [ __ ] I’m sorry. Forgive me, guys. Hold on. I’m sorry.24 minutes, 55 seconds
I mean, I don’t know. I’ve had a little.24 minutes, 56 seconds
I don’t You know, I don’t A little What? Huh? You have a little or did you have a little? I don’t know. I think we should move on.25 minutes, 6 seconds
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Remember that, dude? Remember when Good Times was popping, bro?28 minutes, 24 seconds
It was really Good Times, dude. I’ll tell you a story. So, I’m in the airport one time, right? Jimmy Walker, uh, the actor from Good Times,28 minutes, 31 seconds
right? One of the a great comedian. He’s walking in the airport. Somebody starts yelling dynamite at him. The police thought it was like a uh Yeah. They didn’t see him.28 minutes, 43 seconds
Oh, they just see a couple uh a couple little [ __ ] yelling dynamite and they just jumped on them, bro. And I laughed.28 minutes, 49 seconds
I didn’t I could have helped and told people what’s going on, but I had to I was in a hurry, you know. I had to get to Cincinnati.28 minutes, 57 seconds
Yeah. Good cause.28 minutes, 58 seconds
That was a good show. Do Janet Jackson was on there. Yes.29 minutes, 2 seconds
Did you ever get to meet Janet? Yes, I have. I did have a chance to meet Janice Smith.29 minutes, 6 seconds
And you someone said, this is a rumor that I heard that you and Michael Jackson closed down SeaWorld one night and had a party there. Is that true?29 minutes, 13 seconds
This is not true at all. It’s not true. Don King told me that. He’s a liar.29 minutes, 22 seconds
I’m joking. He didn’t tell me that. But but if we knew if he did, he’d have lied about it. He tells the truth by accident.29 minutes, 29 seconds
Yeah. [laughter] I just thought you he tells the truth by accident. Hey man. Yeah, it is what it is, dude.29 minutes, 38 seconds
But no, did you actually get to spend time with Michael Jackson? Cuz he’s such a What was he like as a person?29 minutes, 43 seconds
A splendid, beautiful person. Hid behind all that stuff. He was a beautiful, calm, humble person. And I didn’t like him for a long time cuz my friend had29 minutes, 52 seconds
that called me. He said, “Hey, Mike, I’m” cuz he’s one of Mike’s producers.29 minutes, 56 seconds
He said, “Hey man, I’m over Mike’s.” And once he said, “Fuck that dude. He disrespected me. He did this.” No, I meant [ __ ] that man. Jackson said all that.30 minutes, 4 seconds
I said that. Okay.30 minutes, 5 seconds
And then they said, “And then my friend went like this.” He said, “Really? He asked for me to call you.” I said, “I’ll30 minutes, 12 seconds
be right there.” Boom. I was right over the house.30 minutes, 17 seconds
What was he like? Was he just like a He was very shy. He very humble. He was at the end of his, you know, he was dealing with that bad stuff, that child30 minutes, 26 seconds
stuff. He was dealing with that. He was really had no only was four people at the house, no friends, whole kind and it was just him and I got to know him.30 minutes, 34 seconds
Ask about Tupac.30 minutes, 36 seconds
But I’m I’m doing fine. Um30 minutes, 41 seconds
[laughter]30 minutes, 41 seconds
I love you, man. You’re beautiful. I thought you going to be some mullet redneck. You’re beautiful, girl. You’re beautiful.30 minutes, 48 seconds
I’m doing all right. I just I feel lucky to be here with you today, man. Beautiful.30 minutes, 51 seconds
Um do you think Michael was did he do you think he was involved in that kind of stuff when you got to know him? Did you ever feel that about him or No, I had a different opinion about him once I got to know him. Got it.30 minutes, 59 seconds
Yeah, totally different opinion.31 minutes
Dude, I read somewhere actually I didn’t read it. I I’m lying to you. One of my friends told me that like he has some girls whatever and you was like31 minutes, 7 seconds
inquiring these these your girlfriends and he said get your own [ __ ] too. Oh, he did. No, I’m not. I’m saying that. I tell you what happened. Please do.31 minutes, 15 seconds
I went to a Michael Jackson concert with dog. He had said come come to Cleveland and meet my babies and go see Michael.31 minutes, 22 seconds
So he called me. I want to see. So we walk into the show. It’s the last song.31 minutes, 26 seconds
We walk into the arena. We walk down the middle of the aisle. He goes like this to Don King. Don King puts his hand up.31 minutes, 33 seconds
I go like this and he puts his hand down. And I say to myself, I know Mike didn’t this. I said, “No, he don’t know.31 minutes, 39 seconds
He just He’s the big performer. He can’t be thinking about me. Of course not me.” So I go in the back and I’m in the back. This whole staff is just loving me.31 minutes, 47 seconds
Loving the band guy gave me his sticks.31 minutes, 50 seconds
Everybody’s all over me. Mike’s at the corner chilling like this with the door open. I guess he’s waiting for a car.31 minutes, 55 seconds
He’s going to jump in the car. And everybody’s all me. I say I think let me go over there and say hi to Mike, you know, because I want to go see. It was a good night. I go over there and before I32 minutes, 3 seconds
say anything, he goes, “Where did I know you from? This is the biggest moment in my life. I just beat Mike to speak. The whole world’s talking about nothing but32 minutes, 12 seconds
me.” And he looks at me, “Where did I know you from? I you look familiar.32 minutes, 16 seconds
Where did I know you from?” I said, “No way, Mr. Jackson. It’s just a fan.” I said, “You motherfucker.” [laughter] I said, “That was a good one.” You [ __ ] I hate him ever since.32 minutes, 27 seconds
I hated him everything. If my friend had called me to come over the house and said, “Mike called you,” I would have never I would been hating him now. Wow.32 minutes, 35 seconds
I can’t believe he said that. I was just a little kid. He said that to me.32 minutes, 39 seconds
You think he was joking? And Oh, he was dead serious. Wow. He was dead serious.32 minutes, 43 seconds
You think he was very competitive? He was.32 minutes, 45 seconds
Frank is too competitive. He’s not friendly with nobody. Yeah.32 minutes, 49 seconds
Especially not in the a music business if you don’t bend the knee. You got to bend the knee for Mike.32 minutes, 53 seconds
Well, yeah. He didn’t even He wasn’t friendly even with black folks. He freaking ended up white.32 minutes, 59 seconds
You got to be on You know what I’m saying? You got to have an issue if you want.33 minutes, 1 second
Hey, but listen, everybody’s going that route now. I’ve seen a bunch of athletes and singers go that route. Yeah. The black turn white route.33 minutes, 9 seconds
Yep. That’s Hey, Red Rover. Red Rover. Come on. You know, send them over, bro. Passing is passing.33 minutes, 17 seconds
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.33 minutes, 19 seconds
What if like and some of this is just like lore stuff. What about Whitney Houston? Did you ever get to meet her? I knew Whitney very well. No way.33 minutes, 27 seconds
Yeah, I knew very well. Was she so?33 minutes, 29 seconds
She came to visit me in prison. When I was in prison, she came to visit me. She did? Yeah. One of my good friends.33 minutes, 35 seconds
And when was that? When you were in prison in New York?33 minutes, 37 seconds
No, [ __ ] I’m up in Indianapolis. It’s cold.33 minutes, 40 seconds
I was just checking to see if you remember where you were in prison at.33 minutes, 44 seconds
Yeah, I have a lot of listen um I I I had a lot of um really interesting visitors, a lot of really interesting people.33 minutes, 52 seconds
Whitney came to visit you. Did she sing for you or anything like that or did she just come and spend time?33 minutes, 55 seconds
She just came and she brought her family. Her and her family came and they hung out with me. Who else came to visit you?34 minutes, 2 seconds
I don’t know. Quite a few people. You name some names or something. What about Michael Landon?34 minutes, 8 seconds
He was dead, man. God was dead. He was dead then. He had cancer back then.34 minutes, 12 seconds
Listen, Patrick sees, he was dead, too, I think.34 minutes, 17 seconds
What? Why? All the white people die in your stories. I’m starting to notice, smile. Hey, um, Florence Henderson came. No way.34 minutes, 25 seconds
He came. Yes. But listen to this. She came to visit me, but I’m locked in the hole. I had to fight with one of the gods. So, I’m not going to come out. If34 minutes, 32 seconds
you come out the hole, you got to come out chain. So, I said, I’m not going to come out like that. I ask her to forgive me. I didn’t want to do that.34 minutes, 39 seconds
Cuz you would It would have just You didn’t want her to see you like I didn’t want to see me in shackles and my feet and all that crap. It looks crazy.34 minutes, 45 seconds
Yeah. Well, when they put you into the whole So, I know it was like 23 hours of darkness, right? And then 1 hour of light or vice versa the other way.34 minutes, 54 seconds
No, they leave the light on all night. Oh, the lights on all night. Lights on.34 minutes, 57 seconds
Oh, that’s good. I mean, at least in case you have to get up or whatever, you It gives you a [ __ ] headache. Oh, yeah. 24 hours a day for like what, 10 weeks?35 minutes, 5 seconds
Nuh-uh. Yeah. [clears throat] What starts to happen to somebody in there? Like do does it is it anything helpful?35 minutes, 12 seconds
Yeah, the peace the solitude is healthy.35 minutes, 16 seconds
Very healthy. The solitude and most of us most of us believe it or not able to be by oursel for a long period35 minutes, 23 seconds
of time. You know we haven’t developed a relationship with ourselves where we adore ourselves. We can’t stop up being up and stop being in our own presence.35 minutes, 34 seconds
And I guess that’s the way to be.35 minutes, 35 seconds
Constant happiness and love even though even though we go through the bad [ __ ] makes that beautiful too.35 minutes, 42 seconds
