1 00:00:10,470 --> 00:00:14,015 SINGER: ♪ Hey, put the candles on the cake ♪ 2 00:00:14,015 --> 00:00:15,349 ♪ Gonna celebrate ♪ 3 00:00:15,433 --> 00:00:17,351 Should we talk about all the women? 4 00:00:17,435 --> 00:00:20,313 (cheers and applause) 5 00:00:20,313 --> 00:00:22,190 Oh, I come off bad in this part of the story, 6 00:00:22,190 --> 00:00:23,274 but it's the truth. 7 00:00:23,274 --> 00:00:24,901 I'm just gonna go with it. 8 00:00:24,901 --> 00:00:26,694 I was a pig. 9 00:00:26,778 --> 00:00:29,363 But Cus was gone; I didn't know how to deal with all that shit. 10 00:00:30,323 --> 00:00:32,241 (laughter) 11 00:00:32,325 --> 00:00:34,118 INTERVIEWER: Come on, Mike. 12 00:00:34,202 --> 00:00:35,703 {\an8}You mean there aren't a million girls 13 00:00:35,787 --> 00:00:37,497 {\an8}after the heavyweight champ of the world? 14 00:00:37,497 --> 00:00:39,499 {\an8}Nah, man, they don't want me. 15 00:00:39,499 --> 00:00:41,167 {\an8}They just want the cash. 16 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:42,293 {\an8}Got millions of dollars to spend. 17 00:00:42,377 --> 00:00:44,796 {\an8}It's easy to love someone like that. 18 00:00:44,796 --> 00:00:46,714 {\an8}You know, I know what I look like. 19 00:00:46,798 --> 00:00:48,883 {\an8}I see myself in the mirror every day. 20 00:00:50,134 --> 00:00:53,388 {\an8}Nah, but, you know, I just... 21 00:00:53,388 --> 00:00:55,765 {\an8}wish I could find a girl who knew me when I was broke 22 00:00:55,765 --> 00:00:57,558 {\an8}and just thought I was a nice guy. 23 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:01,479 {\an8}I probably cheated on every woman I ever been with. 24 00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:04,982 {\an8}Probably never respect them 25 00:01:05,066 --> 00:01:06,526 {\an8}'cause I never really respect myself. 26 00:01:07,735 --> 00:01:10,363 {\an8}I want to, but... 27 00:01:10,363 --> 00:01:12,907 {\an8}I don't think I ever loved any woman I've ever been with. 28 00:01:15,159 --> 00:01:16,786 {\an8}It's crazy, right? 29 00:01:16,786 --> 00:01:18,413 {\an8}Never love 'em. 30 00:01:18,413 --> 00:01:19,705 {\an8}But I want to. 31 00:01:19,789 --> 00:01:22,708 {\an8}(sensual music) 32 00:01:22,792 --> 00:01:24,919 {\an8}♪ ♪ 33 00:01:24,919 --> 00:01:31,134 {\an8}SINGER: ♪ Come take my hand ♪ 34 00:01:31,134 --> 00:01:33,970 {\an8}(footsteps tapping) 35 00:01:33,970 --> 00:01:36,305 {\an8}♪ Trust me ♪ 36 00:01:36,389 --> 00:01:40,768 {\an8}♪ With all your heart ♪ 37 00:01:40,852 --> 00:01:42,019 {\an8}♪ ♪ 38 00:01:42,103 --> 00:01:43,146 {\an8}All better. 39 00:01:43,146 --> 00:01:46,190 {\an8}SINGER: ♪ Every word that I ♪ 40 00:01:46,274 --> 00:01:50,027 {\an8}♪ Every word I say ♪ 41 00:01:50,111 --> 00:01:52,697 {\an8}(moaning) 42 00:01:52,697 --> 00:01:56,325 {\an8}(energetic music playing over TV) 43 00:01:56,409 --> 00:01:57,660 {\an8}DON CORNELIUS: You got some moves. 44 00:01:57,744 --> 00:01:59,078 {\an8}ROBIN GIVENS: Thank you. 45 00:01:59,162 --> 00:02:01,664 {\an8}DON: Robin, you graduated high school at 15, 46 00:02:01,748 --> 00:02:03,583 Sarah Lawrence College at 19. 47 00:02:03,583 --> 00:02:05,918 Then you turned down Harvard Medical School 48 00:02:06,002 --> 00:02:08,296 to star on a hit series. 49 00:02:08,296 --> 00:02:10,923 Does that make you head of the class? 50 00:02:11,007 --> 00:02:12,383 Well, Don, 51 00:02:12,467 --> 00:02:14,177 some say I am. 52 00:02:14,177 --> 00:02:16,554 DON: If you want more Robin Givens... 53 00:02:16,554 --> 00:02:18,431 I'm gonna marry that woman. 54 00:02:19,557 --> 00:02:20,933 Fuck you. 55 00:02:21,017 --> 00:02:22,351 - AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah! - AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo! 56 00:02:22,435 --> 00:02:23,770 (wolf whistle) 57 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:25,730 MIKE: Robin Givens. 58 00:02:25,730 --> 00:02:27,440 (audience murmuring) 59 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,984 Listen, listen, we were babies. 60 00:02:30,068 --> 00:02:32,070 21 and 22. 61 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:34,447 I thought she was so beautiful. 62 00:02:34,447 --> 00:02:36,532 I mean, look at her. She's a beautiful girl, right? 63 00:02:36,616 --> 00:02:38,868 -(whistling) - Unobtainable. 64 00:02:38,868 --> 00:02:40,369 So I went after her. 65 00:02:41,454 --> 00:02:43,498 I tracked her down. 66 00:02:43,498 --> 00:02:47,168 Took a little work, but I set up a date for us. 67 00:02:48,086 --> 00:02:50,129 You know, in my head, it was like 68 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:52,548 I was in my own version of a fucking rom-com. 69 00:02:52,632 --> 00:02:54,759 (upbeat music) 70 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:56,344 Robin was impressive. 