1 00:00:04,335 --> 00:00:07,963 SINGER: ♪ Hey, put the candles on the cake ♪ 2 00:00:07,963 --> 00:00:09,298 ♪ Gonna celebrate ♪ 3 00:00:09,298 --> 00:00:11,300 - Should we talk about all the women? 4 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:14,303 [cheers and applause] 5 00:00:14,303 --> 00:00:16,180 Oh, I come off bad in this part of the story, 6 00:00:16,180 --> 00:00:17,264 but it's the truth. 7 00:00:17,264 --> 00:00:18,891 I'm just gonna go with it. 8 00:00:18,891 --> 00:00:20,684 I was a pig. 9 00:00:20,684 --> 00:00:23,270 But Cus was gone; I didn't know how to deal with all that shit. 10 00:00:24,230 --> 00:00:26,232 [laughter] 11 00:00:26,232 --> 00:00:28,108 INTERVIEWER: Come on, Mike. 12 00:00:28,108 --> 00:00:29,693 You mean there aren't a million girls 13 00:00:29,693 --> 00:00:31,487 after the heavyweight champ of the world? 14 00:00:31,487 --> 00:00:33,447 - Nah, man, they don't want me. 15 00:00:33,447 --> 00:00:35,115 They just want the cash. 16 00:00:35,115 --> 00:00:36,242 Got millions of dollars to spend. 17 00:00:36,242 --> 00:00:38,744 It's easy to love someone like that. 18 00:00:38,744 --> 00:00:40,663 You know, I know what I look like. 19 00:00:40,663 --> 00:00:42,748 I see myself in the mirror every day. 20 00:00:43,999 --> 00:00:47,336 Nah, but, you know, I just wish 21 00:00:47,336 --> 00:00:49,713 I could find a girl who knew me when I was broke 22 00:00:49,713 --> 00:00:51,423 and just thought I was a nice guy. 23 00:00:52,841 --> 00:00:55,386 I probably cheated on every woman I ever been with. 24 00:00:57,846 --> 00:00:58,973 Probably never respect them 25 00:00:58,973 --> 00:01:00,432 'cause I never really respect myself. 26 00:01:01,642 --> 00:01:04,353 I want to, but... 27 00:01:04,353 --> 00:01:06,814 I don't think I ever loved any woman I've ever been with. 28 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:10,776 It's crazy, right? 29 00:01:10,776 --> 00:01:12,403 Never love 'em. 30 00:01:12,403 --> 00:01:13,696 But I want to. 31 00:01:13,696 --> 00:01:16,657 [sensual music] 32 00:01:16,657 --> 00:01:18,867 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:25,082 SINGER: ♪ Come take my hand ♪ 34 00:01:25,082 --> 00:01:27,918 [footsteps tapping] 35 00:01:27,918 --> 00:01:30,254 ♪ Trust me ♪ 36 00:01:30,254 --> 00:01:34,717 ♪ With all your heart ♪ 37 00:01:34,717 --> 00:01:36,010 ♪ ♪ 38 00:01:36,010 --> 00:01:37,177 - All better. 39 00:01:37,177 --> 00:01:40,180 SINGER: ♪ Every word that I ♪ 40 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:44,018 ♪ Every word I say ♪ 41 00:01:44,018 --> 00:01:46,687 - [moaning] 42 00:01:46,687 --> 00:01:50,316 [energetic music playing over TV] 43 00:01:50,316 --> 00:01:51,650 DON CORNELIUS: You got some moves. 44 00:01:51,650 --> 00:01:53,068 ROBIN GIVENS: Thank you. 45 00:01:53,068 --> 00:01:55,654 DON: Robin, you graduated high school at 15, 46 00:01:55,654 --> 00:01:57,531 Sarah Lawrence College at 19. 47 00:01:57,531 --> 00:01:59,867 Then you turned down Harvard Medical School 48 00:01:59,867 --> 00:02:02,244 to star on a hit series. 49 00:02:02,244 --> 00:02:04,872 Does that make you head of the class? 50 00:02:04,872 --> 00:02:06,332 - Well, Don, 51 00:02:06,332 --> 00:02:08,125 some say I am. 52 00:02:08,125 --> 00:02:10,502 DON: If you want more Robin Givens... 53 00:02:10,502 --> 00:02:12,296 - I'm gonna marry that woman. 54 00:02:13,422 --> 00:02:14,882 - Fuck you. 55 00:02:14,882 --> 00:02:16,300 AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah! AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo! 56 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:17,760 [wolf whistle] 57 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,720 MIKE: Robin Givens. 58 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,430 [audience murmuring] 59 00:02:21,430 --> 00:02:23,974 Listen, listen, we were babies. 60 00:02:23,974 --> 00:02:26,060 21 and 22. 61 00:02:26,060 --> 00:02:28,437 I thought she was so beautiful. 62 00:02:28,437 --> 00:02:29,438 I mean, look at her. 63 00:02:29,438 --> 00:02:31,148 She's a beautiful girl, right? 64 00:02:31,148 --> 00:02:32,858 Unobtainable. 65 00:02:32,858 --> 00:02:34,276 So I went after her. 66 00:02:35,361 --> 00:02:37,488 I tracked her down. 67 00:02:37,488 --> 00:02:41,033 Took a little work, but I set up a date for us. 68 00:02:41,950 --> 00:02:44,078 You know, in my head, it was like 69 00:02:44,078 --> 00:02:46,497 I was in my own version of a fucking rom-com. 70 00:02:46,497 --> 00:02:48,707 [upbeat music] 71 00:02:48,707 --> 00:02:50,292 Robin was impressive. 72 00:02:50,292 --> 00:02:52,711 There were very few young Black women on TV back then. 73 00:02:52,711 --> 00:02:55,714 She was a role model, the it girl. 74 00:02:55,714 --> 00:02:58,008 She was a fairy-tale princess in my head. 75 00:02:58,008 --> 00:02:59,218 I wanted to be the kind of person 76 00:02:59,218 --> 00:03:00,803 Robin would wanna fall in love with. 77 00:03:00,803 --> 00:03:02,179 SINGERS: ♪ Anything you ask ♪ 78 00:03:02,179 --> 00:03:04,556 ♪ I'll do it all for you ♪ 79 00:03:04,556 --> 00:03:06,350 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:06,350 --> 00:03:10,688 ♪ You light the sky everywhere you go ♪ 81 00:03:10,688 --> 00:03:13,357 ♪ Your looks could calm the sea ♪ 82 00:03:13,357 --> 00:03:15,025 ♪ ♪ 83 00:03:15,025 --> 00:03:19,321 ♪ You got me hooked, and that's for sure ♪ 84 00:03:19,321 --> 00:03:20,531 ♪ It's no surprise ♪ 85 00:03:20,531 --> 00:03:22,449 - Hi. You must be Michael. 86 00:03:22,449 --> 00:03:23,575 - Yeah. 87 00:03:23,575 --> 00:03:24,868 - I'm Robin. 88 00:03:24,868 --> 00:03:26,662 - I didn't think you'd ever go out with me. 89 00:03:26,662 --> 00:03:28,247 I left so many messages. 90 00:03:28,247 --> 00:03:31,208 - Oh, that my mother erased before I ever heard them. 91 00:03:31,208 --> 00:03:33,419 But, um, luckily, she missed the last one. 92 00:03:33,419 --> 00:03:35,170 - Why didn't she want us to go out? 93 00:03:36,422 --> 00:03:39,383 - Because you hit people for a living, Mr. Tyson. 