Yeah. I think um I don’t know in my life like I feel like in my life my whole life I was waiting35 minutes, 49 seconds
for somebody to show up, right? I don’t even really exactly know who it was. But then like recently I’m realizing that I think I’m just waiting for me to show35 minutes, 57 seconds
up. Does that make any sense to you? I I don’t want to ask this question because you have to get you know I mean that’s your narrative. How do that guy appears?36 minutes, 8 seconds
How do you make that guy appear? Right.36 minutes, 10 seconds
The first thing that I’m that I’m learning for myself and some of this is pretty recent is just like having some integrity like you know if I say I’m like cuz if I say I’m going to do36 minutes, 18 seconds
something and I don’t I hear myself do that, right? And so after a while I don’t even believe myself. I think after a while I couldn’t even listen to myself cuz it’s like well how many times am I36 minutes, 27 seconds
going to lead myself on, you know? Um, I don’t know if that’s exactly true, but I think that’s the best answer I have for that.36 minutes, 33 seconds
It’s always the higher power. It’s always the higher power cuz I’m from the I’m from the um the world um that you36 minutes, 41 seconds
come from as well, you know, the recovery world. And it’s a battle. It’s a battle. Some guys for 20 years all a sudden, boom, they took they go to drugs36 minutes, 49 seconds
and kill themselves. It’s a constant battle. No one’s ever a winner to the end of the day till it’s over and we’re36 minutes, 56 seconds
dead. Then you won. If you ever do any drugs and you beat the system that was killing you, you going to die. Boom. But sometimes these guys stop using drugs for 30 years and go back.37 minutes, 5 seconds
Yeah.37 minutes, 6 seconds
You know, I mean, you just can’t believe it. So, you’re never safe. Yeah. You’re never safe.37 minutes, 11 seconds
Yeah. Nobody’s going to get out of here alive. I learned that in rehab.37 minutes, 14 seconds
Yeah. It kind of makes it exciting, doesn’t it?37 minutes, 17 seconds
It’s kind of funny. Nobody gets out of here alive.37 minutes, 19 seconds
As you get older, one of the things that gets a little bit exciting is dying because it’s a new adventure. I listen. Does that make sense?37 minutes, 27 seconds
That makes too much sense. I find um death is another part of life we just never experienced yet.37 minutes, 34 seconds
You know, if life is good, how death could be bad? Be honest. If God loved us, how could death really be bad? If we look at God the way we believe him to37 minutes, 42 seconds
be, how could death be bad if he created it?37 minutes, 45 seconds
If we didn’t think it was final, then we How would we behave in this time that we’re here, you know?37 minutes, 49 seconds
Well, listen. Um God prepares us. The universe prepares us for death. You know, little by little, we lose our friends. We lose people we care about.38 minutes
We lose our hair. We lose our teeth. We lose our life. It’s nothing that happens spontaneous. You know, it’s meant to be.38 minutes, 7 seconds
Yeah. We lose our ability to be around black people safely because I’ve said the N word. Yeah.38 minutes, 12 seconds
No, you know, I mean, black people love you. You’re you’re a [ __ ] lover. You’re not a [ __ ] hater. [laughter] Hey, that’s a good point, bro. Thanks for looking out for me.38 minutes, 21 seconds
I hope that I hope they’re not able to cancel you on this show and [ __ ] We talked about [ __ ] Hey, [ __ ] always got people cancel.38 minutes, 28 seconds
[laughter]38 minutes, 29 seconds
Oh, it never fails. A [ __ ] will get you. The word [ __ ] The word.38 minutes, 35 seconds
Oh, it’s great to see some equality at last.38 minutes, 39 seconds
Are you sometimes amazed like when you look at your life how much grace God has had in your life?38 minutes, 44 seconds
I realized that um if you don’t believe in God, look at me cuz I should not be right here talking to you.38 minutes, 54 seconds
No, you probably did not, man. Listen, listen. No, really. When I’m in my 30s, I got um I said, “Yes, God did a really39 minutes, 2 seconds
dirty trick. He He allowed me to live to be 60.” God damn. If I knew I was going to be 60, I’d have played the game. Yes,39 minutes, 9 seconds
sir. No, ma’am. Yes, sir. [laughter] Let [ __ ] you. Suck my [ __ ] you. I went that route instead.39 minutes, 17 seconds
[clears throat]39 minutes, 17 seconds
Oh man. Yes, sir. How you doing, man?39 minutes, 22 seconds
You know. Oh, I’d walk right up to heaven like this, bro. I’d walk right into heaven, man. Sit at my table. Yeah.39 minutes, 28 seconds
If I’d have been Yeah. I think there’s something about like when you feel like you’re doing everything yourself. Like, did you feel like that as a kid? Like everything I I’ll figure this out. I’ll39 minutes, 36 seconds
handle it. Like, did you have that like chip on your shoulder? Do you feel my mentor? But when I had my mentor, he taught me not to ever say anything negative about myself. Really?39 minutes, 44 seconds
Only say beautiful things about myself. Custom taught you that? Yes. And what did he tell you exactly?39 minutes, 50 seconds
Always say beautiful things about myself and never say anything negative about myself cuz my subconscious don’t know if I’m playing or not.39 minutes, 59 seconds
It’s pretty Isn’t it wild how there’s something? No, but I learned that at 12 years old.40 minutes, 3 seconds
I had to learn that at 12 to be the champion at 20. M you know if I land to that 15 16 hey it40 minutes, 11 seconds
probably wouldn’t have worked out there that up in chapter 22 probably. Yeah.40 minutes, 15 seconds
So everything worked out for the right reason.40 minutes, 18 seconds
What was one of the hardest walks uh to the ring you ever had to make.40 minutes, 25 seconds
All the walks are the same pretty much. You know it becomes a routine.40 minutes, 33 seconds
was the one that like you didn’t want it or it things had changed or you were a like I don’t I don’t know. I never been a fighter.40 minutes, 40 seconds
I always I always wanted it because um every time I got in the ring when I lost my life changed and a good perspective for my family,40 minutes, 48 seconds
right? You you were providing for your family for sure. Yeah, that’s all I know how to do.40 minutes, 52 seconds
When did you um when did you become an adult?40 minutes, 56 seconds
Excuse me. Well, that happened late in life. That happened real late in life, man. I can’t even tell you, man. I was probably who what 45 or something.41 minutes, 6 seconds
[laughter]41 minutes, 7 seconds
Oh, dude. I freaking went to bed while I was 27. That’s That’s mental illness.41 minutes, 15 seconds
Mental illness. Mental illness. Yeah. Yeah, it is.41 minutes, 21 seconds
But they don’t say that. They just call you Mr. Drippy Drop or whatever.41 minutes, 24 seconds
They don’t call you Mr. Piffy. Pissy cool.41 minutes, 29 seconds
Now they call you they call you little yellow boy.41 minutes, 34 seconds
Hey yellow boy. Um but yeah but did what what do you think made you start to turn like finally like41 minutes, 42 seconds
I I have to I got to grow up or something something happened. I’m I’m becoming um cuz some guys took my pigeons and41 minutes, 48 seconds
bullied me and that was the first time I fought back and it was like love that first fight. I never stopped fighting ever since. Some guy they he took it and he p ripped my bird’s head off.42 minutes
What?42 minutes
Yeah. He was a dirty rotting kind of guy back there. You remember him? Yeah. Who was he? Gary Flowers. [ __ ] him.42 minutes, 8 seconds
Never forget his name. How could he do it?42 minutes, 11 seconds
Yeah. He’s a young kid back there rocking being a bully. I was a little fat kid that bullied me all the time.42 minutes, 17 seconds
Yeah. But even if I saw a kid that was kind of like had some glandular issues or whatever, I’m not gonna break a bird’s neck. And that it’s just um that’s all about humiliating people.42 minutes, 27 seconds
Oh, it was like a humiliation thing, right? I’m going to make you feel this way. Oh, did you ever get him back?42 minutes, 33 seconds
Oh, I beat the dog [ __ ] out of the [cheering] And that’s the best thing happened cuz42 minutes, 40 seconds
every day I f I must fought three times a day. I couldn’t stop fighting. I loved it so much.42 minutes, 45 seconds
And were you having trouble finding people to fight?42 minutes, 47 seconds
Oh, no. They used to bring people for me to fight for money. Oh, really?42 minutes, 50 seconds
Yeah. And uh and so who would get the money?42 minutes, 54 seconds
The guy would say, “Listen, if you win, you get this much. If you lose, you’ll get this much.” So no matter what, you ate some money. Give me some money.43 minutes, 2 seconds
What’s the first thing you kind of bought when you got a little money? I don’t know. Some weed and some candy. Weed and candy, bro.43 minutes, 10 seconds
That’s what I’m talking about, bro. The munchies. Ready for the munchies?43 minutes, 14 seconds
That now ladies now ladies, dude. Yeah, but they make your teeth stick together. I know, but it’s good when you’re high. Yeah, you right.43 minutes, 21 seconds
You high. You don’t mind. You know you had And your teeth is out within the gum. You ever do that before? Teeth is out in the teeth. Oh, the shape of your teeth.43 minutes, 30 seconds
Yeah, that [ __ ] was cool, bro.43 minutes, 33 seconds
I like that [ __ ] man. I really like that, man.43 minutes, 36 seconds
You ever had some black [ __ ]43 minutes, 45 seconds
[cheering]43 minutes, 47 seconds
All right. I don’t I’m just I’m just asking guys between me and them. Please don’t respond.43 minutes, 55 seconds
I mean, I’ve had Yeah. I mean, during the holidays, one time I have a I had a little That’s true.44 minutes, 1 second
I’m not talking about no Jewish girl with a great tan. I mean, a black girl.44 minutes, 4 seconds
