Mike Tyson needs to go away the previous behind him.
The heavyweight champion is not thrilled that his life is being chronicled within the upcoming Hulu collection Mike, starring Trevante Rhodes within the titular function. “Do not let Hulu idiot you,” Tyson wrote on Instagram Aug. 6. “I do not help their story about my life. It isn’t 1822. It is 2022.”
The boxer likened the streaming platform to a “slave grasp,” writing, “They stole my life story and did not pay me. To Hulu executives I am only a n****r they will promote on the public sale block.”
Moreover, Tyson mentioned Hulu supplied UFC president Dana White thousands and thousands to advertise the Hulu collection, a suggestion that White in the end refused. “He turned it down as a result of he honors friendship and treating individuals with dignity,” Tyson mentioned. “I will always remember what he did for me similar to I will always remember what Hulu stole from me.”
Whereas Tyson beforehand confirmed his involvement in a biopic, that venture continues to be ongoing, with Jamie Foxx set to play the boxer.