94 00:03:39,383 --> 00:03:41,635 - Michael, this is my mother, Ruth. 95 00:03:41,635 --> 00:03:43,470 And this is my publicist, Stephanie. 96 00:03:43,470 --> 00:03:45,848 [soft piano music playing] 97 00:03:45,848 --> 00:03:47,558 HOST: Right this way. 98 00:03:47,558 --> 00:03:49,768 MIKE: Um, I don't have a clear understanding 99 00:03:49,768 --> 00:03:51,979 of what's going on right now. 100 00:03:51,979 --> 00:03:54,064 ROBIN: My mother is very protective of me, 101 00:03:54,064 --> 00:03:57,025 and she had some concerns about us going out, 102 00:03:57,025 --> 00:04:00,863 so this is the compromise. 103 00:04:00,863 --> 00:04:02,281 MIKE: Right. 104 00:04:02,281 --> 00:04:04,283 This might surprise you, but there's no way in hell 105 00:04:04,283 --> 00:04:05,826 I'd let one of my daughters go on a date 106 00:04:05,826 --> 00:04:07,578 with a guy like me either. 107 00:04:07,578 --> 00:04:09,538 I mean, come on, it's me. 108 00:04:09,538 --> 00:04:12,207 [indistinct chatter] 109 00:04:14,668 --> 00:04:16,462 Um, you know, this has been cool and all, 110 00:04:16,462 --> 00:04:19,381 but it's not really the kind of date I imagined. 111 00:04:19,381 --> 00:04:20,507 No offense, Mrs. Givens. 112 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,844 But I think I'm gonna-- 113 00:04:23,844 --> 00:04:25,471 ROBIN: Oh, wait, wait, please sit down. 114 00:04:25,471 --> 00:04:27,347 Um... 115 00:04:27,347 --> 00:04:30,267 I'm sorry. I am nervous. 116 00:04:30,267 --> 00:04:32,269 You're Mike Tyson. 117 00:04:32,269 --> 00:04:34,855 This is ridiculous, I know, and I--I'm so sorry. 118 00:04:34,855 --> 00:04:36,148 It's all my fault. 119 00:04:36,148 --> 00:04:38,525 Please don't go? [chuckles] 120 00:04:38,525 --> 00:04:41,278 ♪ ♪ 121 00:04:41,278 --> 00:04:43,197 - Well, I guess we could make this work. 122 00:04:45,616 --> 00:04:48,160 Oh, we made it fucking work. 123 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,496 [laughter] 124 00:04:50,496 --> 00:04:52,915 That's rich to me, you had your own room. 125 00:04:52,915 --> 00:04:54,833 - It was super small, okay? 126 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:56,293 - My family had to share everything: 127 00:04:56,293 --> 00:05:00,005 rooms, beds, my mom with guys off the street. 128 00:05:00,005 --> 00:05:01,632 - Even your fries? 129 00:05:01,632 --> 00:05:03,509 - [chuckles] 130 00:05:05,677 --> 00:05:07,721 Hey, save some of those for me. 131 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:10,766 - Oh, my God. 132 00:05:10,766 --> 00:05:13,310 I haven't had fries in forever. 133 00:05:13,310 --> 00:05:16,438 I have this whole weird thing with perfection. 134 00:05:16,438 --> 00:05:19,525 You know, 'cause if I'm perfect, they can't hurt me. 135 00:05:19,525 --> 00:05:20,818 MIKE: Mm. - [chuckles] 136 00:05:20,818 --> 00:05:22,277 I learned it from my mom. 137 00:05:22,277 --> 00:05:24,029 My dad cheated on her so bad, 138 00:05:24,029 --> 00:05:25,239 so she was just trying to make sure 139 00:05:25,239 --> 00:05:26,698 I could stand on my own two feet. 140 00:05:27,407 --> 00:05:28,826 - I didn't really know my mom. 141 00:05:29,952 --> 00:05:31,328 I didn't have any conversations with her 142 00:05:31,328 --> 00:05:33,247 like that, like I did with Cus. 143 00:05:33,247 --> 00:05:35,165 There's a lot I wish I could ask her now. 144 00:05:35,165 --> 00:05:37,960 - Mm, yeah, I mean, 145 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,212 I still don't know my dad. 146 00:05:40,212 --> 00:05:42,464 I always felt like, you know, if I wasn't 147 00:05:42,464 --> 00:05:47,010 smart enough or pretty enough or... 148 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:48,262 good enough for my dad to love me, 149 00:05:48,262 --> 00:05:49,888 why would anyone love me? 150 00:05:51,223 --> 00:05:54,184 Who would think, to look at us, that we got the same problems? 151 00:05:54,184 --> 00:05:56,353 [bottles clink] [both chuckle] 152 00:05:57,312 --> 00:05:59,189 - No, you are so beautiful. 153 00:05:59,189 --> 00:06:00,858 - I'm not pitiful. 154 00:06:00,858 --> 00:06:04,027 - I said "beautiful," not "pitiful." 155 00:06:04,027 --> 00:06:05,445 - I know. 156 00:06:05,445 --> 00:06:07,489 I just wanted to hear you say it again. 157 00:06:08,657 --> 00:06:11,159 - You know, I was thinking, um, 158 00:06:11,159 --> 00:06:12,953 maybe you could be my girlfriend. 159 00:06:12,953 --> 00:06:15,247 SINGER: ♪ Didn't wanna live without you ♪ 160 00:06:15,247 --> 00:06:17,374 - Whoa, um, no. 161 00:06:17,374 --> 00:06:19,668 I'm--I'm sorry, Mike. I just-- 162 00:06:19,668 --> 00:06:21,628 Look, the last two weeks have been really fun, 163 00:06:21,628 --> 00:06:24,298 but I just got a lot going on. 164 00:06:24,298 --> 00:06:26,258 I mean, there's not a lot of opportunities 165 00:06:26,258 --> 00:06:28,260 for Black actresses in Hollywood. 166 00:06:28,260 --> 00:06:30,846 I'm already 22. I don't have a lot of time. 167 00:06:30,846 --> 00:06:32,973 - But I--I got enough money for the both of us. 168 00:06:32,973 --> 00:06:34,182 It doesn't matter. 169 00:06:34,182 --> 00:06:36,518 - It matters to me. 170 00:06:36,518 --> 00:06:38,687 You've already made it. You're at the top of your game. 171 00:06:38,687 --> 00:06:40,522 All eyes on you. - Yeah. 172 00:06:40,522 --> 00:06:42,649 ROBIN: I don't wanna live in someone else's shadow. 173 00:06:42,649 --> 00:06:43,984 I got my own dreams. 174 00:06:44,943 --> 00:06:46,403 I'm sorry, Mike. 175 00:06:46,403 --> 00:06:49,573 SINGER: ♪ You took for granted ♪ 176 00:06:49,573 --> 00:06:51,658 - Let's rewind, and I'll tell you what I heard. 177 00:06:52,784 --> 00:06:55,037 [tape squealing] 178 00:06:55,037 --> 00:06:56,705 - Nigga, you too stupid and too Brownsville 179 00:06:56,705 --> 00:06:58,248 to be my everything. 180 00:06:58,248 --> 00:06:59,916 Thanks for playing. 