[laughter]44 minutes, 6 seconds
Oh, I’m talking about some real Yeah. Some of that freaking Yeah.44 minutes, 12 seconds
I’m just saying like I’m just trying to think. I Yes, I had some. I had I’ve had a little I’ve had a little I have had Mike.44 minutes, 20 seconds
I have actually painting that you put halfway in.44 minutes, 23 seconds
[laughter]44 minutes, 24 seconds
You put it all the way in. What is that little? You put it in a little or you put it in a lot or is a little when you put it in?44 minutes, 32 seconds
It doesn’t go in a lot. Oh, like like the hokeyp pokey. Okay.44 minutes, 39 seconds
You go in, she comes out. [laughter] But I’ve had a little, man. I’ve had a little. Huh? Yeah, I would I would I44 minutes, 46 seconds
would get some more. I would um Yeah, I’d get some more sometime, you know.44 minutes, 51 seconds
What kind of black women you dream about [ __ ] though? What’s the body shape? Name somebody’s body shape.44 minutes, 56 seconds
Well, some black women you [ __ ] them and they they [ __ ] back kind of, you know, they got that that vagina kind of it it’ll [ __ ] you back, you know? It’s45 minutes, 4 seconds
almost like when you the last 100 years ago that I [ __ ] the wanker, she did that too. the same thing.45 minutes, 13 seconds
But I almost try to um I was flirting with this black lady that worked at the airport for a while, but they said move along eventually.45 minutes, 19 seconds
Did you get tickets? Do you get fl You get free flights.45 minutes, 22 seconds
I did not get free flights, but I ain’t mess with it then. I ain’t going to have I’m not going to date no girl at the airport. I’m not getting free flights, man.45 minutes, 29 seconds
Yeah, you’re right. [laughter] You’re right. I I I don’t know. I Look, man, maybe you’ll set me up with a good gal that you know.45 minutes, 34 seconds
I don’t know any good girls. I got I got a good time. I know. Being a good girl, I give you a good time.45 minutes, 41 seconds
Did you ever have like a Cuz Hollywood people be people steal people’s spouse or girlfriends, boyfriends. Did you ever have somebody steal a girlfriend of yours here?45 minutes, 49 seconds
I’m sure they did, but I just don’t know about it. You didn’t? Yeah.45 minutes, 53 seconds
I feel bad actually cuz I was saying that question, but I knew another question I was going to ask. Ask that.45 minutes, 58 seconds
Somebody said that Brad Pitt stole a girlfriend of yours one time. No. Oh, that’s an interesting story.46 minutes, 2 seconds
Yeah. All right. Um, no. It didn’t steal up for me. But way and my wife was going through a divorce. We might get back, but we were still [ __ ] right?46 minutes, 13 seconds
Okay.46 minutes, 14 seconds
We always [ __ ] every night. We were still [ __ ] then we fighting in the paper. Then we [ __ ] like But one day46 minutes, 21 seconds
I went over house the [ __ ] She wasn’t home. Nobody. And then driving up the road with the BMW that I bought her and46 minutes, 28 seconds
she had some I thought it was some one of her friends from head of the class, but it wasn’t one of her friends. It was some [ __ ] Brad Pit trying to get some46 minutes, 37 seconds
head. That’s Yeah. So, uh, that honky was with her.46 minutes, 41 seconds
Yeah. [laughter] White [ __ ] Damn.46 minutes, 47 seconds
[laughter]46 minutes, 47 seconds
Damn. Brad, that honky was trying to slide. Huh?46 minutes, 51 seconds
The dirty dog. [laughter] I love you.46 minutes, 56 seconds
The fact that we got to call Brad Pit a honky is [ __ ] hilarious.47 minutes, 1 second
He’s a beautiful brother. But you caught him in the driveway.47 minutes, 4 seconds
Yeah, he was be I was just I I think that um Do you punk him a little?47 minutes, 8 seconds
No, I guess I Yeah, he is Brad Pitt. At least if your if your if your girl’s going to be with somebody, it’s got If it’s Brad Pit, that’s you. That’s okay.47 minutes, 17 seconds
I I Yeah, I guess you’re right. I was But he wasn’t Brad Pit yet. Oh, he wasn’t Brad Pitt yet. I didn’t know who the [ __ ] he was.47 minutes, 25 seconds
He was just Brad. Yeah.47 minutes, 28 seconds
And she was driving him. He didn’t have a car. Oh.47 minutes, 32 seconds
That’s some Brad [ __ ] Brad never got a car, bro. Name seven Brads that have cars, bro. None of them bastards. Yeah.47 minutes, 44 seconds
Oh.47 minutes, 46 seconds
Have you been good at being in love, you think, over your life?47 minutes, 49 seconds
I’ve gotten so much trouble being in love in my life. You know, love is um love is so many entities. You know what I mean?47 minutes, 57 seconds
Love has been You gotten in so much trouble? No, I don’t have trouble with love. I have trouble with me. Love has nothing to do with it.48 minutes, 5 seconds
Love has trouble with you.48 minutes, 7 seconds
No, it’s me with the trouble. I have no love has no beef with me. Love’s supposed to do what it does. I supposed to do what I do, you know? And that’s what we do.48 minutes, 22 seconds
You think you’re hard to love or not? Huh?48 minutes, 25 seconds
You think you’re hard to love? Um, I think that I’m acquired taste.48 minutes, 31 seconds
Yeah, I’m I’m I’m humbled enough to know that I could be replaced, but I’m confident know that nobody in the world is like me.48 minutes, 42 seconds
That’s true, man.48 minutes, 45 seconds
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Did it ever become like like being Mike Tyson became um and being Iron Mike Tyson and being like um this when you53 minutes, 4 seconds
when you become bigger than you? How did that affect you like as a person? Do you feel like I know the truth that I never the big I53 minutes, 13 seconds
don’t never that’s just a some form of imagination really being some53 minutes, 20 seconds
big star. I know who I am. I know what I’ve accomplished in life, the good, the bad, you know, but there’s not many53 minutes, 28 seconds
people, you know, listen, I walk with poverty and I sit with presence, you know. I just just there’s not too many things I haven’t done in my life, you53 minutes, 36 seconds
know. So, I just um take my life day by day. I don’t make too many plans, you know.53 minutes, 44 seconds
I I met your wife now, Kiki. Yeah. Very interesting person, huh?53 minutes, 51 seconds
I’m going to say she’s a beautiful, nice lady. You can say she’s a very interesting person. She is very interesting. I’m sure. I don’t know her well. She seems very uh she has very53 minutes, 58 seconds
kind eyes and she seems like she really cares about you. So, those are things that I noticed. And you guys have some beautiful children. I saw some of one of54 minutes, 6 seconds
them I think is here. Maybe two. Two of them. Michael Miguel.54 minutes, 10 seconds
He But but Miguel Miguel Loento and Milan. And Milan.54 minutes, 18 seconds
Yeah.54 minutes, 19 seconds
Kiki seems to just have like uh she wants to make sure that you’re okay, right? Is there like or what what’s like what’s it like now with her with this relationship? What’s this marriage like?54 minutes, 32 seconds
I don’t know. That’s too perfect. We need a little [ __ ] in that other thing.54 minutes, 38 seconds
Yeah, we we’re cool. We have a great connection, you know.54 minutes, 41 seconds
Um we we [ __ ] every now and then.54 minutes, 44 seconds
What’s something you really love about her?54 minutes, 46 seconds
I just love her being a mother. She’s an awesome mother, awesome wife, and an allaround beautiful person. I really hit the jackpot with this monkey. She’s so54 minutes, 54 seconds
precious. [cheering] Where did you meet uh Kiki at? I knew her since she was like 198.55 minutes, 1 second
Yeah. Is she like a strong woman in the household? Like what’s that kind of energy like? Like does she make you get up early or anything?55 minutes, 8 seconds
No, that’s the whole thing. I don’t have to move. What’s that? With my wife, I don’t have to move.55 minutes, 14 seconds
Yeah. Yeah. I don’t have to move. She takes care of me. Everything. I got the real wife that, you know, cooks for me, bring my food to my place. If I’m tired, she’ll feed me. I I got it going.55 minutes, 24 seconds
Oh, you got a queen, huh? Yeah. That’s nice.55 minutes, 28 seconds
Um, then she’s also she’s also my my my pet and she’s also my tiger, too. She’s my defender.55 minutes, 36 seconds
So, she has that in her, too.55 minutes, 42 seconds
No, you got to have somebody that has that.55 minutes, 44 seconds
Oh, you have to. There’s nobody has the more fury than a woman. And that’s just in general. There’s nobody that fights more fearful than a woman.55 minutes, 54 seconds
Oh, dude. They can make a child. If you and I laid on our back for 9 months, we couldn’t make [ __ ] No, no. They could listen, they they56 minutes, 1 second
could they could they could bleed n month to leave. We get a little cut our hand. We get affection and die. You know, women are special breed.56 minutes, 10 seconds
Yeah. Well, they’re wizards. They’re damn wizards. I’ll say that. But they are also a great breed.56 minutes, 14 seconds
No, but that’s the big that’s the biggest gift God could ever give us is a woman. Yeah.56 minutes, 19 seconds
The most precious gift God could ever give us is a woman.56 minutes, 23 seconds
[screaming]56 minutes, 23 seconds
Yeah. That’s the truth. I agree. I agree, man. Hey, this is our show.56 minutes, 32 seconds
Yeah, you heard the man.56 minutes, 35 seconds
I think uh like fathering and fame would seem like it’s really hard for me. It’s miserable. How about your life? I don’t have any children yet.56 minutes, 43 seconds
Oh, God bless you, man. What?56 minutes, 46 seconds
God bless you. Cuz this doesn’t work well with children. Well, I don’t want I don’t want things that I’ve said or done to influence my children’s life or people to look at them a certain way or have certain expectations out of them.56 minutes, 55 seconds
But I don’t fear that that much. But your life has been at a at an insane amount of that like what was that? Did it make it hard for you? Like what was57 minutes, 3 seconds
