By Zuko Komisa
Mike Tyson says he won’t back down from his brawl with Hulu, a major US streaming service.
Tyson criticized Hulu for using his life story for their upcoming limited series “Mike” on Saturday, August 6.
Trevante Rhodes, who starred in the movie Moonlight, plays the former heavyweight boxing champion in the show.
Tyson argues that despite leveraging his real life for financial gain, Hulu officials did not get his blessing when creating the project.
He also claims that Hulu has not paid him. On a Saturday Tyson penned a message on his social media saying:
“Don’t let Hulu fool you. I don’t support their story about my life. It’s not 1822. It’s 2022. They stole my life story and didn’t pay me. To Hulu executives I’m just a n****r they can sell on the auction block.”
Tyson further compares the streamer to that of a slave master who has persuaded his confidants into backing “Mike” in a series of Tweets.
Hulu stole my story. They’re Goliath and I’m David. Heads will roll for this.
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) August 6, 2022
Hey @hulu I’m not a n****r you can sell on the auction block #slaveryisover #fuckhulu
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) August 6, 2022
Hulu’s model of stealing life rights of celebrities is egregiously greedy #headswillroll
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) August 6, 2022
The project’s showrunner, Karen Gist, addressed the illegal nature of the project during a panel at Hulu’s Television Critics Tour event on Thursday.
“We just wanted to tell an unbiased story and have the audience decide what they think or feel,” Gist said.
Despite Tyson’s unhappiness with how the story was stolen, Hulu is set to premiere “Mike” on August 25
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