71 00:02:56,344 --> 00:02:58,763 There were very few young Black women on TV back then. 72 00:02:58,763 --> 00:03:01,766 She was a role model, the "it girl." 73 00:03:01,766 --> 00:03:04,060 She was a fairy-tale princess in my head. 74 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:05,228 I wanted to be the kind of person 75 00:03:05,228 --> 00:03:06,813 Robin would wanna fall in love with. 76 00:03:06,813 --> 00:03:08,189 SINGERS: ♪ Anything you ask ♪ 77 00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:10,566 ♪ I'll do it all for you ♪ 78 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:12,360 ♪ ♪ 79 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,697 ♪ You light the sky everywhere you go ♪ 80 00:03:16,781 --> 00:03:19,367 ♪ Your looks could calm the sea ♪ 81 00:03:19,367 --> 00:03:21,035 ♪ ♪ 82 00:03:21,119 --> 00:03:25,331 ♪ You got me hooked, and that's for sure ♪ 83 00:03:25,415 --> 00:03:26,582 ♪ It's no surprise ♪ 84 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:28,501 Hi. You must be Michael. 85 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:29,627 Yeah. 86 00:03:29,711 --> 00:03:30,920 I'm Robin. 87 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,714 I didn't think you'd ever go out with me. 88 00:03:32,714 --> 00:03:34,298 I left so many messages. 89 00:03:34,382 --> 00:03:37,260 Oh, that my mother erased before I ever heard them. 90 00:03:37,260 --> 00:03:39,470 But, um, luckily, she missed the last one. 91 00:03:39,554 --> 00:03:41,305 Why didn't she want us to go out? 92 00:03:42,557 --> 00:03:45,435 Because you hit people for a living, Mr. Tyson. 93 00:03:45,435 --> 00:03:47,645 Michael, this is my mother, Ruth. 94 00:03:47,729 --> 00:03:49,480 And this is my publicist, Stephanie. 95 00:03:49,564 --> 00:03:51,858 (soft piano music playing) 96 00:03:51,858 --> 00:03:53,568 HOST: Right this way. 97 00:03:53,568 --> 00:03:55,778 MIKE: Um, I don't have a clear understanding 98 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:57,989 of what's going on right now. 99 00:03:57,989 --> 00:04:00,074 ROBIN: My mother is very protective of me, 100 00:04:00,158 --> 00:04:03,035 and she had some concerns about us going out, 101 00:04:03,119 --> 00:04:06,873 so this is the compromise. 102 00:04:06,873 --> 00:04:08,291 MIKE: Right. 103 00:04:08,291 --> 00:04:10,334 MIKE: This might surprise you, but there's no way in hell 104 00:04:10,418 --> 00:04:11,878 I'd let one of my daughters go on a date 105 00:04:11,878 --> 00:04:13,629 with a guy like me either. 106 00:04:13,713 --> 00:04:15,590 I mean, come on, it's me. 107 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:18,342 (indistinct chatter) 108 00:04:20,803 --> 00:04:22,513 Um, you know, this has been cool and all, 109 00:04:22,597 --> 00:04:25,433 but it's not really the kind of date I imagined. 110 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:26,642 No offense, Mrs. Givens. 111 00:04:27,935 --> 00:04:29,854 But I think I'm gonna-- 112 00:04:29,854 --> 00:04:31,481 ROBIN: Oh, wait, wait, please sit down. 113 00:04:31,481 --> 00:04:33,357 Um... 114 00:04:33,441 --> 00:04:36,277 I'm sorry. I--I'm nervous. 115 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:38,279 You're Mike Tyson. 116 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,865 This is ridiculous, I know, and I--I'm so sorry. 117 00:04:40,865 --> 00:04:42,158 It's all my fault. 118 00:04:42,158 --> 00:04:44,535 Please... don't go? (chuckles) 119 00:04:44,619 --> 00:04:47,288 ♪ ♪ 120 00:04:47,288 --> 00:04:49,332 Well, I guess we could make this work. 121 00:04:51,751 --> 00:04:54,212 Oh, we made it fucking work. 122 00:04:54,212 --> 00:04:56,547 (laughter) 123 00:04:56,631 --> 00:04:58,966 That's rich to me, you had your own room. 124 00:04:59,050 --> 00:05:00,885 It was super small, okay? 125 00:05:00,885 --> 00:05:02,345 My family had to share everything: 126 00:05:02,345 --> 00:05:06,057 rooms, beds, my mom with guys off the street. 127 00:05:06,057 --> 00:05:07,683 Even your fries? 128 00:05:07,767 --> 00:05:09,644 (chuckles) 129 00:05:11,771 --> 00:05:13,815 Hey, save some of those for me. 130 00:05:14,774 --> 00:05:16,776 Oh, my God. 131 00:05:16,776 --> 00:05:19,320 I haven't had fries in forever. 132 00:05:19,404 --> 00:05:22,448 I have this whole weird thing with perfection. 