it like fathering and having your life like and the fame?57 minutes, 7 seconds
I don’t know. Um my kids have a great life and if they ever started complaining they should think about they should have had my father then they57 minutes, 15 seconds
would have a right to complain. Yeah, they do not have a right to complain. My kids go to the best schools the world offer. They have the best um they have the best opportunities the work offer.57 minutes, 25 seconds
It’s up to them to take advantage of it. Where was your father from?57 minutes, 33 seconds
North Carolina.57 minutes, 34 seconds
Oh, dude. No way. I’m going to freaking Wilmington this weekend. Charlotte. He’s from Charlotte.57 minutes, 38 seconds
Oh, Charlotte. Charlotte’s okay. I don’t I It’s I’m fine. I never been there before. You haven’t? I’m fine with it.57 minutes, 46 seconds
I will tell you this story. So, one time I was in Charlotte, right? And I I hadn’t been there before and my friend and I were sitting on a patio. We were just getting something to eat and I saw57 minutes, 54 seconds
somebody pushing a baby carriage out there, [snorts] right? And I thought and they were wearing like a couple of different like like shaws or like rugs58 minutes, 1 second
almost like a bunch of like tapestries and stuff over them and over the carriage. And I thought it was a uh like a homeless guy like almost like a French58 minutes, 10 seconds
homeless guy, right? Cuz he’s French.58 minutes, 12 seconds
Well, just he was a very color. It looked like, dude, it was French in North Carolina.58 minutes, 17 seconds
Well, just because of the the the the the elegance of the Shaws and stuff.58 minutes, 21 seconds
They seemed very Frenchish. Very Frenchish. And uh yeah, French. And58 minutes, 28 seconds
it was freaking Cam Newton pushing his newborn down the street. Are you serious?58 minutes, 32 seconds
I swear that is a true story. And that’s the truth. But I It was him, dude. I’m keep looking. I’m like, damn, they got58 minutes, 40 seconds
the most beautiful, elegant, homeless around here. They really vibing.58 minutes, 45 seconds
And then I’m like I saw people run up and get photos and it was came to me. He just had a newborn child and he was taking him for a little little afternoon58 minutes, 53 seconds
stroll out there by the uh McCormack and Schmicks out there. You have anybody you’re in love with? Do you have anybody I’m in love with? Yeah.59 minutes
Uh I mean it’s crazy. It’s crazy.59 minutes, 6 seconds
[cheering]59 minutes, 8 seconds
Nobody off the top of my head. Yeah. You’re not with a woman right now? No, I’m not with a woman right now.59 minutes, 13 seconds
No, you’re not kicking it with no one right now. I mean, I’m You know what I’m saying?59 minutes, 16 seconds
Uh, I’m saying that How old are you? How old are you? I’m 46, dude. I’m an adult.59 minutes, 22 seconds
You got the [ __ ] hair. You got that [ __ ] hair. As long as you got that hair, you got that You got the advantage of that [ __ ] What’s that hair?59 minutes, 31 seconds
That hair is serious [ __ ] advantage right there.59 minutes, 35 seconds
The hair. It’s all about the hair. If you’d had hair, you think you’d have been You think you’d have been even more handsome? If If I had hair, I wouldn’t be married.59 minutes, 44 seconds
I’d be in lawsuits and all that [ __ ]59 minutes, 46 seconds
[laughter]59 minutes, 49 seconds
I had lawsuits. That’s crazy, bro.59 minutes, 53 seconds
That’s hair is power. That’s why when they did that about fing cuz really hair is power.59 minutes, 58 seconds
Well, that’s even when they used to scout people and stuff and take their hair, they was taking, you know, they were taking something they felt. That’s why I grew my hair a lot. People represent power. That’s why they always1 hour, 6 seconds
trying to cut your hair, boy. You look like a boot animal. Cut your hair. Cut your hair. Keep your [ __ ] hair. Yeah, [ __ ] I want to be an animal.1 hour, 12 seconds
Yeah. Keep your [ __ ] hair. Cuz once you lose your hair, you go always wish you had it back. Some guy say, “Oh, it was in the way.” No. Was in the way, [ __ ] You wish you had your hair back.1 hour, 21 seconds
It was The only thing that was in the way of was in the way of you being a little [ __ ] That’s the only thing it was. Huh?1 hour, 26 seconds
Well, let that hair grow. Don’t care how much you grow. Let it grow. Let that [ __ ] Let the people say, “Oh, you’re an animal. You can’t get a job.” You can get a job with a lot of hair now.1 hour, 34 seconds
Yeah. You can get a job at Cork. You can get a job as a mechanic assistant.1 hour, 36 seconds
Anything. Anything. That makes more money than the average person by far.1 hour, 41 seconds
[laughter]1 hour, 42 seconds
Yeah, bro. You could just brush your hair online and dudes will pay to watch you do it.1 hour, 48 seconds
Yo, listen. That online thing, it’s either the the best thing a pedophile could ever dream of or else it’s the biggest the biggest hit in the world.1 hour, 58 seconds
One of the It’s the worst, bro. Do you think you’ve seen times change, bro? Same. But like how bad? Like things are not bad, but things just gotten so much different.1 hour, 1 minute, 8 seconds
It’s gotten away from the Everything became sexual lately and everybody’s worried about who’s sleeping with who.1 hour, 1 minute, 16 seconds
Everybody’s worried about who genders who and who looks like this. And it’s all about that now.1 hour, 1 minute, 23 seconds
Yeah. It’s uh there used to be so much more. I think I don’t know when you couldn’t record everything, the moment was so great. Because then also if I1 hour, 1 minute, 30 seconds
needed to know a story, the only way I could get it was from you or from somebody that told it well. And so that person had like I don’t know, they had an ambiance about1 hour, 1 minute, 39 seconds
him. There might be a dude in town only all he did was tell one good story or no.1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds
That’s happened since the beginning of life. Yeah. And now it’s suddenly different. Yeah.1 hour, 1 minute, 47 seconds
And now we have people out here losing their minds and [ __ ] Killing themselves, hurting.1 hour, 1 minute, 52 seconds
Killing themselves. Mike, did nobody kill themselves. When I was a kid, nobody was killing themselves. If you were angry or depressed, you just listened to heavy metal and walked around town.1 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second
Remember that?1 hour, 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Yes. Oh, man. That’s, you know, it’s just it’s interesting that people are doing that now.1 hour, 2 minutes, 8 seconds
We’re sick though. There’s not There’s something poisoning us. Do you agree with that?1 hour, 2 minutes, 12 seconds
100%. I I I know the government know what it is. Yeah. I ain’t telling. You know, because death is profitable.1 hour, 2 minutes, 21 seconds
You know, people cashing on your insurance and all that [ __ ] Death is very profitable. Even at the morg, dude, my buddy freaking died. They put they1 hour, 2 minutes, 29 seconds
put new shoes on him, charges his family 300 bucks. I’m like, [ __ ] he’s wearing them for 50 minutes. Just get a rental and they got a whole fresh pair.1 hour, 2 minutes, 40 seconds
That’s crazy, man. But I agree. There’s something the government knows, man. So now people are going to have to rise up.1 hour, 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Something’s going to have to happen. Do you believe that people have that in us still? Or do you believe I believe I believe this. I believe that some people even if they’re elite1 hour, 2 minutes, 53 seconds
people, they have the money and have the the resources to live longer, healthier.1 hour, 2 minutes, 59 seconds
You know, imagine being 90 and living healthy. You can still run. You can still [ __ ] You can still do things for your family.1 hour, 3 minutes, 7 seconds
Jump, cross over. Exactly. No, serious.1 hour, 3 minutes, 10 seconds
Yeah, I feel you. You think that’s possible for some people right now in their husband right now? Absolutely right. Absolutely.1 hour, 3 minutes, 17 seconds
Cuz the [ __ ] that I use now, all this met and all this [ __ ] [ __ ] Dicks can’t you. This shit’s crazy. Yeah.1 hour, 3 minutes, 25 seconds
Feel young. That’s all. That’s why I be going fighting again. Do next week. I feel good.1 hour, 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Next thing they going to give you some kind of guy now that you sniffing makes you smarter. What is it? I don’t know what it listen.1 hour, 3 minutes, 39 seconds
You’re laughing now, but when it comes out, you can say Mike was talking about that. You’ll be hitting that [ __ ] and Yeah.1 hour, 3 minutes, 45 seconds
Oh, yeah. I don’t know if you get if you get too smart, you might have a [ __ ] brain collapse, right? Plus a aneurism or some [ __ ]1 hour, 3 minutes, 52 seconds
I don’t want to There’s a lot of [ __ ] I don’t want to know.1 hour, 3 minutes, 55 seconds
Dude, the smarter I get, I feel like the more I heard of, bro. No, but listen. Um, they got stuff.1 hour, 4 minutes, 1 second
Check this out. Imagine somebody say, “I have something in this needle that’ll make you last1 hour, 4 minutes, 8 seconds
30 more years strong or make your thick stay hard 24 hours or something like that.” That’s what people are working1 hour, 4 minutes, 15 seconds
at. They whatever they want, whatever our biggest um kinks are, right? It could be sex, it could be alcohol, they give you a shness, no more1 hour, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
alcohol in your life, no more drugs in your life. It’s all about the It’s going to be all about the needles soon and pills. Oh, needles and pills.1 hour, 4 minutes, 32 seconds
Did you were you ever a needle user or not?1 hour, 4 minutes, 35 seconds