181 00:06:59,916 --> 00:07:02,085 MIKE: But that just made me want her more. 182 00:07:02,085 --> 00:07:03,629 We were still hanging out and stuff, 183 00:07:03,629 --> 00:07:06,256 but that didn't make her mine. 184 00:07:06,256 --> 00:07:08,258 I wanted her to be mine. 185 00:07:08,258 --> 00:07:10,177 You know, I thought if I give her enough stuff, 186 00:07:10,177 --> 00:07:12,054 I can make her love me. 187 00:07:12,054 --> 00:07:14,806 Nah, I didn't know anything about love. 188 00:07:14,806 --> 00:07:16,683 I only knew what I saw in the movies. 189 00:07:16,683 --> 00:07:18,435 You know, that's what I was playing at. 190 00:07:19,519 --> 00:07:21,521 I was in love 191 00:07:21,521 --> 00:07:24,399 but in my own kind of fucked-up way, right? 192 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:25,776 [laughter] 193 00:07:25,776 --> 00:07:27,944 [upbeat music] 194 00:07:27,944 --> 00:07:28,945 - Hi. 195 00:07:28,945 --> 00:07:30,280 - I'm looking for some roses. 196 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,573 [door clicks open] 197 00:07:31,573 --> 00:07:36,870 ♪ ♪ 198 00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:38,664 - [chuckles] 199 00:07:38,664 --> 00:07:40,248 - [moaning] 200 00:07:40,248 --> 00:07:44,044 SINGER: ♪ I can't deny ♪ 201 00:07:44,044 --> 00:07:45,837 ♪ The way you make me feel ♪ 202 00:07:45,837 --> 00:07:47,631 MIKE: I like this one. 203 00:07:47,631 --> 00:07:48,882 - Excellent choice. 204 00:07:48,882 --> 00:07:51,718 They're Southern Sea pearls. [chuckles] 205 00:07:51,718 --> 00:07:53,428 [gasps] 206 00:07:53,428 --> 00:07:54,846 MIKE: Maybe I was with all those women because I never 207 00:07:54,846 --> 00:07:57,516 really thought I could get Robin. 208 00:07:57,516 --> 00:08:00,018 Or maybe I was just 21 and horny. 209 00:08:00,018 --> 00:08:01,770 Through all the courtship with Robin, 210 00:08:01,770 --> 00:08:03,772 I was still fighting. 211 00:08:03,772 --> 00:08:06,233 I remember I had this one fight with Bonecrusher. 212 00:08:06,233 --> 00:08:08,610 He was a particularly hardheaded motherfucker. 213 00:08:09,361 --> 00:08:10,779 [grunts] 214 00:08:10,779 --> 00:08:11,780 [bell dings] 215 00:08:11,780 --> 00:08:13,115 The funny thing is, 216 00:08:13,115 --> 00:08:15,325 I think Bonecrusher helped me get Robin. 217 00:08:19,913 --> 00:08:21,164 MIKE: Hey. 218 00:08:21,164 --> 00:08:22,666 - Hey. 219 00:08:22,666 --> 00:08:24,668 I watched the fight. Are you okay? 220 00:08:24,668 --> 00:08:26,044 MIKE: I'm okay. 221 00:08:26,044 --> 00:08:27,421 It was close, though. 222 00:08:28,213 --> 00:08:30,465 I always feel like if I don't win, people will hate me. 223 00:08:31,425 --> 00:08:34,261 Like, I really have to get beat up for somebody to like me. 224 00:08:34,261 --> 00:08:35,512 - [chuckles] 225 00:08:35,512 --> 00:08:37,806 I like you, Michael. 226 00:08:37,806 --> 00:08:40,225 MIKE: If Cus was here, I'd have somebody to talk to. 227 00:08:41,268 --> 00:08:42,644 Jimmy's all I got now. 228 00:08:42,644 --> 00:08:44,855 - Well, I'm here. 229 00:08:44,855 --> 00:08:46,898 - I wish you were here. 230 00:08:46,898 --> 00:08:49,151 ROBIN: Michael...[sighs] 231 00:08:49,151 --> 00:08:52,070 It hurts my heart to see you get hit. 232 00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:54,740 Like, it takes too much out of me. 233 00:08:54,740 --> 00:08:57,242 It literally makes me ill. 234 00:08:57,242 --> 00:09:01,079 But...I just wanna protect you. 235 00:09:03,790 --> 00:09:05,751 Hey, Michael? 236 00:09:05,751 --> 00:09:07,544 Do you still want me to be your girl? 237 00:09:07,544 --> 00:09:09,504 - Really? 238 00:09:09,504 --> 00:09:11,798 You really wanna be my girl? 239 00:09:11,798 --> 00:09:13,800 - Yeah, I do. 240 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,177 MIKE: Yeah? 241 00:09:15,177 --> 00:09:17,846 - Yeah, I--I miss you. 242 00:09:17,846 --> 00:09:20,223 - I'm gonna hang up the phone before you change your mind. 243 00:09:24,102 --> 00:09:26,480 I got a girlfriend. 244 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:27,939 - Not tonight, you don't. 245 00:09:27,939 --> 00:09:30,942 [8th Day's "She's Not Just Another Woman"] 246 00:09:30,942 --> 00:09:33,862 ♪ ♪ 247 00:09:33,862 --> 00:09:36,656 SINGERS: ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 248 00:09:36,656 --> 00:09:39,826 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 249 00:09:39,826 --> 00:09:42,454 ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 250 00:09:42,454 --> 00:09:45,540 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 251 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:48,084 ♪ She's given me a newborn birth ♪ 252 00:09:48,084 --> 00:09:51,338 ♪ I found sweetness on this bitter Earth ♪ 253 00:09:51,338 --> 00:09:54,132 ♪ She knows the things to say ♪ 254 00:09:54,132 --> 00:09:56,968 ♪ To help my troubles away ♪ 255 00:09:56,968 --> 00:09:59,888 ♪ And when the words she say won't do ♪ 256 00:09:59,888 --> 00:10:02,516 ♪ She'll try a kiss or two ♪ 257 00:10:02,516 --> 00:10:05,477 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 258 00:10:05,477 --> 00:10:08,438 ♪ She knows how to console me ♪ 259 00:10:08,438 --> 00:10:11,358 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 260 00:10:11,358 --> 00:10:13,944 ♪ She knows how to control me ♪ 261 00:10:13,944 --> 00:10:17,572 ♪ I don't want nobody talking 'bout my baby ♪ 262 00:10:17,572 --> 00:10:20,700 ♪ Nobody talkin' 'bout my baby ♪ 263 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,161 ROBIN: This is...[laughs] 264 00:10:23,161 --> 00:10:25,038 I mean, you know you didn't have to do this, right? 265 00:10:25,038 --> 00:10:26,456 - Yeah, well, it's not that kind of ring. 266 00:10:26,456 --> 00:10:28,041 Not marriage or anything. 267 00:10:28,041 --> 00:10:29,626 But, you know, whenever you're ready, let me know. 268 00:10:29,626 --> 00:10:31,962 I'll get you something way better than that, way bigger. 