133 00:05:22,532 --> 00:05:25,535 You know, 'cause if I'm perfect, they can't hurt me. 134 00:05:25,535 --> 00:05:26,828 - MIKE: Mm. -(chuckles) 135 00:05:26,828 --> 00:05:28,287 I learned it from my mom. 136 00:05:28,371 --> 00:05:30,039 My dad cheated on her so bad, 137 00:05:30,123 --> 00:05:31,290 so she was just trying to make sure 138 00:05:31,374 --> 00:05:32,834 I could stand on my own two feet. 139 00:05:33,543 --> 00:05:34,961 I didn't really know my mom. 140 00:05:36,087 --> 00:05:37,380 I didn't have any conversations with her 141 00:05:37,380 --> 00:05:39,298 like that, like I did with Cus. 142 00:05:39,382 --> 00:05:41,217 There's a lot I wish I could ask her now. 143 00:05:41,217 --> 00:05:44,011 Mm, yeah, I mean, 144 00:05:44,095 --> 00:05:46,264 I still don't know my dad. 145 00:05:46,264 --> 00:05:48,516 I always felt like, you know, if I wasn't 146 00:05:48,516 --> 00:05:53,020 smart enough or pretty enough or... 147 00:05:53,104 --> 00:05:54,272 good enough for my dad to love me, 148 00:05:54,272 --> 00:05:55,982 why would anyone love me? 149 00:05:57,316 --> 00:06:00,194 Who would think, to look at us, that we got the same problems? 150 00:06:00,278 --> 00:06:02,447 -(bottles clink) -(both chuckle) 151 00:06:03,406 --> 00:06:05,199 No, you are so beautiful. 152 00:06:05,283 --> 00:06:06,868 I'm not pitiful. 153 00:06:06,868 --> 00:06:10,037 I said "beautiful," not "pitiful." 154 00:06:10,121 --> 00:06:11,456 I know. 155 00:06:11,456 --> 00:06:13,624 I just wanted to hear you say it again. 156 00:06:14,792 --> 00:06:17,211 You know, I was thinking, um, 157 00:06:17,295 --> 00:06:19,005 maybe you could be my girlfriend. 158 00:06:19,005 --> 00:06:21,299 SINGER: ♪ Didn't wanna live without you ♪ 159 00:06:21,299 --> 00:06:23,426 Whoa, um, no. 160 00:06:23,426 --> 00:06:25,720 I'm--I'm sorry, Mike. I just-- 161 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:27,680 Look, the last two weeks have been really fun, 162 00:06:27,764 --> 00:06:30,349 but I just got a lot going on. 163 00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:32,310 I mean, there's not a lot of opportunities 164 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:34,270 for Black actresses in Hollywood. 165 00:06:34,270 --> 00:06:36,856 I'm already 22. I don't have a lot of time. 166 00:06:36,856 --> 00:06:38,983 But I--I got enough money for the both of us. 167 00:06:39,067 --> 00:06:40,193 It doesn't matter. 168 00:06:40,193 --> 00:06:42,528 It matters to me. 169 00:06:42,612 --> 00:06:44,697 You've already made it. You're at the top of your game. 170 00:06:44,781 --> 00:06:46,532 - All eyes on you. - Yeah. 171 00:06:46,616 --> 00:06:48,659 ROBIN: I don't wanna live in someone else's shadow. 172 00:06:48,743 --> 00:06:50,078 I got my own dreams. 173 00:06:51,037 --> 00:06:52,413 I'm sorry, Mike. 174 00:06:52,497 --> 00:06:55,625 SINGER: ♪ You took for granted ♪ 175 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:57,794 Let's rewind, and I'll tell you what I heard. 176 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,089 (tape squealing) 177 00:07:01,089 --> 00:07:02,757 Nigga, you too stupid and too Brownsville 178 00:07:02,757 --> 00:07:04,300 to be my everything. 179 00:07:04,384 --> 00:07:05,968 Thanks for playing. 180 00:07:06,052 --> 00:07:08,137 MIKE: But that just made me want her more. 181 00:07:08,221 --> 00:07:09,680 We were still hanging out and stuff, 182 00:07:09,764 --> 00:07:12,308 but that didn't make her mine. 183 00:07:12,392 --> 00:07:14,310 I wanted her to be mine. 184 00:07:14,394 --> 00:07:16,187 You know, I thought if I give her enough stuff, 185 00:07:16,187 --> 00:07:18,064 I can make her love me. 186 00:07:18,064 --> 00:07:20,817 Nah, I didn't know anything about love. 187 00:07:20,817 --> 00:07:22,693 I only knew what I saw in the movies. 188 00:07:22,777 --> 00:07:24,529 You know, that's what I was playing at. 189 00:07:25,613 --> 00:07:27,532 I was in love... 190 00:07:27,532 --> 00:07:30,410 but in my own kind of fucked-up way, right? 191 00:07:30,410 --> 00:07:31,786 (laughter) 192 00:07:31,786 --> 00:07:33,955 (upbeat music) 193 00:07:33,955 --> 00:07:36,332 - Hi. - I'm looking for some roses. 194 00:07:36,416 --> 00:07:37,625 (door clicks open) 195 00:07:37,625 --> 00:07:42,922 ♪ ♪ 196 00:07:42,922 --> 00:07:44,716 (chuckles) 197 00:07:44,716 --> 00:07:46,300 (moaning) 198 00:07:46,384 --> 00:07:50,096 SINGER: ♪ I can't deny ♪ 199 00:07:50,096 --> 00:07:51,889 ♪ The way you make me feel ♪ 200 00:07:51,973 --> 00:07:53,683 MIKE: I like this one. 201 00:07:53,683 --> 00:07:54,934 Excellent choice. 202 00:07:54,934 --> 00:07:57,520 They're Southern Sea pearls. (chuckles) 203 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:58,563 (gasps) 204 00:07:59,522 --> 00:08:00,857 MIKE: Maybe I was with all those women because I never 205 00:08:00,857 --> 00:08:03,526 really thought I could get Robin. 