Well, I used a lot of needles. Yes, I have. Yeah, I use a lot of needles.1 hour, 4 minutes, 39 seconds
Cuz that’s a different barrier when you go into drug use. Like I’ve used a lot of stuff. I never used no needles. I’ve used like steroids, but I never used uh1 hour, 4 minutes, 46 seconds
like, you know, shooting up like uh whatever it’s called. Heroin. Heroin. Yeah.1 hour, 4 minutes, 55 seconds
Yeah. I never used it. Now, I wish I would have smoked crack. I will say that. Stay away from crack. Really? You don’t normally come back.1 hour, 5 minutes, 3 seconds
Really? Watch you go crack. You don’t come back.1 hour, 5 minutes, 6 seconds
What was it? Did you ever get to smoke it?1 hour, 5 minutes, 9 seconds
I did once and Oh, no. Oh, this is going to be [ __ ] crazy. I got to tell you this. Please, dude.1 hour, 5 minutes, 15 seconds
So, one day, um, you know, I do my monthly checkup, but I’m still getting high. I’m going to get my checkup with my probation officer. And he gets my1 hour, 5 minutes, 24 seconds
probation officer. He gets my test, a blood test. I’m not even thinking. And he comes back. I come back. He said, um,1 hour, 5 minutes, 32 seconds
they, um, we just test you for, um, crack, but I could tell what he what they call them. Um, what do you call a crackhead?1 hour, 5 minutes, 41 seconds
Oh, a uh crack a what? Tweaker.1 hour, 5 minutes, 47 seconds
Tweaker. He said, “Yeah, but I I got I I had I had it in me.” But he said, “Yeah, I know a tweaker. You’re not a tweaker.1 hour, 5 minutes, 53 seconds
That’s a force test.” I said, “Fuck.” He knew by sight.1 hour, 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Yeah. He said, “I could tell a tweaker.” He said, “You’re not a tweaker.” Because it was by accident. I didn’t know it was the Oh, it was just in there.1 hour, 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Yeah. I took it without the guy telling me.1 hour, 6 minutes, 6 seconds
I didn’t know. And the cop said that to me said, “Yeah, you got force test, but I could tell a tweaker you’re not a tweaker.” Amen.1 hour, 6 minutes, 12 seconds
That glad. Thank you for telling me that word tweaker.1 hour, 6 minutes, 14 seconds
Thank you for the tweaker, God. That’s good stuff.1 hour, 6 minutes, 17 seconds
And I said, “Fuck, that guy gave me that shit.” That’s the thing. You don’t know what you were getting.1 hour, 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Exactly. I didn’t even f I’ll be dead as a [ __ ] You got out before fentanyl. Thank God. Huh?1 hour, 6 minutes, 27 seconds
My wife would tell you, right? It came out the news that Mike died from a from a drug overdose at his party. And my wife started it was on the news. And the1 hour, 6 minutes, 36 seconds
only thing I come in the house a couple hours later, my wife, my wife screamed at me, cursed at me. Oh [ __ ] I’m high. I just left the house and kept running.1 hour, 6 minutes, 44 seconds
It was a false story.1 hour, 6 minutes, 45 seconds
Yeah, it was a news, too. My wife saw me and hit me. I got the house left. I left.1 hour, 6 minutes, 52 seconds
God, she was pissed. Even if he was alive, she was pissed. I was alive. [laughter] Pissed I was alive. And her her mother was pissed, too.1 hour, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Yeah. They crying everything. They think I’m dead. They checking morg and [ __ ] and for the hospitals and u I walk1 hour, 7 minutes, 10 seconds
through the door high. I’m I’m I’m coked up high and drunk.1 hour, 7 minutes, 16 seconds
I just left out. [ __ ] this [ __ ] like that, man. These [ __ ] they can’t they don’t Yeah. They don’t love me,1 hour, 7 minutes, 23 seconds
dude. Yeah. Did you ever have those days where you stayed up multiple days from doing cocaine or No.1 hour, 7 minutes, 29 seconds
Yeah, absolutely. So, listen. I’m I’m tell this [ __ ] story. So I can’t get1 hour, 7 minutes, 36 seconds
any sleep. So I’m calling the person. My nose hurt like a [ __ ] Right. So ah my nose I’m a And so I’m calling the person and I’m saying my nose is hurt.1 hour, 7 minutes, 47 seconds
I’m [ __ ] I can’t sleep. I’ve been up for 4 days. My nose is hurting. I got scabs on my nose. She said the nose hurt? She said you got any coke? I said1 hour, 7 minutes, 55 seconds
yeah. She said here hit. I said I said wow that feels better.1 hour, 8 minutes, 1 second
I never knew I had the coco on. I should have took a hit and nothing did cuz it got um it wasn’t numb anymore. It started bleeding, got sore like to take1 hour, 8 minutes, 9 seconds
another hit to numb it up, man. Oh, those nights are the worst, huh?1 hour, 8 minutes, 14 seconds
Oh, man. Uh the worst, bro. Did you ever have to sneak into a hospital or did you have a private doctor? Because how Yeah. Um yeah, this is true. Oh god.1 hour, 8 minutes, 24 seconds
Listen, I go to my doctor, right?1 hour, 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Your doctor. Hold on. Let’s let’s say let’s get a round of applause for Mike’s doctor. Bro,1 hour, 8 minutes, 36 seconds
I go to my doctors and I go like this. I said, “This is I’m I’mma lay a spill on my doctor and I’mma quit cocaine right now.” And I’m and he’s checking me,1 hour, 8 minutes, 45 seconds
right? Giving me, you know, checking out. And he said, “How you doing?” I said, “Doc, you know, I’m feeling bad. I need to quit.” And he1 hour, 8 minutes, 53 seconds
said, “What?” I said, “I need to quit coke.” He said, “Really? You taking a lot lately?” I said, “Yeah.” They said, “You have some on you.” I said, “Yeah,1 hour, 9 minutes
can I have some?” I said, “Fuck the doctor. My brother, this is on my children’s life.” And I’m like, “Fuck.”1 hour, 9 minutes, 7 seconds
I’m trying to get help. I’m talking to the doctor about I got a problem. You have some on now. Can I have some? And they took he was that Blue Cross Blue Shield?1 hour, 9 minutes, 16 seconds
No. Was that No, I go to I go to rehab now, right?1 hour, 9 minutes, 20 seconds
They put me in rehab. And this is what I do. the guy that the rehab staff right comes up here and he tells me all the rules and then I try to be a good guy. I give him my Coke, the last bit of Coke.1 hour, 9 minutes, 30 seconds
He normally mean I was doing Coke before I came, you know, nor make before you go rehab, you get really hot. Yeah.1 hour, 9 minutes, 35 seconds
So, I gave him the Coke. I really wanted to get So, I gave him the Coke. My last Coke. I said, “Here, I got some Coke.” He, “Oh, you have some.” Then he went1 hour, 9 minutes, 42 seconds
and then next time I saw him, he started acting funny. I said I think it better.1 hour, 9 minutes, 47 seconds
I took my Coke [laughter] cuz I was some good coke. I want to I want to be a good person and give it up. The [ __ ] took my coke. So I said, “Hey, man. You1 hour, 9 minutes, 55 seconds
took my [ __ ] coke. You got to stop letting me have girls come over here.” So you let me have girls come over at the rehab. Yeah.1 hour, 10 minutes, 2 seconds
What? [laughter] My hand on my children’s life, man.1 hour, 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Oh, you listen. I can’t make [ __ ] like this. The rehab guy said, “You got coke?” And I and I give her, “No, I don’t want to get high with her. I’m try1 hour, 10 minutes, 13 seconds
to look clean.” This man go away for free. He comes back acting weird. Yeah.1 hour, 10 minutes, 18 seconds
I mean, I know this [ __ ] didn’t take my coke.1 hour, 10 minutes, 21 seconds
I got mad cuz I should have kept that [ __ ] there.1 hour, 10 minutes, 24 seconds
Type [ __ ] Mad. I got so [ __ ] mad. Dude, I’ll tell you this freaking story.1 hour, 10 minutes, 28 seconds
So, one time my friend, we’re getting out of a uh Uber, he dropped some coke, right? And I didn’t know he did Coke.1 hour, 10 minutes, 35 seconds
And I didn’t know I did Coke, right?1 hour, 10 minutes, 39 seconds
I’m in there. [laughter] So, I pick his Coke up. I had never seen it before. I just saw this little bag and it I registered pretty quick. is is1 hour, 10 minutes, 47 seconds
probably cocaine, right? And so we go inside. We’re staying at my buddy Kevin’s house. Um we go inside and he1 hour, 10 minutes, 54 seconds
starts saying, “Hey, will you help me look for something?” But he won’t he won’t tell me what it is because he doesn’t want me knowing that he’s want to give me that’s what it is.1 hour, 11 minutes, 3 seconds
Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] That’s what it is, bro. So I keep sneaking off and doing the code cuz we’re looking really hard, right,1 hour, 11 minutes, 11 seconds
bro? After like 2 hours, he goes to sleep. I’m still looking for the [ __ ] and doing it, bro.1 hour, 11 minutes, 18 seconds
And I forgot what I was even looking for, but I kept looking, bro, cuz that’s who I am. I’m committed.1 hour, 11 minutes, 25 seconds
I’m that [ __ ] that will ride with you.1 hour, 11 minutes, 28 seconds
I got to tell you this story about cocaine. Okay. Okay.1 hour, 11 minutes, 31 seconds
I’m in first I’m in Jamaica, right?1 hour, 11 minutes, 36 seconds
And I leave Jamaica, hang out with Jamaica, hang out there, and I go to Cuba for, you know, it’s very close. Hour, half an hour.1 hour, 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Did you get to meet Fidel in Cuba or not? No. Interesting though. Check this out.1 hour, 11 minutes, 46 seconds
So, I’m in Cuba, right? I’m hanging out and so guy meets me. Hey, you’re Mike Tyson, right? Yeah. Yeah.1 hour, 11 minutes, 54 seconds
Hey, Mike, what’s wrong? Is everything okay? I see. See, everything’s great.1 hour, 11 minutes, 57 seconds
Yeah. I have lots of money. Yeah. You need a girl. This is a possibility. Yes, I do. [laughter and clears throat] Um1 hour, 12 minutes, 5 seconds
You’re [ __ ] genius, right? So he [laughter] takes me, listen, but you got He takes me around this. It’s nothing but bricks and rocks abandoned. Look1 hour, 12 minutes, 13 seconds