269 00:10:37,759 --> 00:10:39,344 - Look at us. 270 00:10:39,344 --> 00:10:41,638 We look aspirational. MIKE: Yeah. 271 00:10:41,638 --> 00:10:43,890 - I mean, I didn't have role models 272 00:10:43,890 --> 00:10:45,767 of people who looked like us growing up. 273 00:10:45,767 --> 00:10:47,811 And now we're them. 274 00:10:47,811 --> 00:10:50,814 It's--it's so exciting. 275 00:10:50,814 --> 00:10:53,108 - Yeah. - You're so exciting. 276 00:10:53,108 --> 00:10:55,569 We're so exciting. - Yeah. 277 00:10:55,569 --> 00:10:58,113 - Think of all the people we can inspire. 278 00:10:58,113 --> 00:11:00,115 - Yeah. 279 00:11:00,115 --> 00:11:03,618 - Speaking of inspiration... 280 00:11:03,618 --> 00:11:05,370 - What you got for me? 281 00:11:05,370 --> 00:11:06,621 Mm. 282 00:11:06,621 --> 00:11:08,623 [chuckles] Okay. 283 00:11:08,623 --> 00:11:10,250 Okay. [handcuffs rattle] 284 00:11:10,250 --> 00:11:11,877 [bouncy music] 285 00:11:11,877 --> 00:11:13,170 - You're mine now, champ. 286 00:11:13,170 --> 00:11:14,254 - Right. 287 00:11:15,380 --> 00:11:17,591 [both chuckle] 288 00:11:17,591 --> 00:11:19,134 [Robin yelps] 289 00:11:19,134 --> 00:11:21,511 MIKE: It was the first time I was in love. 290 00:11:21,511 --> 00:11:23,346 We were only 21 and 22. 291 00:11:23,346 --> 00:11:24,973 [both laugh] 292 00:11:26,308 --> 00:11:28,476 It was happening so fast. 293 00:11:30,312 --> 00:11:31,605 Too fast. 294 00:11:32,731 --> 00:11:34,608 Gonna have a baby? 295 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,110 Jimmy told me you're knocked up. 296 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,614 You told my business manager, but you didn't tell me? 297 00:11:40,614 --> 00:11:42,198 - I only told my mom. 298 00:11:43,116 --> 00:11:44,701 Maybe she told him? 299 00:11:48,955 --> 00:11:50,790 I didn't wanna pressure you. 300 00:11:57,130 --> 00:11:58,757 Is that okay? 301 00:11:58,757 --> 00:12:00,216 - Yeah. 302 00:12:00,216 --> 00:12:02,135 - Yeah? - Yeah. 303 00:12:03,929 --> 00:12:07,015 To be clear, Robin says she got pregnant 304 00:12:07,015 --> 00:12:08,642 after we got married, 305 00:12:08,642 --> 00:12:10,226 but y'all aren't paying to see her show. 306 00:12:10,226 --> 00:12:11,770 [laughter] 307 00:12:12,771 --> 00:12:14,356 I did the only thing that felt right 308 00:12:14,356 --> 00:12:16,691 every time I thought something was wrong. 309 00:12:16,691 --> 00:12:18,735 I fucked it up even more. 310 00:12:18,735 --> 00:12:21,404 - Till death do you part? 311 00:12:21,404 --> 00:12:22,364 - I do. 312 00:12:23,281 --> 00:12:25,867 - You told me we were going to the All-Star Game. 313 00:12:25,867 --> 00:12:28,203 - Well, I thought this was more romantic. 314 00:12:28,203 --> 00:12:30,538 - More romantic than basketball? 315 00:12:30,538 --> 00:12:32,290 - You love me? 316 00:12:32,290 --> 00:12:34,793 [upbeat music] 317 00:12:34,793 --> 00:12:36,211 - I do. 318 00:12:36,211 --> 00:12:37,212 PRIEST: You may kiss the bride. 319 00:12:37,212 --> 00:12:41,716 ♪ ♪ 320 00:12:41,716 --> 00:12:43,510 [cheers and applause] 321 00:12:43,510 --> 00:12:44,928 [camera shutters clicking] - Relax, everybody. 322 00:12:44,928 --> 00:12:46,763 He'll be out in a minute. 323 00:12:46,763 --> 00:12:48,056 Sheesh. 324 00:12:49,224 --> 00:12:52,352 Suntory Dry Man reps have their eyes on you, 325 00:12:52,352 --> 00:12:55,188 so we gotta keep this trip squeaky-clean, right? 326 00:12:55,188 --> 00:12:56,731 It's a different market here. 327 00:12:56,731 --> 00:12:58,692 No bad-boy stuff. 328 00:12:58,692 --> 00:13:00,360 - I need an advance on my purse. 329 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,071 I wanna get Robin something nice from Japan. 330 00:13:03,071 --> 00:13:04,906 - You're spending a lot on Robin. 331 00:13:04,906 --> 00:13:06,658 You need to slow down. 332 00:13:06,658 --> 00:13:08,910 - She's my wife. I wanna surprise her. 333 00:13:08,910 --> 00:13:11,079 - All right, give her the gift of love. 334 00:13:14,416 --> 00:13:16,001 [sighs] 335 00:13:16,001 --> 00:13:18,503 All right, all right, fine. 336 00:13:18,503 --> 00:13:20,046 I'll see what I can do. 337 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:23,550 - Why isn't Jimmy handling the money? 338 00:13:23,550 --> 00:13:25,510 - [inhales deeply] 339 00:13:25,510 --> 00:13:28,304 PRIEST: And we pray that the soul of Jimmy Jacobs 340 00:13:28,304 --> 00:13:30,640 find its eternal resting place. 341 00:13:32,892 --> 00:13:34,352 - So here's some real shit. 342 00:13:34,352 --> 00:13:37,522 Jimmy, the manager I liked, that Cus had picked, 343 00:13:37,522 --> 00:13:39,983 had been sick for years, and they hid it from me. 344 00:13:39,983 --> 00:13:42,652 Cayton got me to sign some contract saying if Jimmy died, 345 00:13:42,652 --> 00:13:45,280 Cayton would automatically be my manager. 346 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,240 They even put some shit in about giving their widows 347 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,534 50% of me if they died, 348 00:13:49,534 --> 00:13:51,494 like I was some chattel they could pass around... 349 00:13:53,246 --> 00:13:54,914 Like they own me. 350 00:13:54,914 --> 00:13:57,333 Robin didn't like that, and she sued the fuck out of 'em. 351 00:13:57,333 --> 00:13:58,877 SINGER: ♪ So much did change ♪ 352 00:13:58,877 --> 00:14:00,462 RUTH: Well, thank you for meeting with us. 353 00:14:00,462 --> 00:14:02,464 Since my daughter is now Michael's power of attorney, 354 00:14:02,464 --> 00:14:04,591 we'd like to see his accounts. 355 00:14:04,591 --> 00:14:08,053 - I just want everything to be perfect for my family. 356 00:14:08,053 --> 00:14:10,805 It's not just us we need to look out for now. 357 00:14:10,805 --> 00:14:12,766 MIKE: But with Robin doing my finances 358 00:14:12,766 --> 00:14:14,267 and with Jimmy suddenly gone, 359 00:14:14,267 --> 00:14:16,394 someone else snuck in the back door. 360 00:14:16,394 --> 00:14:17,979 DON KING: In this great tragedy, 361 00:14:17,979 --> 00:14:19,606 the loss of a friend and colleague, 362 00:14:19,606 --> 00:14:21,191 lays an opportunity. 