206 00:08:03,526 --> 00:08:06,028 Or maybe I was just 21 and horny. 207 00:08:06,112 --> 00:08:07,780 Through all the courtship with Robin, 208 00:08:07,864 --> 00:08:09,782 I was still fighting. 209 00:08:09,866 --> 00:08:12,243 I remember I had this one fight with Bonecrusher. 210 00:08:12,243 --> 00:08:14,704 He was a particularly hardheaded motherfucker. 211 00:08:15,329 --> 00:08:17,790 -(grunts) -(bell dings) 212 00:08:17,874 --> 00:08:19,167 The funny thing is, 213 00:08:19,167 --> 00:08:21,461 I think Bonecrusher helped me get Robin. 214 00:08:25,590 --> 00:08:27,216 MIKE: 215 00:08:27,300 --> 00:08:28,718 Hey. 216 00:08:28,718 --> 00:08:30,720 I watched the fight. Are you okay? 217 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,096 MIKE: I'm okay. 218 00:08:32,180 --> 00:08:33,556 It was close, though. 219 00:08:34,348 --> 00:08:36,601 I always feel like if I don't win, people will hate me. 220 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:40,271 Like, I really have to get beat up for somebody to like me. 221 00:08:40,271 --> 00:08:41,522 (chuckles) 222 00:08:41,606 --> 00:08:43,816 I like you, Michael. 223 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:46,319 MIKE: If Cus was here, I'd have somebody to talk to. 224 00:08:47,361 --> 00:08:48,654 Jimmy's all I got now. 225 00:08:48,738 --> 00:08:50,865 Well, I'm here. 226 00:08:50,865 --> 00:08:52,909 I wish you were here. 227 00:08:52,909 --> 00:08:55,161 ROBIN: Michael...(sighs) 228 00:08:55,161 --> 00:08:58,081 It hurts my heart to see you get hit. 229 00:08:58,081 --> 00:09:00,792 Like, it takes too much out of me. 230 00:09:00,792 --> 00:09:03,294 It literally makes me ill. 231 00:09:03,378 --> 00:09:07,215 But... I just wanna protect you. 232 00:09:09,926 --> 00:09:11,803 Hey, Michael? 233 00:09:11,803 --> 00:09:13,596 Do you still want me to be your girl? 234 00:09:13,596 --> 00:09:15,556 Really? 235 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,850 You really wanna be my girl? 236 00:09:17,934 --> 00:09:19,852 Yeah, I do. 237 00:09:19,936 --> 00:09:21,187 MIKE: Yeah? 238 00:09:21,187 --> 00:09:23,856 Yeah, I--I miss you. 239 00:09:23,940 --> 00:09:26,317 I'm gonna hang up the phone before you change your mind. 240 00:09:30,196 --> 00:09:32,490 I got a girlfriend. 241 00:09:32,490 --> 00:09:33,950 Not tonight, you don't. 242 00:09:33,950 --> 00:09:36,953 (8th Day's "She's Not Just Another Woman") 243 00:09:36,953 --> 00:09:39,872 ♪ ♪ 244 00:09:39,956 --> 00:09:42,708 SINGERS: ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 245 00:09:42,792 --> 00:09:45,878 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 246 00:09:45,962 --> 00:09:48,506 ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 247 00:09:48,506 --> 00:09:51,592 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 248 00:09:51,676 --> 00:09:54,137 ♪ She's given me a newborn birth ♪ 249 00:09:54,137 --> 00:09:57,390 ♪ I found sweetness on this bitter Earth ♪ 250 00:09:57,390 --> 00:10:00,184 ♪ She knows the things to say ♪ 251 00:10:00,268 --> 00:10:02,979 ♪ To help my troubles away ♪ 252 00:10:02,979 --> 00:10:05,898 ♪ And when the words she say won't do ♪ 253 00:10:05,982 --> 00:10:08,526 ♪ She'll try a kiss or two ♪ 254 00:10:08,526 --> 00:10:11,487 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 255 00:10:11,571 --> 00:10:14,449 ♪ She knows how to console me ♪ 256 00:10:14,449 --> 00:10:17,368 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 257 00:10:17,452 --> 00:10:19,954 ♪ She knows how to control me ♪ 258 00:10:19,954 --> 00:10:23,624 ♪ I don't want nobody talking 'bout my baby ♪ 259 00:10:23,708 --> 00:10:26,753 ♪ Nobody talkin' 'bout my baby ♪ 260 00:10:26,753 --> 00:10:29,213 ROBIN: This is...(laughs) 261 00:10:29,297 --> 00:10:31,090 I mean, you know you didn't have to do this, right? 262 00:10:31,174 --> 00:10:32,508 Yeah, well, it's not that kind of ring. 263 00:10:32,592 --> 00:10:34,093 Not marriage or anything. 264 00:10:34,177 --> 00:10:35,678 But, you know, whenever you're ready, let me know. 265 00:10:35,762 --> 00:10:38,097 I'll get you something way better than that, way bigger. 266 00:10:43,895 --> 00:10:45,354 Look at us. 267 00:10:45,438 --> 00:10:47,648 - We look aspirational. - MIKE: Yeah. 268 00:10:47,732 --> 00:10:49,901 I mean, I didn't have role models 269 00:10:49,901 --> 00:10:51,778 of people who looked like us growing up. 270 00:10:51,778 --> 00:10:53,821 And now we're them. 271 00:10:53,905 --> 00:10:56,824 It's--it's so exciting. 272 00:10:56,908 --> 00:10:59,118 - Yeah. - You're so exciting. 273 00:10:59,202 --> 00:11:01,579 - We're so exciting. - Yeah. 274 00:11:01,579 --> 00:11:04,123 Think of all the people we can inspire. 