like a bomb at the bot. Disgusting. And I’m like I think this guy setting me up to get mugged or something here, right?1 hour, 12 minutes, 20 seconds
And all of a sudden this beautiful girl, she had raggedy clothes. She comes out of this [ __ ] the clap the dilapidated building that look got hit by a bomb.1 hour, 12 minutes, 28 seconds
Nobody lives in there. This all abandoned [ __ ] And she comes out. I said, “What the fuck?” Wow. Yeah, but this is why I’m talking about Castro,1 hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds
you know. Um, the natives there were unable to live. They can’t go in the hotels there. The people that live to the residence cuz they don’t want to talking to people that are visiting.1 hour, 12 minutes, 45 seconds
I don’t know. But they’re not allowed to go in the hotel. The Mr. Castro allowed me to take people to my hotel. They let me do whatever I wanted to do. Oh, wow.1 hour, 12 minutes, 53 seconds
Yeah. He was really nice. I had I what I think I had a fight there. I do bottles. I didn’t get arrested or nothing.1 hour, 13 minutes
Telling people, “Leave me alone. Let me do what I want.” Damn. Anybody else would have been throwing bottles and stuff on Cuban, they would have got [ __ ] up. They would have been in the1 hour, 13 minutes, 9 seconds
[laughter] They would have been the hospital. Then they would have been the infirmary.1 hour, 13 minutes, 13 seconds
Then they would have been in jail. What made you want to go to Russia? Because that was kind of like a like why, you know what I’m saying? Like they I don’t1 hour, 13 minutes, 22 seconds
even know. First of all, did they even at the time have black people in Russia? Yes.1 hour, 13 minutes, 28 seconds
Did they really? Cuz they never put them on like the websites or anything.1 hour, 13 minutes, 32 seconds
Russia. They know they came to Russia around 1909. Black people did. Yeah.1 hour, 13 minutes, 38 seconds
You know, um, and they’ve been I met black Ukrainian. I met black Russian. This is really amazing [ __ ] to see that. Yeah.1 hour, 13 minutes, 45 seconds
Cuz you probably wouldn’t even think that would have happened, right? No. Till they start talking. Yeah.1 hour, 13 minutes, 50 seconds
Wow. Dude, that’s cool. That’s one cool thing about traveling. Sometimes, bro, this is a true thing. You might see somebody that looks like you and their1 hour, 13 minutes, 58 seconds
their mother might be black and then father might be white or something African or something.1 hour, 14 minutes, 3 seconds
Well, you just realize that like, oh, there’s so many people out there. Like when I was in my little town, I thought heaven was only going to be people in our town, right?1 hour, 14 minutes, 11 seconds
Listen, let me tell you something about Russian people and Ukrainian people, right?1 hour, 14 minutes, 16 seconds
You listen. No. Yeah. Um, I’m up there, right? And so we got some call girls1 hour, 14 minutes, 24 seconds
supposedly call girls, right? some call girls.1 hour, 14 minutes, 26 seconds
Yeah, supposedly call girls. They’re excuse they’re exports, they call them. Yeah.1 hour, 14 minutes, 31 seconds
And listen, I’m saying to myself, I want to talk to my friend in um Yugoslavia.1 hour, 14 minutes, 36 seconds
She talks Yugoslavia. She calls them that. I want to talk to a friend that’s staying in China. She talks to the she1 hour, 14 minutes, 43 seconds
they common the common call girl was speak around seven languages.1 hour, 14 minutes, 48 seconds
Yeah. You know, a call girl in America can’t even speak English [laughter] and can’t speak a home language. These1 hour, 14 minutes, 56 seconds
mother call girl speak seven lang. I’m trying to think, how can I get this girl from here to America? She like this girl be a Fortune 500 company. [laughter] I’m1 hour, 15 minutes, 4 seconds
telling you, she speaks eight languages and stuff. Been to the best school. She’s a call girl. Dang. Like, whoa.1 hour, 15 minutes, 13 seconds
And women here, they barely will even learn even one language or even one and a half languages. They’re not even going to learn how to cook. Yeah.1 hour, 15 minutes, 20 seconds
You know what I mean? Like we don’t know how to cook, dude. Some women can barely use even emojis. I don’t know how to use it either.1 hour, 15 minutes, 28 seconds
Yeah. But still, you shouldn’t have to, dude. You’re Mike Tyson, man.1 hour, 15 minutes, 32 seconds
No, I’m here saying women here have it made. They have Women here have it made it made. Other countries, you can’t have a You can’t have a say of nothing.1 hour, 15 minutes, 40 seconds
Yeah, I guess. Yeah. I guess I don’t realize how bad like women have it pretty bad. Japan, you you see mostly women if they’re in prison in Japan because they killed their husband.1 hour, 15 minutes, 49 seconds
Nuh-uh.1 hour, 15 minutes, 50 seconds
Majority of them Yeah. They just can’t stand the abuse of him or something.1 hour, 15 minutes, 53 seconds
Oh, damn. Japan. Can you imagine?1 hour, 15 minutes, 57 seconds
Mm- Because they’re so peaceful a lot of times. We had a [ __ ] Japanese uh substitute teacher1 hour, 16 minutes, 4 seconds
and he didn’t even say anything to us cuz he didn’t want to bother us. That’s how nice he was. We didn’t learn anything. That’s how scandy he was.1 hour, 16 minutes, 12 seconds
Yeah, that’s how scared he was. Well, we didn’t learn anything for 4 days because he he he was he was he didn’t even want to bother us. [snorts] Um, you fought in Japan against Was it who was it?1 hour, 16 minutes, 22 seconds
I had two fights in Japan. Some good fights. Bust Douglas and someone else. Tony Tuts.1 hour, 16 minutes, 27 seconds
Buster Douglas. That’s when you won the championship. I lost the championship. Oh, damn. Sorry. No, sorry. I’m happy I got $40 million.1 hour, 16 minutes, 34 seconds
You got $40 million? 35. Yeah. Wow. Same [ __ ] though.1 hour, 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Yeah. But I round it even. [laughter] Yeah, dude. That’s so wild, bro. But but1 hour, 16 minutes, 48 seconds
before that fight, you weren’t Did you Were you training as hard or were you just like living the life?1 hour, 16 minutes, 53 seconds
I was living the life, but um he fought a great fight. Yeah, I think that he fought a great fight, dude. I remember we were like I was living in Charleston, South Carolina at1 hour, 17 minutes, 1 second
the time, and somebody had bought the fight with like a projector, and they projected it on the side of like a building, and everybody came downtown and watched it. Dude, it was awesome,1 hour, 17 minutes, 10 seconds
bro. It was a good time, man. It was like uh when you fought it was like it brought everybody. It was like watching the Challenger blow up. Everybody showed up, you know?1 hour, 17 minutes, 20 seconds
The Challenger did blow up. Remember that?1 hour, 17 minutes, 22 seconds
Everybody watched the whole television that whole day watched it over and over again. That’s like those guys that went in the water with the submarine and combust inside post.1 hour, 17 minutes, 32 seconds
Yeah, he took his son down. This guy took his son down there.1 hour, 17 minutes, 35 seconds
But they went down there in a [ __ ] MacNugget. You know that shit’s going to happen, dude. Bro, it said cutless on the side of it. It was a Delta 88. I’m like, you got in that [ __ ]1 hour, 17 minutes, 44 seconds
They just like I don’t want to. I shouldn’t say that. They’re good. They They got They got smashed. They They didn’t even feel it.1 hour, 17 minutes, 53 seconds
They didn’t feel it. That’s tight, boy.1 hour, 17 minutes, 56 seconds
Feel cuz I hate even getting in a small shirt. You ever put a small shirt on and you can’t even get out of it? Oh, I like being a small.1 hour, 18 minutes, 4 seconds
If you Mike Tyson.1 hour, 18 minutes, 6 seconds
Yeah, dude. Dude, I went to Hulk’s funeral, man. Did you really? Yeah. Tell me about that.1 hour, 18 minutes, 11 seconds
It was pretty special, man. Like, well, it was a lot of things. It was like Where was it at?1 hour, 18 minutes, 15 seconds
Right outside of Tampa. Right outside of Tampa. And um well, one thing that was interesting, Jim McMahon was there, but nobody knew he was there. And then at1 hour, 18 minutes, 24 seconds
one point he came out uh like uh Vince McMahon. Yeah. You ever met Jim McMahon? That’s his father.1 hour, 18 minutes, 32 seconds
No, Jim McMahon was a quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Remember him?1 hour, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Oh, he’s badass. Funny glasses. Yeah, he had that mullet, dude. He showed me his freaking butthole one time in in uh Palm Springs at a casino for no reason.1 hour, 18 minutes, 46 seconds
No, it was the reason [laughter] that the reason he figured you out.1 hour, 18 minutes, 53 seconds
He figured you out. He That’s like a quarterback. He’s a great quarterback.1 hour, 18 minutes, 57 seconds
Great perception. [laughter] Quarterback perception.1 hour, 19 minutes, 1 second
But look at this receiver, [laughter] bro. That’s crazy, dude. But anyway, you’re right.1 hour, 19 minutes, 8 seconds
Leave that hole open. [laughter] Tell me about him showing you that but tell me about that. How did that appear?1 hour, 19 minutes, 16 seconds
What What caused it?1 hour, 19 minutes, 18 seconds
Well, nobody was expecting it. It was just like a regular night. And um Have you ever hung out with him before?1 hour, 19 minutes, 23 seconds
I never met him before. And he was drinking beers and he kept he was saving all the cans. I think cuz he was like he’s like a um what’s it called when you1 hour, 19 minutes, 32 seconds
care about the nature when you’re like a um [ __ ]1 hour, 19 minutes, 36 seconds
[laughter] [ __ ]1 hour, 19 minutes, 42 seconds
He was Don’t be saying that have a lawsuit. You saw his [ __ ] I saw it. It was Dor. I mean, but Jim McMahon, you’re welcome to come on1 hour, 19 minutes, 50 seconds
and have a lawsuit. This man saw your1 hour, 19 minutes, 53 seconds
