Posts with tag "robin givens"

Mike Tyson Tells Barbara Walters She 'Shanghaied' Him in 1988 Interview

Posted May 7th 2010 at 02:00 PM by Marc Schneider

More than 22 years have passed since Mike Tyson sat on a couch beside then-wife Robin Givens as she brazenly confided in Barbara Walters about the boxer's temper and love of guns. Anyone who has seen the TV interview has pondered, "How did he just sit there and take it?" During a Friday visit to 'The View,' the legendary face-puncher told Walters he felt "shanghaied in the moment" and ...

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Oprah Gets an Earful From Robin Givens Over Tyson 'Sock' Interview

Posted Nov 14th 2009 at 10:20 AM by PopEater Staff

Robin Givens took Oprah Winfrey to task on Friday for allowing her ex-husband Mike Tyson to joke about domestic abuse during a chat with him last month. When discussing his and Robin's 1988 interview with Barbara Walters, where Tyson claimed she was telling lies, the boxer grew angry. "At that particular moment, I truly wanted to sock her, but I just didn't do it," he told Oprah to laughter ...