275 00:11:04,207 --> 00:11:06,167 Yeah. 276 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:09,670 Speaking of inspiration... 277 00:11:09,754 --> 00:11:11,422 What you got for me? 278 00:11:11,506 --> 00:11:12,673 Mm. 279 00:11:12,757 --> 00:11:14,675 (chuckles) Okay. 280 00:11:14,759 --> 00:11:16,302 - Okay. -(handcuffs rattle) 281 00:11:16,386 --> 00:11:17,929 (bouncy music) 282 00:11:17,929 --> 00:11:19,222 You're mine now, champ. 283 00:11:19,222 --> 00:11:20,390 Right. 284 00:11:21,516 --> 00:11:23,643 (both chuckle) 285 00:11:23,643 --> 00:11:25,186 (Robin yelps) 286 00:11:25,186 --> 00:11:27,522 MIKE: It was the first time I was in love. 287 00:11:27,522 --> 00:11:29,357 We were only 21 and 22. 288 00:11:29,357 --> 00:11:31,067 (both laugh) 289 00:11:32,402 --> 00:11:34,570 It was happening so fast. 290 00:11:36,406 --> 00:11:37,698 Too fast. 291 00:11:38,825 --> 00:11:40,701 Gonna have a baby? 292 00:11:41,494 --> 00:11:43,204 Jimmy told me you're knocked up. 293 00:11:44,414 --> 00:11:46,624 You told my business manager, but you didn't tell me? 294 00:11:46,624 --> 00:11:48,334 I only told my mom. 295 00:11:49,252 --> 00:11:50,837 Maybe she told him? 296 00:11:55,091 --> 00:11:56,926 I didn't wanna pressure you. 297 00:12:03,266 --> 00:12:04,809 Okay? 298 00:12:04,809 --> 00:12:06,269 Yeah. 299 00:12:06,269 --> 00:12:08,229 - Yeah? - Yeah. 300 00:12:10,022 --> 00:12:13,025 To be clear, Robin says she got pregnant 301 00:12:13,109 --> 00:12:14,652 after we got married, 302 00:12:14,736 --> 00:12:16,237 but y'all aren't paying to see her show. 303 00:12:16,237 --> 00:12:17,864 (laughter) 304 00:12:18,865 --> 00:12:20,366 I did the only thing that felt right 305 00:12:20,450 --> 00:12:22,702 every time I thought something was wrong. 306 00:12:22,702 --> 00:12:24,746 I fucked it up even more. 307 00:12:24,746 --> 00:12:27,415 Till death do you part? 308 00:12:27,415 --> 00:12:28,499 I do. 309 00:12:29,417 --> 00:12:31,919 (whispering) You told me we were going to the All-Star Game. 310 00:12:32,003 --> 00:12:34,255 Well, I thought this was more romantic. 311 00:12:34,255 --> 00:12:36,591 More romantic than basketball? 312 00:12:36,591 --> 00:12:38,342 You love me? 313 00:12:38,426 --> 00:12:40,845 (upbeat music) 314 00:12:40,845 --> 00:12:42,221 I do. 315 00:12:42,305 --> 00:12:43,264 PRIEST: You may kiss the bride. 316 00:12:43,264 --> 00:12:47,769 ♪ ♪ 317 00:12:47,769 --> 00:12:49,520 {\an8}(cheers and applause) 318 00:12:49,604 --> 00:12:50,938 -(camera shutters clicking) - Relax, everybody. 319 00:12:51,022 --> 00:12:52,774 He'll be out in a minute. 320 00:12:52,774 --> 00:12:54,150 Sheesh. 321 00:12:55,318 --> 00:12:58,362 Suntory Dry Man reps have their eyes on you, 322 00:12:58,446 --> 00:13:01,199 so we gotta keep this trip squeaky-clean, right? 323 00:13:01,199 --> 00:13:02,742 It's a different market here. 324 00:13:02,742 --> 00:13:04,702 No bad-boy stuff. 325 00:13:04,786 --> 00:13:06,370 I need an advance on my purse. 326 00:13:06,454 --> 00:13:09,082 I wanna get Robin something nice from Japan. 327 00:13:09,082 --> 00:13:10,958 You're spending a lot on Robin. 328 00:13:11,042 --> 00:13:12,710 You need to slow down. 329 00:13:12,794 --> 00:13:14,962 She's my wife. I wanna surprise her. 330 00:13:15,046 --> 00:13:17,215 All right, give her the gift of love. 331 00:13:20,551 --> 00:13:22,053 (sighs) 332 00:13:22,053 --> 00:13:24,555 All right, all right, fine. 333 00:13:24,639 --> 00:13:26,182 I'll see what I can do. 334 00:13:27,308 --> 00:13:29,602 Why isn't Jimmy handling the money? 335 00:13:29,602 --> 00:13:31,521 (inhales deeply) 336 00:13:31,521 --> 00:13:34,315 PRIEST: And we pray that the soul of Jimmy Jacobs 337 00:13:34,399 --> 00:13:36,734 find its eternal resting place. 338 00:13:38,986 --> 00:13:40,363 So here's some real shit. 339 00:13:40,363 --> 00:13:43,533 Jimmy, the manager I liked, that Cus had picked, 340 00:13:43,533 --> 00:13:45,993 had been sick for years, and they hid it from me. 341 00:13:46,077 --> 00:13:47,620 MIKE: Cayton got me to sign some contract 342 00:13:47,620 --> 00:13:48,830 saying if Jimmy died, 343 00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:51,290 Cayton would automatically be my manager. 344 00:13:51,374 --> 00:13:53,292 They even put some shit in about giving their widows 345 00:13:53,376 --> 00:13:55,586 50% of me if they died, 346 00:13:55,670 --> 00:13:57,630 like I was some chattel they could pass around... 347 00:13:59,382 --> 00:14:00,967 Like they own me. 348 00:14:00,967 --> 00:14:03,386 Robin didn't like that, and she sued the fuck out of 'em. 349 00:14:03,386 --> 00:14:04,929 SINGER: ♪ So much did change ♪ 350 00:14:04,929 --> 00:14:06,514 RUTH: Well, thank you for meeting with us. 351 00:14:06,514 --> 00:14:08,516 Since my daughter is now Michael's power of attorney, 352 00:14:08,516 --> 00:14:10,643 we'd like to see his accounts. 