Mike Tyson gets too real with the 14-year-old interviewer, talking about death and nothingness

“I don’t believe in the word ‘legacy.’ I think that’s another word for ego. Legacy doesn’t mean anything. That’s just a word that everyone latched onto. Someone said that word and everyone latched on to that word, now it’s used every five seconds,” Tyson said in a interview. posted on Thursday.

‘It means absolutely nothing to me. I’m just passing through. I’m going to die and it’s over. Who cares about the inheritance after that?’

After a brief awkward pause, Iron Mike continued his soul-crushing existential musings.

‘So I’m going to die. I want people to think this is me, that I’m great?’ he continued. ‘No, we are nothing. We’re just dead. We are dust. We are absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.”

The teenage interviewer seemed momentarily surprised by Tyson’s harsh view on life. But she kept her composure, did not break her pace and thanked the champion for his wisdom.

“Well, thank you so much for sharing that,” she said. “That’s something I haven’t heard before.”

Not wanting to give up, Tyson continued to insist that all of humanity is running out of time.

“Can you really imagine someone saying, ‘I want my legacy to be like this?’ You’re dead!” Tyson said. “Who the hell cares about me when I’m gone? My kids maybe, or grandkids?”

Tyson was one of the most feared fighters in the 1980s and 1990s. But he is perhaps best known for serving three years in prison after being convicted of rape and biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a 1997 match.

Paul, 27, is relatively new to boxing, having made his professional debut in the ring in 2020. He has more than 27 million Instagram followers and almost 21 million YouTube subscribers.