363 00:14:22,192 --> 00:14:24,110 Jimmy isn't gone. 364 00:14:24,110 --> 00:14:26,696 He's transferred into pure spirit. 365 00:14:26,696 --> 00:14:29,032 In the--in the same way, your trusting relationship with him 366 00:14:29,032 --> 00:14:32,035 doesn't have to be lost, just transferred. 367 00:14:32,035 --> 00:14:34,329 [chuckles] 368 00:14:34,329 --> 00:14:36,414 Mike, you have an opportunity 369 00:14:36,414 --> 00:14:38,291 to take control of your destiny. 370 00:14:39,626 --> 00:14:42,045 As one fully liberated Black man to another, 371 00:14:42,045 --> 00:14:46,925 take solace that death is but a transition, 372 00:14:46,925 --> 00:14:49,511 and I am your rebirth. 373 00:14:49,511 --> 00:14:50,929 [chuckles] 374 00:14:54,474 --> 00:14:57,102 - Oh, he's a charming motherfucker. 375 00:14:57,102 --> 00:14:58,353 Uh-huh. 376 00:15:00,688 --> 00:15:03,691 [upbeat music] 377 00:15:03,691 --> 00:15:07,529 ♪ ♪ 378 00:15:07,529 --> 00:15:08,738 ROBIN: Now, the pictures from Paris 379 00:15:08,738 --> 00:15:09,906 were supposed to arrive on Friday. 380 00:15:09,906 --> 00:15:11,116 I don't understand what the holdup is. 381 00:15:11,116 --> 00:15:12,283 You need to get on the phone with Christophe. 382 00:15:12,283 --> 00:15:13,535 You know how these French people are. 383 00:15:13,535 --> 00:15:14,828 You have to stay on top of them. Oh, babe. 384 00:15:14,828 --> 00:15:16,579 So I'm thinking Vulcano silk 385 00:15:16,579 --> 00:15:18,123 for this room and then maybe a... 386 00:15:18,123 --> 00:15:19,916 MIKE: Everyone has this vision that Robin ran around 387 00:15:19,916 --> 00:15:22,293 with all the decorators doing the house. 388 00:15:22,293 --> 00:15:23,628 That's bullshit. 389 00:15:23,628 --> 00:15:25,380 It was all me. 390 00:15:25,380 --> 00:15:27,173 - I'll have what she's not having. 391 00:15:27,173 --> 00:15:30,135 - A toast to our perfect new home 392 00:15:30,135 --> 00:15:33,847 and to Michael, who is going to be the best father, 393 00:15:33,847 --> 00:15:36,975 and Mom for always taking such good care of us. 394 00:15:36,975 --> 00:15:38,268 RUTH: You're my children. 395 00:15:38,268 --> 00:15:40,103 It's my job to protect you, 396 00:15:40,103 --> 00:15:41,938 especially when you don't even know you need it. 397 00:15:43,439 --> 00:15:45,108 - What's that supposed to mean? 398 00:15:45,108 --> 00:15:46,985 - Mom, not now. 399 00:15:46,985 --> 00:15:48,278 - You're both so young. 400 00:15:48,278 --> 00:15:50,238 I'm just concerned that the people who are 401 00:15:50,238 --> 00:15:52,073 supposed to be looking out for you aren't. 402 00:15:54,742 --> 00:15:56,035 - Well... [chuckles] 403 00:15:56,035 --> 00:15:59,205 What mom is trying to say is... 404 00:16:00,874 --> 00:16:02,625 Bill Cayton's been stealing from us. 405 00:16:03,751 --> 00:16:04,919 From you. 406 00:16:06,921 --> 00:16:09,883 - Donald Trump has offered his consulting services. 407 00:16:09,883 --> 00:16:11,885 Now, that's a businessman you can trust. 408 00:16:15,638 --> 00:16:17,765 - You guys couldn't find a smaller chicken? 409 00:16:19,058 --> 00:16:20,727 - It's a quail. 410 00:16:20,727 --> 00:16:22,478 - What's a quail? 411 00:16:22,478 --> 00:16:24,397 DON: [laughs] 412 00:16:24,397 --> 00:16:26,941 Quail? Goddamn! 413 00:16:26,941 --> 00:16:28,526 You race pigeons. You don't eat 'em! 414 00:16:28,526 --> 00:16:29,694 [laughs] 415 00:16:29,694 --> 00:16:31,070 Those women are trying to turn you 416 00:16:31,070 --> 00:16:32,363 into some kind of sissy. 417 00:16:32,363 --> 00:16:33,656 Next thing you know, you gonna be 418 00:16:33,656 --> 00:16:35,366 drinking Champale, pinkie in the air! 419 00:16:35,366 --> 00:16:37,118 [chuckles] 420 00:16:37,118 --> 00:16:39,370 Ooh, that Trump's a tender-handed white boy. 421 00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:41,039 Hmm. 422 00:16:41,039 --> 00:16:43,082 Never had a callus in his life. 423 00:16:43,082 --> 00:16:44,709 Got his money from his daddy. 424 00:16:45,835 --> 00:16:46,878 They're softening you up. 425 00:16:47,754 --> 00:16:51,007 Girl's got your balls. Mama's lookin' to cut 'em off. 426 00:16:51,007 --> 00:16:52,425 - Man, that's my wife. 427 00:16:52,425 --> 00:16:53,843 - [groans] 428 00:16:53,843 --> 00:16:55,845 Someone who didn't care would shut the fuck up, 429 00:16:55,845 --> 00:16:58,097 not say a goddamn word. 430 00:16:58,097 --> 00:17:01,017 But I can't stand by and watch the champ become a chump. 431 00:17:01,017 --> 00:17:03,645 Mm-mm, hmm. 432 00:17:03,645 --> 00:17:05,355 Stick with the King, boy, you'll be all right. 433 00:17:05,355 --> 00:17:06,940 [chuckles] 434 00:17:07,857 --> 00:17:10,109 MIKE: That's one thing Don was right about. 435 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:12,403 Ruth and Robin had me by the balls. 436 00:17:12,403 --> 00:17:15,448 So me and my balls started spending less time at home. 437 00:17:16,658 --> 00:17:17,659 ROBIN: [claps twice] 438 00:17:20,203 --> 00:17:21,829 It's 4:00 a.m. 439 00:17:22,538 --> 00:17:24,207 - I thought you were asleep. 440 00:17:24,207 --> 00:17:26,751 - Mm, I bet you did. 441 00:17:26,751 --> 00:17:28,002 - Mm-hmm. 442 00:17:32,215 --> 00:17:34,008 - Where were you? 443 00:17:34,008 --> 00:17:36,469 - I mean, I was, um-- I mean... 444 00:17:36,469 --> 00:17:38,388 I was with Don. 445 00:17:38,388 --> 00:17:40,515 Yeah. - Oh, really? 446 00:17:40,515 --> 00:17:42,934 Is that Don's color? 447 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:46,813 - Okay, I don't have to tell you 448 00:17:46,813 --> 00:17:48,231 where I've been or who I've been with, okay? 449 00:17:48,231 --> 00:17:49,566 - [scoffs] Jesus, Mike, 450 00:17:49,566 --> 00:17:51,276 this is the same shit my dad did, the same shit! 451 00:17:51,276 --> 00:17:52,360 I warned you. 452 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:54,487 - Warned me? - Yeah. 453 00:17:54,487 --> 00:17:56,114 - Listen, you and your mother can't turn the champ 454 00:17:56,114 --> 00:17:57,115 into a chump, all right? 455 00:17:57,115 --> 00:17:58,741 - What are you talking about? 