353 00:14:10,727 --> 00:14:14,063 I just want everything to be perfect for my family. 354 00:14:14,147 --> 00:14:16,816 It's not just us we need to look out for now. 355 00:14:16,816 --> 00:14:18,776 MIKE: But with Robin doing my finances 356 00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:20,278 and with Jimmy suddenly gone, 357 00:14:20,278 --> 00:14:22,405 someone else snuck in the back door. 358 00:14:22,405 --> 00:14:23,990 DON KING: In this great tragedy, 359 00:14:23,990 --> 00:14:25,616 the loss of a friend and colleague, 360 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:27,285 lays an opportunity. 361 00:14:28,286 --> 00:14:30,121 Jimmy isn't gone. 362 00:14:30,121 --> 00:14:32,707 He's transferred into pure spirit. 363 00:14:32,707 --> 00:14:35,084 In the--in the same way, your trusting relationship with him 364 00:14:35,168 --> 00:14:38,087 doesn't have to be lost, just transferred. 365 00:14:38,171 --> 00:14:40,381 (chuckles) 366 00:14:40,465 --> 00:14:42,467 Mike, you have an opportunity 367 00:14:42,467 --> 00:14:44,427 to take control of your destiny. 368 00:14:45,762 --> 00:14:48,097 As one fully liberated Black man to another, 369 00:14:48,181 --> 00:14:52,977 take solace that death is but a transition, 370 00:14:53,061 --> 00:14:55,521 and I am your rebirth. 371 00:14:55,605 --> 00:14:57,023 (chuckles) 372 00:15:00,568 --> 00:15:03,112 Oh, he's a charming motherfucker. 373 00:15:03,196 --> 00:15:04,447 Uh-huh. 374 00:15:06,783 --> 00:15:09,702 (upbeat music) 375 00:15:09,786 --> 00:15:13,539 ♪ ♪ 376 00:15:13,623 --> 00:15:14,749 ROBIN: Now, the pictures from Paris 377 00:15:14,749 --> 00:15:15,958 were supposed to arrive on Friday. 378 00:15:16,042 --> 00:15:17,168 I don't understand what the holdup is. 379 00:15:17,168 --> 00:15:18,294 You need to get on the phone with Christophe. 380 00:15:18,378 --> 00:15:19,545 You know how these French people are. 381 00:15:19,629 --> 00:15:20,880 You have to stay on top of them. Oh, babe. 382 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,632 So... I'm thinking Vulcano silk 383 00:15:22,632 --> 00:15:24,175 for this room and then maybe a... 384 00:15:24,175 --> 00:15:25,968 MIKE: Everyone has this vision that Robin ran around 385 00:15:26,052 --> 00:15:28,346 with all the decorators doing the house. 386 00:15:28,346 --> 00:15:29,680 That's bullshit. 387 00:15:29,764 --> 00:15:31,432 It was all me. 388 00:15:31,516 --> 00:15:33,226 I'll have what she's not having. 389 00:15:33,226 --> 00:15:36,145 A toast to our perfect new home 390 00:15:36,229 --> 00:15:39,857 and to Michael, who is going to be the best father, 391 00:15:39,941 --> 00:15:42,985 and Mom for always taking such good care of us. 392 00:15:43,069 --> 00:15:44,278 RUTH: You're my children. 393 00:15:44,362 --> 00:15:46,114 It's my job to protect you, 394 00:15:46,114 --> 00:15:48,032 especially when you don't even know you need it. 395 00:15:49,534 --> 00:15:51,119 What's that supposed to mean? 396 00:15:51,119 --> 00:15:52,995 Mom, not now. 397 00:15:53,079 --> 00:15:54,288 You're both so young. 398 00:15:54,372 --> 00:15:56,249 I'm just concerned that the people who are 399 00:15:56,249 --> 00:15:58,209 supposed to be looking out for you aren't. 400 00:16:00,878 --> 00:16:02,088 Well... (chuckles) 401 00:16:02,088 --> 00:16:05,341 What mom is trying to say is... 402 00:16:07,009 --> 00:16:08,761 Bill Cayton's been stealing from us. 403 00:16:09,887 --> 00:16:11,055 From you. 404 00:16:13,057 --> 00:16:15,935 Donald Trump has offered his consulting services. 405 00:16:15,935 --> 00:16:18,020 Now, that's a businessman you can trust. 406 00:16:21,733 --> 00:16:23,860 You guys couldn't find a smaller chicken? 407 00:16:25,153 --> 00:16:26,738 It's a quail. 408 00:16:26,738 --> 00:16:28,489 What's a quail? 409 00:16:28,573 --> 00:16:30,408 DON: (laughs) 410 00:16:30,408 --> 00:16:32,952 Quail? Goddamn! 411 00:16:32,952 --> 00:16:34,537 You race pigeons. You don't eat 'em! 412 00:16:34,537 --> 00:16:35,705 (laughs) 413 00:16:35,705 --> 00:16:37,081 Those women are trying to turn you 414 00:16:37,165 --> 00:16:38,374 into some kind of sissy. 415 00:16:38,458 --> 00:16:39,709 Next thing you know, you gonna be 416 00:16:39,709 --> 00:16:41,419 drinking Champale, pinkie in the air! 417 00:16:41,419 --> 00:16:43,171 (chuckles) 418 00:16:43,171 --> 00:16:45,423 Ooh, that Trump's a tender-handed white boy. 419 00:16:45,423 --> 00:16:47,091 Hmm. 420 00:16:47,175 --> 00:16:49,135 Never had a callus in his life. 421 00:16:49,135 --> 00:16:50,845 Got his money from his daddy. 