- Mike Tyson expressed his disdain for an upcoming Hulu miniseries on his social media accounts.
- Tyson said the streaming service stole his story: “Someone should be fired from Hulu.”
- “Mike” airs August 25 and stars Trevante Rhodes in the lead role.
Mike Tyson has expressed disdain to Hulu over an upcoming miniseries based on his life, titled “Mike”.
In a post on Twitter, Tyson said the streaming service has stolen his story and that “heads will roll for this.” The former professional boxer added another tweet saying, “Someone needs to be fired at Hulu.”
—Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) August 6, 2022
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Tyson said, “Hulu’s announcement to make an unauthorized miniseries of the Tyson story without compensation, while unfortunate, is not surprising.”
Tyson previously denounced the project in 2021, Newsweek reported.
According to the show’s IMDB page, the miniseries will “explore the wild, tragic and controversial life and career of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson”. Tyson is played by Trevante Rhodes, who starred in the Academy Award-winning film ‘Moonlight’. The series will air on August 25.
On Thursday, during a press tour for the show, showrunner Karin Gist said the production team wanted to challenge people’s minds about Tyson.
“We just wanted to tell an unbiased story and let the public decide what they think or feel,” Gist said. Gist has worked on numerous shows during her career, including “Grey’s Anatomy” as a producer.
After to win boxing’s heavyweight title in 1986 at just 20 years old, Tyson became a household name.
On a July episode of his podcast, “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson,” the boxer reflected on his life and said he believes death will come “very soon” for him. The question was posed by his guest, Sean McFarland, an addiction therapist, who asked Tyson about his thoughts on death, money, and safety.
Tyson’s representatives did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.