Mike Tyson has thrown a few punches about his life in streamer Hulu's upcoming limited series.
Former boxing heavyweight champion claimed that Hulu "stole the story of my life" inMikebiopic. August 25th. In his own social posts on his media, Tyson emphasized that he was not involved in his biography project and received no financial compensation.
He captioned aInstagram post on Saturday, "Hulu is his version of slave streaming his master." The post itself says: I don't stand by their story about my life. That's him in 2022, not 1822. To Hulu execs, I'm just n. They can be sold on auction blocks.
Tyson also expressed his dissatisfaction with the project on his Twitter, writing the following message: They are Goliath and I am David. This makes my head roll. A later tweet read, "Hulu's model for stealing celebrity life rights is insanely greedy."
On Friday, Tyson claimed on social media that Hulu gave UFC president Dana White "millions" to promote the show. . "He turned it down because he respects friendships and treats people with dignity," Tyson said.
When the show was first announced in February 2021, In a since-deleted Instagram post, Tyson expressed his disapproval of the project, calling it a "missing cultural appropriation." Tyson has since signed a contract to participate in another scripted television project about his life. The project is headed by star executive producer Jamie Foxx and director Antoine Fuqua.
At the Television Critics Association press tour earlier this month,Mike, executive producer Steven Rogers (I, Tonya) and Shaw Introducing the runners, Karin Gist said their goal was to portray Tyson as someone who was neither a hero nor a villain.
"I just wanted to tell an unbiased story and let the viewer decide how they think and feel," he said, Gist. "I want to challenge what people think they know about Mike and get them to step away from the series and think about something else."
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