422 00:16:51,971 --> 00:16:53,014 They're softening you up. 423 00:16:53,890 --> 00:16:57,060 Girl's got your balls. Mama's lookin' to cut 'em off. 424 00:16:57,060 --> 00:16:58,478 Man, that's my wife. 425 00:16:58,478 --> 00:16:59,854 (groans) 426 00:16:59,854 --> 00:17:01,856 Someone who didn't care would shut the fuck up, 427 00:17:01,856 --> 00:17:04,108 not say a goddamn word. 428 00:17:04,192 --> 00:17:07,028 But I can't stand by and watch the champ become a chump. 429 00:17:07,028 --> 00:17:09,655 Mm-mm, hmm. 430 00:17:09,739 --> 00:17:11,365 Stick with the King, boy, you'll be all right. 431 00:17:11,449 --> 00:17:13,034 (chuckles) 432 00:17:13,951 --> 00:17:16,120 MIKE: That's one thing Don was right about. 433 00:17:16,204 --> 00:17:18,414 Ruth and Robin had me by the balls. 434 00:17:18,498 --> 00:17:21,584 So me and my balls started spending less time at home. 435 00:17:22,794 --> 00:17:23,795 ROBIN: (claps twice) 436 00:17:26,339 --> 00:17:27,965 It's 4:00 a.m. 437 00:17:28,674 --> 00:17:30,259 I thought you were asleep. 438 00:17:30,343 --> 00:17:32,804 Mm, I bet you did. 439 00:17:32,804 --> 00:17:34,138 Mm-hmm. 440 00:17:38,351 --> 00:17:40,061 Where were you? 441 00:17:40,061 --> 00:17:42,480 I mean, I was, um-- I mean... 442 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,399 I was with Don. 443 00:17:44,399 --> 00:17:46,526 - Yeah. - Oh, really? 444 00:17:46,526 --> 00:17:49,028 Is that Don's color? 445 00:17:51,614 --> 00:17:52,782 Okay, I don't have to tell you 446 00:17:52,782 --> 00:17:54,242 where I've been, who I've been with, okay? 447 00:17:54,242 --> 00:17:55,576 (scoffs) Jesus, Mike, 448 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:57,286 this is the same shit my dad did, the same shit! 449 00:17:57,370 --> 00:17:58,371 I warned you. 450 00:17:58,371 --> 00:18:00,498 - Warned me? - Yeah. 451 00:18:00,498 --> 00:18:02,125 Listen, you and your mother can't turn the champ 452 00:18:02,125 --> 00:18:03,167 into a chump, all right? 453 00:18:03,251 --> 00:18:04,794 What are you talking about? 454 00:18:04,794 --> 00:18:06,003 You don't care about me. 455 00:18:06,087 --> 00:18:07,046 All you care about is spending my money. 456 00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:08,589 I'm trying to protect you 457 00:18:08,673 --> 00:18:10,133 from people who are stealing your money. 458 00:18:10,133 --> 00:18:11,509 So you can spend it. 459 00:18:11,509 --> 00:18:14,178 ROBIN: I'm spending it on you. 460 00:18:14,262 --> 00:18:17,640 You don't understand that we need everything to be perfect 461 00:18:17,724 --> 00:18:18,725 because everyone is watching. 462 00:18:18,725 --> 00:18:20,184 And what do you do? 463 00:18:20,268 --> 00:18:22,895 You go out and you're cheating worse than my dad. 464 00:18:22,979 --> 00:18:24,981 You know, I wish you weren't pregnant 465 00:18:24,981 --> 00:18:27,483 so I wouldn't have had to get married to you. 466 00:18:32,947 --> 00:18:36,159 Well, you got your wish, Michael. 467 00:18:39,537 --> 00:18:42,165 That's when she told me she lost the baby. 468 00:18:49,881 --> 00:18:51,716 MIKE: Robin said she lost the baby in the hospital 469 00:18:51,716 --> 00:18:52,925 and I was with her. 470 00:18:53,009 --> 00:18:54,093 I don't know. 471 00:18:54,177 --> 00:18:56,971 She wrote her book, and I wrote mine. 472 00:18:57,055 --> 00:18:59,557 What I do know is, I wanted that fantasy life 473 00:18:59,557 --> 00:19:02,477 for Robin so bad, I would've given her anything. 474 00:19:05,730 --> 00:19:08,274 Well, almost anything. 475 00:19:11,444 --> 00:19:12,403 (doorbell rings) 476 00:19:12,487 --> 00:19:13,529 CAMILLE: Michael! 477 00:19:13,613 --> 00:19:15,198 -(squeals) - MIKE: It's so good to see you! 478 00:19:15,198 --> 00:19:16,616 (chuckles) 479 00:19:16,616 --> 00:19:18,618 Oh! 480 00:19:18,618 --> 00:19:21,287 Oh, you look good, my handsome boy. 481 00:19:21,287 --> 00:19:22,455 Thank you. 482 00:19:22,455 --> 00:19:23,498 I want you to meet my beautiful, 483 00:19:23,498 --> 00:19:25,708 stunning Robin... and Ruth. 484 00:19:25,792 --> 00:19:30,088 And you are so much more lovely in person. 485 00:19:30,088 --> 00:19:31,881 -(giggles) - ROBIN: Oh, my. 486 00:19:31,881 --> 00:19:35,968 CAMILLE: I made extra gravy just for you. 487 00:19:36,052 --> 00:19:37,804 Thanks, Camille. 488 00:19:37,804 --> 00:19:40,640 RUTH: (inhales deeply) 489 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,393 Uh, you have such a beautiful home, Camille. 490 00:19:43,393 --> 00:19:47,105 That room with all of Michael's awards and, uh, medals, 491 00:19:47,105 --> 00:19:48,689 it's like a shrine. 