Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · Nov 17 This young girl asks Mike Tyson what type of legacy he wants to leave. There is NOTHING that will prepare you for his response 😭💀
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He’s dead on. Life is a 0 sum game.
I freaking love Mike Tyson. Lol
He may have just earned himself a spot in Trumps cabinet. The Legacy Czar?
*sad trombone noise*
How does this young woman not know he is a convicted rapist.
Holy crap!
He's not wrong
Makes sense post fight actually
I don't have a problem with his answer if he was speaking to an adult. To a young girl perhap he could have chosen a different way to get his message across. Seemed his response was dark message.
Nice young kid
Pffft, ear biting rapist 🙄
That was a pretty Zen Buddhist response, actually. I don't know why people are flipping their wigs over it.
That young lady handled it with extreme poise. She’s going places.
I've a feeling wether he likes it or not his legacy will be a list of contradictions from what he just said, to the ear biting and rape. It's a very mixed bag. Unless it's a case of doesn't matter what I do I'm just passing through. Easier than asking for giveness.
Mike is so unapologetically genuine. It’s so funny and heart warming 😂
I prefer Keanu’s take youtu.be/cGFSh6Cis-s?...
Definitely a response that resonates with my current philosophy but I do wonder how much his (and now I am thinking of my own 🤔) personal bias effects his definition of legacy, history or whatever you want to call it.
And this is why we were all rooting for Mike
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
He's an imbecile.
Lmfao
In a way, he's not wrong.
Cheerful SOB
He's not wrong, but the response was to a child. Plus, he's still an earbiting, wife abusing rapist.🤦🏾♀️
I thought his infamous legacy was set in stone. If not, it should be.
Daaamn… WORD
Young girl showing some nice potential!
Those are his feelings of what he believes about his own legacy, everyone has their own ideas on what they want to to leave as a legacy.Some leave money specifically to things or people of importance, some leave lots of wisdom, Mike is leaving his opinion!
Life, life will prepare you for his response.
Shades of Trump questioning whether a child actually believes in Santa....
Nonsense. Stalin had a legacy. Calculated had a legacy. MLK had a legacy. It's not just ego. Our actions have consequences. What a way to cloak irresponsibility in humility, and to do so to a child. Evander Holyfield's ear certainly understands that Tyson has a legacy.
Did he come to that conclusion before or after he decided to utterly trash his with the Jake Paul fiasco?
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Amazing
Wife beater doing his thing 🙄 Fck that dude
I believe he may be unaware of the true meaning of legacy? 🤔
Don’t ask a question you don’t want the answer to?
Legacy of Ashes.
He’s not wrong. 🤷♀️
He has a humble albeit sort of nihilist mentality, that’s interesting and I respect it.
Some context www.forbes.com/sites/davidc...
The 🐸 is speaking through him
Based🗿 no time for woke treatment
Well, I think you should leave something positive behind. And I think Mike doesn't really understand what legacy means, with all due respect
She presented her question well and with enthusiasm! She should have handed him a dictionary. Poor kid, scarred for life...will seek a future in a job where she doesn't have to talk to people..
Her parents probably got her a therapist after that reality check response. So much for journalism at a young age.
I actually love the philosopher-thinker-counselor Mike has become. When you listen to him a lot you can really appreciate how grounded, insightful and empathetic he is. Love honor respect. Really can’t find the right words.
By no means advocating just saying, interview in 2021 and a few times since, he's stated that he enjoys shrooms. Some dark times, some light times, maybe he's on a journey of his own?
What a dick! She, however, was great. Great future.
“convicted rapist inability to speak coherently to a child surprises literally no one.”
I could love Mike MORE! 🥰
The sanest response to this type of question. The poor young girl was numb from the truth.
Which is why he played dead and took the cash. Played us all for suckers.
After 8 years of stupid on steroids his reply impressed you?
Truth. We're dead
Get the young girl away from the convicted rapist and wife abuser .. let’s start there
Po Mike 🤦🏽♀️🥴
😢 that is quite dark. He is not at all proud of anything he has done? Anything Mike?
Wow
so he proudly gives an entire zero fucks about future generations now THAT is egocentric
How about rape and facial tattoos one gets in prison?
He really has evolved over the years. He surprises me with this stuff more often than not nowadays.
He's never been very smart, but he sure likes to talk.
She handled that unexpected and morbid response well. Kudos to her. She must be an interviewing prodigy.
When your legacy involves a bunch of sexual assaults and other criminal acts it is easier to accept that a legacy is meaningless. Courtesy, kindness, justice and Love are the keywords that people with integrity promote when describing a legacy. Great boxer. yes. Great person, no.
