*Mike Tyson has revealed that he wouldn’t let his kid hang out with Michael Jackson but says those who allege the King of Pop molested them are “wrong” to come forward now.
“I wouldn’t let my kid go over Michael’s house. I love Michael. You know what I mean?,” the former boxer said on the I Am Rapaport podcast on Monday (March 11) about the controversy surrounding “Leaving Neverland,” the documentary that centers on Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who allege Jackson sexually abused them when they were children.
Tyson, who was good friends with Jackson, said: “I have an eight-year-old kid – I wouldn’t let Michael hang out with my kid. I wouldn’t let my kid go over Michael’s house. I love Michael. You know what I mean?”
Side note: y’all remember the time Tyson told a female reporter that he doesn’t grant interviews to female reporters unless he “fornicates” with them?
Watch the jaw-dropping moment via the video embed below.
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You won’t believe what Mike Tyson said to this female reporter…?? pic.twitter.com/NjTgnNuLiE
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Elsewhere in Tyson’s chat on Rapport’s podcast, he also acknowledged that his own conviction for rape in 1992 meant that some parents wouldn’t let their children spend time with him.
“It’s like some people say, ‘Well listen, you’re Mike Tyson. I wouldn’t let my daughter around you cause you’ve been to prison for rape.’
“I respect that, I understand that. It’s f*cked, but I understand that because I would think the same thing.”
Tyson believes what Jackson’s alleged victims claim they endured was “horrible” but for them to speak out against the late pop star now seems like a money-grab.
“What you’re doing now is even wrong,” Tyson said, referencing Robson and Safechuck. “Coming out saying this stuff. It comes across that these are guys just out to get some money”.
After pulling a famous 1991 episode featuring Jackson’s voice last week, showrunner Al Jean now says the episode itself had a “false purpose.” https://t.co/XgadsuFXD3
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Meanwhile, “The Simpsons” showrunner Al Jean has claimed that Jackson used his cameo on the long-running animated series “to groom boys.”
“What saddens me is, if you watch [Leaving Neverland] —which I did, and several of us here did— and you watch that episode, honestly, it looks like the episode was used by Michael Jackson for something other than what we’d intended it,” Jean said. “It wasn’t just a comedy to him, it was something that was used as a tool. And I strongly believe that. That, to me, is my belief, and it’s why I think removing it is appropriate.”
Asked to elaborate, he explained: “I think it was part of what he used to groom boys,” Jean then said in reference to the late singer. “I really don’t know, and I should be very careful because this is not something I know personally, but as far as what I think, that’s what I think. And that makes me very, very sad.”
Last week, the sitcom pulled Jackson’s 1991 episode “Stark Raving Dad,” which saw him guest star as the one-off character Leon Kompowsky.
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