456 00:17:58,741 --> 00:17:59,951 - You don't care about me. 457 00:17:59,951 --> 00:18:00,994 All you care about is spending my money. 458 00:18:00,994 --> 00:18:02,537 - I'm trying to protect you 459 00:18:02,537 --> 00:18:04,080 from people who are stealing your money. 460 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,456 - So you can spend it. 461 00:18:05,456 --> 00:18:08,126 ROBIN: I'm spending it on you. 462 00:18:08,126 --> 00:18:11,588 You don't understand that we need everything to be perfect 463 00:18:11,588 --> 00:18:12,672 because everyone is watching. 464 00:18:12,672 --> 00:18:14,132 And what do you do? 465 00:18:14,132 --> 00:18:16,843 You go out and you're cheating worse than my dad. 466 00:18:16,843 --> 00:18:18,970 - You know, I wish you weren't pregnant 467 00:18:18,970 --> 00:18:21,389 so I wouldn't have had to get married to you. 468 00:18:26,853 --> 00:18:30,064 - Well, you got your wish, Michael. 469 00:18:33,443 --> 00:18:36,070 - That's when she told me she lost the baby. 470 00:18:43,745 --> 00:18:45,663 Robin said she lost the baby in the hospital 471 00:18:45,663 --> 00:18:46,873 and I was with her. 472 00:18:46,873 --> 00:18:48,041 I don't know. 473 00:18:48,041 --> 00:18:50,918 She wrote her book, and I wrote mine. 474 00:18:50,918 --> 00:18:53,504 What I do know is, I wanted that fantasy life 475 00:18:53,504 --> 00:18:56,341 for Robin so bad, I would've given her anything. 476 00:18:59,636 --> 00:19:02,180 Well, almost anything. 477 00:19:05,350 --> 00:19:06,392 [doorbell rings] 478 00:19:06,392 --> 00:19:07,560 CAMILLE: Michael! 479 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,187 [squeals] MIKE: It's so good to see you! 480 00:19:09,187 --> 00:19:10,605 - [chuckles] 481 00:19:10,605 --> 00:19:12,607 Oh! 482 00:19:12,607 --> 00:19:15,276 Oh, you look good, my handsome boy. 483 00:19:15,276 --> 00:19:16,444 - Thank you. 484 00:19:16,444 --> 00:19:17,487 I want you to meet my beautiful, 485 00:19:17,487 --> 00:19:19,656 stunning Robin... and Ruth. 486 00:19:19,656 --> 00:19:24,035 - And you are so much more lovely in person. 487 00:19:24,035 --> 00:19:25,828 [giggles] ROBIN: Oh, my. 488 00:19:25,828 --> 00:19:29,916 CAMILLE: I made extra gravy just for you. 489 00:19:29,916 --> 00:19:31,751 - Thanks, Camille. 490 00:19:31,751 --> 00:19:34,587 RUTH: [inhales deeply] 491 00:19:34,587 --> 00:19:37,340 Uh, you have such a beautiful home, Camille. 492 00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:41,094 That room with all of Michael's awards and, uh, medals, 493 00:19:41,094 --> 00:19:42,595 it's like a shrine. 494 00:19:43,638 --> 00:19:45,807 I guess Russ really did love-- MIKE: Cus. 495 00:19:45,807 --> 00:19:47,558 His name is Cus. 496 00:19:47,558 --> 00:19:49,060 RUTH: Right. 497 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:52,855 I guess Cus really loved Michael. 498 00:19:52,855 --> 00:19:55,274 CAMILLE: Well, everyone loves Michael, 499 00:19:55,274 --> 00:19:57,068 especially Cus. 500 00:19:57,068 --> 00:20:00,905 He was so proud of how great Michael was in the ring. 501 00:20:01,906 --> 00:20:04,033 Even in bed, he talks about him. 502 00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:05,702 [chuckles] 503 00:20:05,702 --> 00:20:09,038 "My greatest creation," he'd say. 504 00:20:09,038 --> 00:20:10,790 [cutlery clinking] 505 00:20:10,790 --> 00:20:12,166 - Just so interesting. 506 00:20:13,334 --> 00:20:17,380 I guess, given that Michael is Cus' greatest creation, 507 00:20:17,380 --> 00:20:20,341 it's okay for him to be paying for your house? 508 00:20:21,134 --> 00:20:22,635 - I-- MIKE: Robin. 509 00:20:22,635 --> 00:20:24,512 ROBIN: No, I'm--I'm so sorry. 510 00:20:24,512 --> 00:20:27,849 I'm just wondering why it is that... 511 00:20:27,849 --> 00:20:30,393 my husband is out there 512 00:20:30,393 --> 00:20:33,187 destroying his body in the ring 513 00:20:33,187 --> 00:20:35,231 and, meanwhile, using our money 514 00:20:35,231 --> 00:20:37,734 to pay for everything in here. 515 00:20:37,734 --> 00:20:38,860 - Robin. ROBIN: [chuckles] 516 00:20:38,860 --> 00:20:41,154 And it seems to just be never-end-- 517 00:20:41,154 --> 00:20:42,280 [hand bangs on table] 518 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:45,158 [plate rattling] 519 00:20:46,033 --> 00:20:47,285 [hand thuds] 520 00:20:52,123 --> 00:20:54,041 MIKE: What's the matter with you? 521 00:20:54,041 --> 00:20:55,585 - You need to see what's going on in there. 522 00:20:55,585 --> 00:20:57,420 MIKE: That lady in there's my-- ROBIN: Your what? 523 00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:59,797 She's not your family. 524 00:20:59,797 --> 00:21:00,923 Cus used you. - No. 525 00:21:00,923 --> 00:21:02,633 ROBIN: She's using you. - No. 526 00:21:02,633 --> 00:21:04,051 - They damaged you, and you're--you're, what, 527 00:21:04,051 --> 00:21:06,387 you're paying them for it? 528 00:21:06,387 --> 00:21:09,682 You're so desperate for someone to love you 529 00:21:09,682 --> 00:21:12,351 that you'll rewrite the story just so you feel love. 530 00:21:12,351 --> 00:21:14,687 But--but what about my story? 531 00:21:14,687 --> 00:21:18,816 I love you, and you hate me for it. 532 00:21:18,816 --> 00:21:21,611 You didn't have anyone, so you let Cus turn you 533 00:21:21,611 --> 00:21:24,197 into his brute, and now you're out here 534 00:21:24,197 --> 00:21:26,240 paying for this old white lady's house, 535 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:29,035 mowing her lawn like the hired help. 536 00:21:29,035 --> 00:21:30,953 And for what? 537 00:21:30,953 --> 00:21:35,416 Because she gives you extra gravy and smiles at you? 538 00:21:35,416 --> 00:21:36,918 Don't be so naive. 539 00:21:36,918 --> 00:21:38,669 - You watch your mouth, bitch. 540 00:21:38,669 --> 00:21:39,879 - Oh, that's funny. 