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'I hate myself' - Mike Tyson candidly discusses his struggles with drugs and alcohol
“I haven’t drank or took drugs in six days,” he said.
FORMER WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT boxing champion Mike Tyson gave a candid interview ahead of his debut as a promoter last night, saying: “I hate myself.”
Tyson also claimed he was “close to death” and gave some brutally honest insights into his struggles with drugs and alcohol.
“I’m a bad guy sometimes. I did a lot of bad things, I want to be forgiven,” he told ESPN’s ‘Friday Night Fights’.
“I haven’t drank or took drugs in six days, and for me that’s a miracle.
“I’ve been lying to everybody that thinks I was sober, but I’m not. This is my sixth day. I’m never going to use again.”
Watch the full interview below.
YouTube credit: TheFightNetwork
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