[ __ ]1 hour, 19 minutes, 53 seconds
What? Dude, why are you You said you saw the [ __ ] He may think differently.1 hour, 20 minutes
Well, look, [laughter] he may say that was a cheek. That wasn’t an [ __ ] Mike is working in Now you working for1 hour, 20 minutes, 9 seconds
an attorney’s office. I know it [laughter] is.1 hour, 20 minutes, 13 seconds
Was it a cheek or a man? Damn, you tricked me. I just said I don’t know. But I knew it was a little while ago. You’re right. I’m not sure.1 hour, 20 minutes, 22 seconds
It was shadowy out, but I do remember we were by the pool and it was night time.1 hour, 20 minutes, 26 seconds
But anyway, yeah. Saw him open up some cheeks, right? Spread his cheeks, right? But everything in my just like mind, I guess, thought there was an1 hour, 20 minutes, 34 seconds
[ __ ]1 hour, 20 minutes, 34 seconds
He say, “Come get it, guys.” No. Come on, guys. No, he wasn’t saying anything like that.1 hour, 20 minutes, 43 seconds
He was telling a joke about his ex-girlfriend or something and then he said uh and then he said the punch line.1 hour, 20 minutes, 50 seconds
I don’t remember it. And then he just kind of showed his showed his butthole at the end.1 hour, 20 minutes, 54 seconds
The running back. He said, “Come right up in there.” Dude, the running back for the show.1 hour, 20 minutes, 58 seconds
Uh, who was the running back at the time? It wasn’t Payton, was it? No. Sers. No, Sers was earlier. Too old.1 hour, 21 minutes, 6 seconds
Was it? No. Was it really? And 85 Bears was Payton.1 hour, 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Right up in here. Big pig. Walter. Come on. Come on. Walter. Get over here. Walter. Huh?1 hour, 21 minutes, 18 seconds
I didn’t mean to see it.1 hour, 21 minutes, 21 seconds
But yeah. Anyway, let’s move on. But here’s what I’m going to say is. So Vince McMahon comes out there. Nobody knew he was at the funeral. And it was1 hour, 21 minutes, 28 seconds
wild because they had guys like they had beef too.1 hour, 21 minutes, 31 seconds
Yeah. Well, I think over the years they’d had a lot of issues, right? But all a lot of my favorite wrestlers were there and they were kind of broken down, you know, some were in wheelchairs and1 hour, 21 minutes, 39 seconds
some were like um some were some people had urns of other like uh of guys who had passed on. They had their ashes just1 hour, 21 minutes, 47 seconds
they brought them. Um, but Vince McMahon got up and he did like he played Hulk’s music and he did all like a lot of his like things, you know, and then he made like a speech and then he disappeared.1 hour, 21 minutes, 56 seconds
But, uh, but it was it was everything.1 hour, 21 minutes, 59 seconds
It was like, you know, he was so much of my childhood. He was like one of the first person that I ever saw like in our neighborhood like a lot of people didn’t have anything, but when wrestling came1 hour, 22 minutes, 8 seconds
on, it felt like you had something. I don’t know why. Right. It’s like a soap opera for kids. Yeah.1 hour, 22 minutes, 12 seconds
You know, we know the story. They double team him. They cut him up. They put them to sleep. They jump th him over the rope. [ __ ] Yeah.1 hour, 22 minutes, 21 seconds
Yeah. All of that. But it but anyway, so that was like our hero.1 hour, 22 minutes, 24 seconds
It was like a soap. We knew it was a story line.1 hour, 22 minutes, 26 seconds
But we as kids, we thought it I think you believe it’s so real. Oh, 100%.1 hour, 22 minutes, 30 seconds
It was so good. So that was like one one of our that was one of our heroes. So to go was just Yeah. I don’t know. It was pretty special. And his son like gave a speech. It was nice, man. It was just1 hour, 22 minutes, 39 seconds
And but it didn’t feel like he passed away because he’s was he’s so much larger than talk the whole on the show.1 hour, 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Yep. And I’ll tell you this, when when I met you downstairs and I got to shake your hand, I was like, “That’s the that’s the strongest person I’d ever1 hour, 22 minutes, 53 seconds
like could we give us like a mini hug?” I said, “That’s I walked out and said, that’s the strongest person I’ve ever given a mini hug to.” The second strongest was Hulk Hogan.1 hour, 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Really? Yep.1 hour, 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Hulk was massive, man. He was a big star. He’s just such a big star. You could never imagine how big he was. Who was like a hero to you like that?1 hour, 23 minutes, 11 seconds
like in the in um Bruno Sammartino. Bruno Sam Martino. That’s my hero. My guy. Wow.1 hour, 23 minutes, 17 seconds
He could beat He was champion for 12 years. Yeah.1 hour, 23 minutes, 20 seconds
He could beat everybody. He was champion. Listen, I was seven until I was like what? Seven till like 20 almost.1 hour, 23 minutes, 30 seconds
Yeah. Champion.1 hour, 23 minutes, 32 seconds
He was a legend, man. I got to interview one of the Von Erics one time, Kevin Von Eric. I don’t know if you remember. They died. Yeah. Oh, I’m Listen, man. I’m a historian.1 hour, 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Don’t play with me now. Ask me some questions. I’m a historian.1 hour, 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Um I have read actually that you like studied a lot of like uh like you really enjoy like philosophy like uh Toltoy. Um1 hour, 23 minutes, 53 seconds
Alexander the Great. Um who were some like famous warriors that you admire the most kind of in history?1 hour, 23 minutes, 59 seconds
Oh, all of them. Achilles, Alexander, Hannibal, there was just Elsid. There was just so many different concepts. You1 hour, 24 minutes, 7 seconds
say why do you want to do this? Because no why some of them want to be God. They believe if I control all this world, if1 hour, 24 minutes, 14 seconds
I control the world, I’m a god. And they still at the end of the day, they realized they were nothing, you know.1 hour, 24 minutes, 22 seconds
But can you even relate to that? Like did you ever have a time in your life where you’re because our ego is one of the scariest things, right?1 hour, 24 minutes, 27 seconds
Um you can only play with the thought of it. It’s not sincere. It’s not real. Yeah.1 hour, 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Only way you’re a god. If you if you live forever, you’re immortal, you know.1 hour, 24 minutes, 41 seconds
But we have demigods now. Now we have uh we have authors that turn people into gods, you know, like what do you mean by that?1 hour, 24 minutes, 50 seconds
Um some people would never be forgotten.1 hour, 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Napoleon, all these guys. To know your history, you have to know these people.1 hour, 24 minutes, 57 seconds
They’re part of history. We can’t know our history if we don’t know these people. That’s what makes them godly.1 hour, 25 minutes, 3 seconds
Oh, only if we know them. You’ll never get to know them unless you read about them. They’re only in special places to know their identity.1 hour, 25 minutes, 13 seconds
Did you like what was one of the toughest times you ever had with your own ego? Cuz like ego is just so scary, right?1 hour, 25 minutes, 18 seconds
I don’t know. My ego is is so um personal, you know.1 hour, 25 minutes, 25 seconds
I don’t know how to even say I just want to do better than before. I don’t think I have, you know, I do think I’m Alexander the1 hour, 25 minutes, 33 seconds
Great sometimes. You know, I don’t care what I think I am. What are you talking about? Like you do like you dressing up in the bedroom. What you doing? A little role playinging.1 hour, 25 minutes, 41 seconds
Put on that ATG hat. It says ATG on it.1 hour, 25 minutes, 44 seconds
No, it’s just that the way I conduct myself. He was a cancer too, Alexander.1 hour, 25 minutes, 48 seconds
And what his downfall was was he’s moody.1 hour, 25 minutes, 51 seconds
I learned that not to let my moods control my feelings. He was really moody. That was his downfall.1 hour, 25 minutes, 58 seconds
What helped you like have discipline like say say something like that you notice about yourself? What helped you create like some little disciplines like like that? Um, the best way to to1 hour, 26 minutes, 6 seconds
receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but to do it like you love it. You do that, that’s discipline.1 hour, 26 minutes, 14 seconds
And is that something you’ve really practiced?1 hour, 26 minutes, 16 seconds
That’s all I practice my whole life, even now.1 hour, 26 minutes, 22 seconds
Did you always love fighting or did you hate fighting or No, I loved it. I loved I loved the concept of fighting. I loved the the1 hour, 26 minutes, 30 seconds
fighters. I was so I wanted the greatest fighters of the world and know my name.1 hour, 26 minutes, 33 seconds
I was I would you know I would be on my knee, kiss their hands, kiss their feet.1 hour, 26 minutes, 38 seconds
I love them. I worship them. I believe that they touch me. They have need some magic on me. So I always wanted to be around. I carried their bags for them. I1 hour, 26 minutes, 47 seconds
gave them money when I became a big time fight. I always gave them money cuz they norally broken down and have no money.1 hour, 26 minutes, 53 seconds
You know, most of them have dementia. So I always gave them money, took care of them.1 hour, 26 minutes, 57 seconds
Gave it and took it away if they got that dementia. You feel me? They run it right back. Right.1 hour, 27 minutes, 1 second
But um I just thought that But paying homage, you’re saying I Yeah, I had to pay homage cuz if I didn’t even see these guys, I wouldn’t want to be who I am today. These guys1 hour, 27 minutes, 9 seconds
inspired me to be fighter. I didn’t want to be nothing else. Even though I saw that they turned out I normally would turn out like these guys, nothing begging. I still wanted to be a fighter.1 hour, 27 minutes, 18 seconds