541 00:21:39,879 --> 00:21:41,255 Just a minute ago, you were calling me baby. 542 00:21:41,255 --> 00:21:42,882 - I mean it, Robin. I-- 543 00:21:42,882 --> 00:21:44,717 [growls] 544 00:21:44,717 --> 00:21:46,052 [fist thuds] 545 00:21:49,138 --> 00:21:53,017 I don't know how to fight to lose, only to win. 546 00:21:57,396 --> 00:21:59,190 I don't know how to love to win either. 547 00:21:59,190 --> 00:22:01,651 [Bill Withers' "Lovely Day"] 548 00:22:01,651 --> 00:22:03,110 DOCTOR: The lithium should help stabilize 549 00:22:03,110 --> 00:22:04,612 your moods and behavior. 550 00:22:04,612 --> 00:22:06,614 - Pills don't usually make me more stable. 551 00:22:07,532 --> 00:22:09,867 DOCTOR: Manic depression is a lifelong battle, Mike. 552 00:22:11,077 --> 00:22:13,871 You're lucky to have such a great support system. 553 00:22:13,871 --> 00:22:16,123 MIKE: Robin said she was worried about me, 554 00:22:16,123 --> 00:22:17,834 that I was scaring her, 555 00:22:17,834 --> 00:22:19,752 that she only wanted the best for me. 556 00:22:19,752 --> 00:22:21,462 What she didn't realize was... 557 00:22:21,462 --> 00:22:23,589 When I drink or do coke, I'm gonna fight you. 558 00:22:23,589 --> 00:22:26,217 When I smoke weed, I'm gonna give you all my money. 559 00:22:26,217 --> 00:22:29,387 That's not manic depression. That's me on drugs. 560 00:22:29,387 --> 00:22:32,139 BILL WITHERS: ♪ And something without warning, love ♪ 561 00:22:32,139 --> 00:22:34,183 ♪ ♪ 562 00:22:34,183 --> 00:22:35,518 ♪ Bears heavy on my mind ♪ 563 00:22:35,518 --> 00:22:38,271 - It's time for your medicine, baby. 564 00:22:38,271 --> 00:22:41,899 BILL: ♪ Then I look at you ♪ 565 00:22:41,899 --> 00:22:45,069 ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 566 00:22:45,069 --> 00:22:47,947 ♪ ♪ 567 00:22:47,947 --> 00:22:49,115 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 568 00:22:49,115 --> 00:22:52,285 [bell dings] 569 00:22:52,285 --> 00:22:53,452 - What is he on? 570 00:22:53,452 --> 00:22:55,621 - He says it's lithium. - Lithium. 571 00:22:55,621 --> 00:22:57,540 He a boxer, not a housewife. He can't fight. 572 00:22:57,540 --> 00:22:58,833 - He's moving all right. 573 00:22:58,833 --> 00:23:00,418 - He look like a heavyweight to you? 574 00:23:00,418 --> 00:23:02,670 ROBIN: I'm gonna make you something else, okay, baby? 575 00:23:02,670 --> 00:23:05,089 SINGER: ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 576 00:23:05,089 --> 00:23:07,592 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 577 00:23:07,592 --> 00:23:10,761 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪ 578 00:23:10,761 --> 00:23:12,221 RUTH: You cannot keep pretending 579 00:23:12,221 --> 00:23:13,514 you can fix his shit. 580 00:23:13,514 --> 00:23:14,682 Trust me. 581 00:23:14,682 --> 00:23:15,892 - He is my husband. 582 00:23:15,892 --> 00:23:17,059 - Yeah, and I hear y'all yelling, 583 00:23:17,059 --> 00:23:18,436 and I know what he does. 584 00:23:18,436 --> 00:23:19,729 You know I've been through this shit. 585 00:23:19,729 --> 00:23:21,606 - Stop it. 586 00:23:21,606 --> 00:23:23,065 I'm going to fix this. 587 00:23:23,065 --> 00:23:26,402 BILL: ♪ Seems impossible to face ♪ 588 00:23:26,402 --> 00:23:28,738 ♪ ♪ 589 00:23:28,738 --> 00:23:32,283 - At least, that's what I thought they said. 590 00:23:32,283 --> 00:23:34,744 I was too fucked up to know. 591 00:23:34,744 --> 00:23:37,038 ♪ ♪ 592 00:23:37,038 --> 00:23:39,123 Oh, speaking of fucked up... 593 00:23:39,123 --> 00:23:40,499 [car horn blaring] 594 00:23:40,499 --> 00:23:43,794 BILL: ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 595 00:23:43,794 --> 00:23:46,631 ♪ ♪ 596 00:23:46,631 --> 00:23:50,259 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 597 00:23:50,259 --> 00:23:53,971 ♪ And I know it's gonna be ♪ 598 00:23:53,971 --> 00:23:55,806 MIKE: They called it erratic behavior. 599 00:23:55,806 --> 00:23:57,224 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 600 00:23:57,224 --> 00:23:58,684 MIKE: But it was an accident. 601 00:23:58,684 --> 00:24:00,186 [coughs] 602 00:24:00,186 --> 00:24:02,188 Robin said she thought it was a suicide attempt. 603 00:24:02,188 --> 00:24:03,356 The next thing you know, 604 00:24:03,356 --> 00:24:05,316 papers are saying the same thing. 605 00:24:05,316 --> 00:24:06,984 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 606 00:24:06,984 --> 00:24:08,986 MIKE: Right after that was the Russia incident, 607 00:24:08,986 --> 00:24:12,323 which, you know, was totally overblown. 608 00:24:12,323 --> 00:24:14,408 This is what Robin and Ruth said happened, 609 00:24:14,408 --> 00:24:16,452 but hey, I was on lithium, coke, 610 00:24:16,452 --> 00:24:19,455 and weed at the time, so who the fuck knows? 611 00:24:19,455 --> 00:24:21,207 But I had to do damage control, 612 00:24:21,207 --> 00:24:22,625 so I talked to Barbara Walters 613 00:24:22,625 --> 00:24:25,252 looking high as a motherfucking kite. 614 00:24:25,252 --> 00:24:27,463 And we all know how that turned out. 615 00:24:28,839 --> 00:24:32,510 BARBARA: Some of the things we've read... 616 00:24:32,510 --> 00:24:34,470 that he's hit you, 617 00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:39,266 that he's chased you and your mother around in--in Russia, 618 00:24:39,266 --> 00:24:41,686 that Mike has a very volatile temper... 619 00:24:43,437 --> 00:24:44,772 True? 620 00:24:47,942 --> 00:24:49,986 - Extremely volatile. 621 00:24:51,362 --> 00:24:53,155 It's scary. 622 00:24:53,155 --> 00:24:55,366 BARBARA: What happens? 623 00:24:55,366 --> 00:24:56,742 Does he hit you? 624 00:25:01,330 --> 00:25:03,916 - He shakes. 625 00:25:06,168 --> 00:25:07,586 He pushes. 626 00:25:09,130 --> 00:25:10,297 He swings. 627 00:25:12,091 --> 00:25:14,260 For a long time, I thought I could handle it. 628 00:25:15,511 --> 00:25:17,638 I've only recently become afraid. 629 00:25:21,475 --> 00:25:23,894 Michael is a manic-depressive. 630 00:25:23,894 --> 00:25:26,647 He is. That's a fact. 631 00:25:26,647 --> 00:25:29,108 He's had it for a long time. 632 00:25:29,108 --> 00:25:31,986 It went untreated, and it got worse. 