Ahhhhh hahahahha 😂😂😂😂. The girl was NOT expecting that answer.
That answer was the philosophical equivalent of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_m...
( I was kind of hoping he'd give a shout out to "Mike Tyson's Mysteries." )
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The young woman was magnificent in her ability to be spontaneous and respectful. As a teacher, WOW!
Tyson keeps it real 😆 no matter who’s asking
I'm sorry, but why are people normalizing a spousal abuser and convicted rapist? I've seen lots of people I respect lauding Tyson as if he never committed these crimes against women. We rightly villify Trump and others for the same crimes. Why is Tyson getting a pass?
I’d have asked if Mike Tyson has brain worms, but then realized that the worms would have starved to death 🤣
This is the best answer
This may be just as good as his everybody has a plan quote, but funnier considering the interviewer.
That was dark.
What do you mean? I thought Tyson was spearheading another wave of existentialism Doesn't he have a Kierkegaard tattoo?
Isn't a ray of sunshine...
go to commercial!
Wow. He really found some perspective.
Oh my 🫣
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Deeply profound.. 🤣
What a loser. It was 💔 watching her try to respond.
Tyson is an embarrassment
Tried to watch the Netflix Special becuz I wanted to give a tribute to Mike that he deserves. I kept flipping in and out waiting to see his fight. But I fell asleep before it happened. I heard that Netflix had technical problems so it did not play right. He deserved a better show. So sorry, Mike!
Poor lil girl.
"Thank you for sharing that" was a damn good rejoinder.
This
"That is something I have not heard before..."
Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist. Please stop platforming him.
Great motivation Iron Putz!
Legacy is the most over used word in sports. They talk about an athlete's legacy when he's in his rookie season. Legacy would be relevant to someone who has had a much greater impact than someone playing a sport and well after they are gone when their influence can be more objectively assessed.
She is Epic!
Mike telling it like it is.
I personally think it is a COP-OUT. Sure YOU will be dead, but those that YOU either helped or inspired are NOT Sure YOU will be dead, but those YOU HURT are not. Legacy is the karma you leave in your wake.....
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A little dark…
Legacy IS very important. Our kids & grandkids are our legacy. Our reputation is our legacy. How we treat people is our legacy. I’m thankful for the LEGACY of Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, MLK, John Lewis, civil rights fighters, MeidasTouch, Biden, etc. Legacy leaves an imprint for generations.
It's all about $. Old men need money. That's why Mike is fighting. He's broke.
I totally respect that answer - even though that little girl had no way of navigating that response. We are just passing through.
Scratching my head and LMAO! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
My future great grandchild will probably never know that this man ever existed. Okay. My 24-YO child has never heard of Sidney Poitier. He’s not wrong. The world keeps turning.
Such a Gen X response. We're blunt 😆
happiness abounds
Isn't Mike a "normalized" rapist?
She handled it so well 😌
He's right you know
that is the response of a man who has lost a child
Wow. How uplifting
Keeping it 100
Poor kid.
Holy shit!
Honest ass answer. Something we are never given in any interview ever now. Look at Sunday talk shows. All lies and gaslighting. Nobody should shame him for his honesty. Also, he’s iron mike Tyson. He gives zero shits
Does it have anything to do with being a convicted rapist?
After that last fight his legacy is dead. That poor girl had no follow up after that response.
What a disappointment to leave with this child. He should be ashamed.
Deep!
Damn, bots are already here
There’s dystopian and then there’s Mike Tyson level dystopian.
Absolutely true... It won't matter after you're gone. He's pretty honest in regards to that.
It’s so brief
He's right.
I heard Jake Paul wants to dig up Muhammad Ali and fight him.
Wow!
It's true
I’m getting something very different form his answer. If you don’t care how people exist after you, if you don’t care about following generations and the lives of children, his answer is perfect. If one doesn’t give a sh*t about others, he’s spot on.
He's not wrong. So much of everything humans are & do is ego.
He’s not well
Oh.. I dunno - makes total sense to me given his choices in life, and the way he’s lived it.
Wow, I was not expecting that.
Mike forgot he was talking to a child 💀
She rolled with his answer and responded IMO with compassion and respect.
Success in this life is binary: Heaven or that other place.......
Wow!
He has a point.
Legacy is what you leave behind as your mark that you existed. It’s not about ego it’s that you cared to be the best at something, inspire others or helped make others see possibilities
I’m gonna go get a drink now.. I’m not gonna lie.. a bit too deep for a Sunday fun day
Can’t argue with logic.
I couldn’t even believe it when I saw it the first time. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
lol
He’s a deeper thinker than we realized