I didn’t care. I didn’t I wanted to be in that kind of I wanted to be in that fraternity. Dude, that’s so interesting to hear.1 hour, 27 minutes, 24 seconds
Yeah. I I never think about that. It’s like Yeah. Like I didn’t just we didn’t just come up with the idea of ourselves1 hour, 27 minutes, 31 seconds
all by ourselves. Like there was so much influence in people that did something before us that like let us no matter what our job is or what our thing is1 hour, 27 minutes, 39 seconds
that we like to do in life. That’s interesting man. I forget about that sometimes like yeah sometimes I get I don’t get stuck there much but sometimes it’ll be like oh like yeah I made me.1 hour, 27 minutes, 51 seconds
Do you ever think about who you are? How you really got here? what you really consist of. Is there something more than1 hour, 27 minutes, 58 seconds
you? Are we gonna see each other again at another time? Are we living in parallel lives? Is this right here going on somewhere else in life?1 hour, 28 minutes, 7 seconds
We have so much energy. We don’t even know about ourselves. We know everything else, but we know nothing about us.1 hour, 28 minutes, 12 seconds
Oh yeah, dude. I didn’t like most of my life, I wasn’t even me. I was1 hour, 28 minutes, 20 seconds
just I was just like some survival mechanism that had started off. Does that make any sense to you?1 hour, 28 minutes, 25 seconds
100%. That’s the first thing that happened. Self-preservation starts first and then once we get situated, then we try to figure everything else out.1 hour, 28 minutes, 34 seconds
Yeah.1 hour, 28 minutes, 35 seconds
Yeah, man. It took forever. Like it took me probably 30 years just to exhale, you know?1 hour, 28 minutes, 41 seconds
I understand. I understand, brother. I understand.1 hour, 28 minutes, 44 seconds
And then it’s scary because there was times I thought, man, like I don’t even know if I wanted to be like a funny guy.1 hour, 28 minutes, 50 seconds
I might even be wanted somebody that worked at like a um clothing like a habdasher or whatever or like a a singer, but I but I but that was the1 hour, 28 minutes, 58 seconds
first thing that I could get people to like you get attention.1 hour, 29 minutes, 1 second
Yeah. I see you. And so I could like I was just I there was I didn’t have another choice that formed everything I was, you know, I wanted to be seen so much. I was a1 hour, 29 minutes, 10 seconds
little baby and my mother and her friends, everybody was having fun drinking. I put my finger in D, you know, and put in my mouth and I wanted1 hour, 29 minutes, 17 seconds
them I started screaming. They grabbed me and took me to the hospital. But I wanted that attention at such a young age.1 hour, 29 minutes, 23 seconds
Yeah. Oh, I love going to the hospital, dude. Because they had good food back then, too. And they give you attention, bro.1 hour, 29 minutes, 30 seconds
Yeah, dude. They had a couple ladies would come in and care about you. Even a gay dude, they slip in there every now and then. But still, bro, that Jim McMahon1 hour, 29 minutes, 39 seconds
love is love. Hey, bro. Love is love.1 hour, 29 minutes, 44 seconds
I got a question, Mike. Uh did did anybody ever cuz I just got back from Lexington, right? Lexington, Kentucky and they have1 hour, 29 minutes, 51 seconds
the the Derby race there and it’s a beautiful place. We just shot a special for Netflix actually that’s coming out uh in like about 2 months. So I’m excited about that. But did anybody ever approach you to buy your seaman?1 hour, 30 minutes, 4 seconds
And I mean that honestly.1 hour, 30 minutes, 6 seconds
And I don’t mean that in like a negative word.1 hour, 30 minutes, 10 seconds
[clears throat]1 hour, 30 minutes, 10 seconds
No, I mean I gave it away free. Why did they want to buy it?1 hour, 30 minutes, 18 seconds
Bro, dude, we’re giving our busted ass semen away out here and you over there. Dang, bro.1 hour, 30 minutes, 27 seconds
Free. What?1 hour, 30 minutes, 30 seconds
I had no idea they were selling. They were buying. Dude, you I’ll be a billionaire by now.1 hour, 30 minutes, 37 seconds
You can still, bro. Long as you can still warm up a badge, bro. You can sell it at the merch stand over here. Well, I if I was single, I would.1 hour, 30 minutes, 46 seconds
Oh, look. I That’s true. Kiki might have an issue with it. Maniac.1 hour, 30 minutes, 51 seconds
God. Bro, I could give her a couple ounces for you out back at this joint today, man.1 hour, 30 minutes, 58 seconds
I’m happy the way my life is now.1 hour, 31 minutes
Yeah. What’s What’s a few things before we go, Mike? What’s a few things that make you uh that bring you some of the most joy that you have today? And they can be something small. It could be anything.1 hour, 31 minutes, 10 seconds
Just my children. I have to live the life that I live. That’s the only thing. That’s all I care about. Is it? That’s all I care about.1 hour, 31 minutes, 18 seconds
Yeah. Is that something?1 hour, 31 minutes, 19 seconds
And this and this might even make them strong, but I won’t take the risk. It might kill them, too. Wait. Say that one more time for me.1 hour, 31 minutes, 25 seconds
I say it might even make them strong, but it might kill them, too.1 hour, 31 minutes, 28 seconds
Oh. To have to go through the same stuff. Yeah. Yeah.1 hour, 31 minutes, 31 seconds
I don’t want to take the chance. I like the way they living now. Yeah. Well, you did it. Yeah. Man, a lot of help. A lot of help.1 hour, 31 minutes, 39 seconds
A lot of help. Yeah. Yeah. We don’t do it alone.1 hour, 31 minutes, 44 seconds
Excuse me. No. No way. No way. You realize real quick when you have children, you need help. Yeah.1 hour, 31 minutes, 52 seconds
You need a lot of help.1 hour, 31 minutes, 54 seconds
Um, thank you so much for joining us today, Mike. I want to say um [applause]1 hour, 32 minutes, 2 seconds
you have a a one you have a oneman show that’s going to be try that’s a live show that your wife wrote. Is that right? Yes, she did.1 hour, 32 minutes, 10 seconds
Wow. And did she have to get you to sign off? Did y’all do some teamwork or what was it?1 hour, 32 minutes, 14 seconds
Sign off for what matter? That this is her work and I don’t get any money for it. What do you mean sign off? I mean to you.1 hour, 32 minutes, 21 seconds
Did she just like say or was it like did you guys like how do you put that together? Cuz it’s just interesting that she would write it. Is it just about just talk? Just talk.1 hour, 32 minutes, 29 seconds
Just talk.1 hour, 32 minutes, 29 seconds
Just talk about dark [ __ ] you know? It works out well. Yeah.1 hour, 32 minutes, 35 seconds
Um, like you’ll love it when you hear the mid the [ __ ] story. You got a good one in it.1 hour, 32 minutes, 39 seconds
Oh, and it’s in the It’s in the show. Oh, yeah. Yeah.1 hour, 32 minutes, 43 seconds
Save some of Yeah. I want I You know what? I’ll come out to one. You got to check this out, man.1 hour, 32 minutes, 47 seconds
I’ll come out. I’ll even come on stage and just listen to it. I’ll put on something little for you.1 hour, 32 minutes, 53 seconds
Not for you. For just I’m I’ll just wear it. Tell me about little. How little works. How that works.1 hour, 32 minutes, 58 seconds
I’ll put on a small thong. You wear a thong. No, [laughter] no, bro. I’m just saying a small shirt.1 hour, 33 minutes, 6 seconds
But you have that one man show that’s going to be and that’s going to be a tour. We’ll see. Okay.1 hour, 33 minutes, 12 seconds
We see how much they’re paying me for it and we’ll see.1 hour, 33 minutes, 14 seconds
And you have uh and you have your um documentary that’s coming out on Netflix. Yes, I do.1 hour, 33 minutes, 20 seconds
You do. Um if uh you guys know every [ __ ] thing about you already. What the [ __ ]1 hour, 33 minutes, 27 seconds
I don’t know. We learned a lot tonight, dude. Um, if c if if custom model could see you uh now and see your whole life,1 hour, 33 minutes, 35 seconds
right? If he could see your whole life, do you know and just get to spend some time with you today, what do you think like what would be something that you1 hour, 33 minutes, 42 seconds
would like to like a moment you would like to see with him or or have him say?1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds
What do you think would be something that he’d be impressed by?1 hour, 33 minutes, 50 seconds
I would say cuz everybody in the world says I’m the best ever. What do you think? [laughter] What do we think, guys?1 hour, 34 minutes, 5 seconds
But know what he would say. You know what would say? What would he say, man?1 hour, 34 minutes, 12 seconds
You didn’t move your head enough. If that guy was a little faster, he would have hit you. [laughter] If that guy was a little faster, he would have hit you.1 hour, 34 minutes, 21 seconds
Yeah.1 hour, 34 minutes, 22 seconds
Knock a guy 8 seconds. If he was a little faster, he hit you. Had your head up.1 hour, 34 minutes, 27 seconds
Um, man, thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. My for bringing your family here today, just for the opportunity that we get to see you.1 hour, 34 minutes, 33 seconds
They all love you. I don’t know who the [ __ ] you are. But my family knows, but they love you. My kids love you. Who the1 hour, 34 minutes, 39 seconds
[ __ ]1 hour, 34 minutes, 41 seconds
Do you know the truth, dude? I don’t know who the [ __ ] I am either, bro. I wish I did, too. But hey, but I love you, man. Thank you so kindly, bro.1 hour, 34 minutes, 49 seconds
And that’s the truth. And uh and thank [cheering] you, ladies and gentlemen, Mike Tyson.1 hour, 35 minutes, 2 seconds
[cheering]1 hour, 35 minutes, 3 seconds
Now I’m just falling on the breeze and I feel I’m falling like these leaves. I must [music] be corner stone.1 hour, 35 minutes, 14 seconds
Oh, but when I reach that ground, [music] I’ll share this piece of mind I found. I can feel it in my bones.