633 00:25:31,986 --> 00:25:35,030 BARBARA: Why do you think no one saw it before? 634 00:25:35,030 --> 00:25:38,617 Cus D'Amato didn't see it. Bill Cayton didn't see it. 635 00:25:38,617 --> 00:25:39,785 - [exhales sharply] 636 00:25:41,287 --> 00:25:45,624 I can't imagine that anyone could live with Mike Tyson, 637 00:25:45,624 --> 00:25:48,127 the one that I know, 638 00:25:48,127 --> 00:25:49,754 and not see that there's a problem. 639 00:25:52,339 --> 00:25:54,717 Hitting teachers, 640 00:25:54,717 --> 00:25:57,803 hitting girls and pulling them into the bathroom. 641 00:25:59,263 --> 00:26:00,848 BARBARA: So why wasn't it treated? 642 00:26:04,477 --> 00:26:07,229 - Because he did well in the ring. 643 00:26:07,229 --> 00:26:08,481 Exceptionally well. 644 00:26:09,732 --> 00:26:10,900 MIKE: I wish someone told me 645 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:13,861 that even fairy tales need a prenup. 646 00:26:13,861 --> 00:26:16,489 Robin never actually asked for alimony, 647 00:26:16,489 --> 00:26:20,326 but she did file a $125 million libel suit. 648 00:26:20,326 --> 00:26:22,578 And poof goes my rom-com. 649 00:26:23,746 --> 00:26:25,790 Poof goes my marriage. 650 00:26:27,917 --> 00:26:30,669 Probably we were doomed from the start. 651 00:26:31,837 --> 00:26:34,090 When you hate yourself, you can't love someone else. 652 00:26:35,591 --> 00:26:37,343 It's a very empty feeling when the only thing 653 00:26:37,343 --> 00:26:39,595 you can rely on is fighting, 654 00:26:39,595 --> 00:26:40,971 but that's who I was. 655 00:26:42,098 --> 00:26:43,432 That's who they still wanted. 656 00:26:43,432 --> 00:26:45,226 That's who you all still wanted. 657 00:26:46,936 --> 00:26:48,813 [somber music] 658 00:26:48,813 --> 00:26:51,106 TALK SHOW HOST: My, uh-- my day started off weird. 659 00:26:51,106 --> 00:26:53,067 I bought a lottery ticket today, 660 00:26:53,067 --> 00:26:54,693 and it said, "Congratulations, 661 00:26:54,693 --> 00:26:57,112 you may already be Robin Givens' next husband." 662 00:26:57,112 --> 00:26:59,865 [laughter] 663 00:26:59,865 --> 00:27:01,242 REPORTER: An ambitious gold digger 664 00:27:01,242 --> 00:27:03,202 who's demanding half of what Tyson made 665 00:27:03,202 --> 00:27:04,829 during their short, eight-month marriage, 666 00:27:04,829 --> 00:27:07,456 including the $21 million Tyson earned 667 00:27:07,456 --> 00:27:09,875 at his remarkable 91-second knockout fight 668 00:27:09,875 --> 00:27:12,169 with Michael Spinks. 669 00:27:12,169 --> 00:27:14,505 REPORTER: Getting ugly between the world heavyweight champion 670 00:27:14,505 --> 00:27:17,091 and the sitcom actress, as sources are claiming 671 00:27:17,091 --> 00:27:19,468 Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, 672 00:27:19,468 --> 00:27:21,762 were "always on the prowl 673 00:27:21,762 --> 00:27:24,557 for a big Black celebrity for Robin." 674 00:27:24,557 --> 00:27:27,893 NewsNight polls ranked the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Tyson 675 00:27:27,893 --> 00:27:29,436 the unequivocal holder 676 00:27:29,436 --> 00:27:32,398 of the Most Hated Woman in the World title. 677 00:27:32,398 --> 00:27:33,941 [somber music] 678 00:27:33,941 --> 00:27:36,318 MIKE: My marriage was over. 679 00:27:36,318 --> 00:27:39,488 Maybe I was unlovable, like my mom said. 680 00:27:39,488 --> 00:27:41,615 Maybe I could never have that one-on-one with anybody. 681 00:27:41,615 --> 00:27:42,992 REPORTER: Mike Tyson got support today 682 00:27:42,992 --> 00:27:44,201 from fast-talking... 683 00:27:44,201 --> 00:27:47,288 MIKE: I was just so tired of feeling bad. 684 00:27:47,288 --> 00:27:49,123 But then I realized... 685 00:27:49,123 --> 00:27:50,958 They still love me. 686 00:27:50,958 --> 00:27:52,793 Now I'm really gonna have some fun. 687 00:27:52,793 --> 00:27:56,171 [upbeat hip-hop music] 688 00:27:56,171 --> 00:27:57,631 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 689 00:27:57,631 --> 00:28:00,050 ♪ I gotta get my funds up, so you better get down ♪ 690 00:28:00,050 --> 00:28:02,720 ♪ I came for the guap, fuck around with me ♪ 691 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,639 ♪ I'll have us all living in the lap of luxury ♪ 692 00:28:05,639 --> 00:28:07,391 ♪ 'Cause money make the world go round ♪ 693 00:28:07,391 --> 00:28:08,726 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 694 00:28:08,726 --> 00:28:09,852 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 695 00:28:09,852 --> 00:28:11,186 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 696 00:28:11,186 --> 00:28:12,646 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 697 00:28:12,646 --> 00:28:15,357 ♪ Come get some with me or get laid the fuck down ♪ 698 00:28:15,357 --> 00:28:16,984 ♪ Let me show you where I'm from ♪ 699 00:28:16,984 --> 00:28:18,736 ♪ Gotta keep your shoes laced up ♪ 700 00:28:18,736 --> 00:28:20,362 ♪ In case you gotta run ♪ SINGER: ♪ Whoop, whoop ♪ 701 00:28:20,362 --> 00:28:21,822 SINGER: ♪ From the boys on the block ♪ 702 00:28:21,822 --> 00:28:23,782 ♪ And if it ain't the boys, it's the gang signs ♪ 703 00:28:23,782 --> 00:28:25,284 ♪ Thrown before it pops ♪ 704 00:28:25,284 --> 00:28:27,536 ♪ Don't get caught up in the middle of the crossfire ♪ 705 00:28:27,536 --> 00:28:30,289 ♪ Bullets ain't got no names when you walk by 'em ♪ 706 00:28:30,289 --> 00:28:32,666 ♪ Don't look, be done when we come through ♪ 707 00:28:32,666 --> 00:28:35,252 ♪ Just run, 'cause you know what the gun do ♪ 708 00:28:35,252 --> 00:28:37,379 ♪ E'rybody wanna be from the streets ♪ 709 00:28:37,379 --> 00:28:39,715 ♪ Until they see their man sitting six feet deep ♪ 710 00:28:39,715 --> 00:28:40,841 ♪ With the flowers on the casket ♪ 711 00:28:40,841 --> 00:28:42,468 ♪ And their mom on the sideline ♪ 712 00:28:42,468 --> 00:28:45,095 ♪ Crying like, "Dear Lord, no, no, why mine?" ♪ 713 00:28:45,095 --> 00:28:47,264 ♪ 'Cause no child in the streets here safe ♪ 714 00:28:47,264 --> 00:28:50,267 ♪ By any means necessary, do what it takes ♪