492 00:19:49,732 --> 00:19:51,818 - I guess Russ really did love-- - MIKE: Cus. 493 00:19:51,818 --> 00:19:53,569 His name is Cus. 494 00:19:53,653 --> 00:19:55,071 RUTH: Right. 495 00:19:55,071 --> 00:19:58,866 I guess Cus really loved Michael. 496 00:19:58,950 --> 00:20:01,285 CAMILLE: Well, everyone loves Michael, 497 00:20:01,369 --> 00:20:03,079 especially Cus. 498 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:06,999 He was so proud of how great Michael was in the ring. 499 00:20:08,042 --> 00:20:10,086 Even in bed, he talks about him. 500 00:20:10,086 --> 00:20:11,754 (chuckles) 501 00:20:11,838 --> 00:20:15,091 "My greatest creation," he'd say. 502 00:20:15,091 --> 00:20:16,843 (cutlery clinking) 503 00:20:16,843 --> 00:20:18,302 Just so interesting. 504 00:20:19,470 --> 00:20:23,433 I guess, given that Michael is Cus' greatest creation, 505 00:20:23,433 --> 00:20:26,477 it's okay for him to be paying for your house? 506 00:20:27,270 --> 00:20:28,646 - I-- - MIKE: Robin. 507 00:20:28,730 --> 00:20:30,523 ROBIN: No, I'm--I'm so sorry. 508 00:20:30,523 --> 00:20:33,860 I'm just wondering why it is that... 509 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:36,404 my husband is out there 510 00:20:36,404 --> 00:20:39,198 destroying his body in the ring 511 00:20:39,282 --> 00:20:41,242 and, meanwhile, using our money 512 00:20:41,242 --> 00:20:43,745 to pay for everything in here. 513 00:20:43,745 --> 00:20:44,871 - Robin. - ROBIN: (chuckles) 514 00:20:44,871 --> 00:20:47,165 And it seems to just be never-end-- 515 00:20:47,165 --> 00:20:48,291 (hand bangs on table) 516 00:20:48,291 --> 00:20:51,294 (plate rattling) 517 00:20:52,170 --> 00:20:53,421 (hand thuds) 518 00:20:58,259 --> 00:21:00,094 MIKE: What's the matter with you? 519 00:21:00,178 --> 00:21:01,637 You need to see what's going on in there. 520 00:21:01,721 --> 00:21:03,473 - MIKE: That lady in there's my-- - ROBIN: Your what? 521 00:21:03,473 --> 00:21:05,850 She's not your family. 522 00:21:05,850 --> 00:21:06,976 - Cus used you. - No. 523 00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:08,686 - ROBIN: She's using you. - No. 524 00:21:08,770 --> 00:21:10,063 They damaged you, and you're--you're, what, 525 00:21:10,063 --> 00:21:12,398 you're paying them for it? 526 00:21:12,482 --> 00:21:15,693 You're so desperate for someone to love you 527 00:21:15,777 --> 00:21:18,362 that you'll rewrite the story just so you feel love. 528 00:21:18,446 --> 00:21:20,698 But--but what about my story? 529 00:21:20,782 --> 00:21:24,827 I love you, and you hate me for it. 530 00:21:24,911 --> 00:21:27,622 You didn't have anyone, so you let Cus turn you 531 00:21:27,622 --> 00:21:30,249 into his brute, and now you're out here 532 00:21:30,333 --> 00:21:32,293 paying for this old white lady's house, 533 00:21:32,377 --> 00:21:35,088 mowing her lawn like the hired help. 534 00:21:35,088 --> 00:21:37,006 And for what? 535 00:21:37,090 --> 00:21:41,469 Because she gives you extra gravy and smiles at you? 536 00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:42,970 Don't be so naive. 537 00:21:43,054 --> 00:21:44,722 You watch your mouth, bitch. 538 00:21:44,806 --> 00:21:45,932 Oh, that's funny. 539 00:21:45,932 --> 00:21:47,308 Just a minute ago, you were calling me baby. 540 00:21:47,392 --> 00:21:48,935 I mean it, Robin. I-- 541 00:21:48,935 --> 00:21:50,770 (growls) 542 00:21:50,770 --> 00:21:52,146 (fist thuds) 543 00:21:55,233 --> 00:21:59,112 I don't know how to fight to lose, only to win. 544 00:22:03,491 --> 00:22:05,201 I don't know how to love to win either. 545 00:22:05,201 --> 00:22:07,662 (Bill Withers' "Lovely Day") 546 00:22:07,662 --> 00:22:09,122 DOCTOR: The lithium should help stabilize 547 00:22:09,122 --> 00:22:10,623 your moods and behavior. 548 00:22:10,623 --> 00:22:12,750 Pills don't usually make me more stable. 549 00:22:13,668 --> 00:22:16,003 DOCTOR: Manic depression is a lifelong battle, Mike. 550 00:22:17,213 --> 00:22:19,924 You're lucky to have such a great support system. 551 00:22:19,924 --> 00:22:22,176 MIKE: Robin said she was worried about me, 552 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,886 that I was scaring her, 553 00:22:23,970 --> 00:22:25,805 that she only wanted the best for me. 554 00:22:25,805 --> 00:22:27,515 What she didn't realize was... 555 00:22:27,515 --> 00:22:29,642 When I drink or do coke, I'm gonna fight you. 556 00:22:29,726 --> 00:22:32,270 When I smoke weed, I'm gonna give you all my money. 557 00:22:32,270 --> 00:22:35,398 That's not manic depression. That's me on drugs. 558 00:22:35,398 --> 00:22:38,151 BILL WITHERS: ♪ And something without warning, love ♪ 559 00:22:38,151 --> 00:22:40,194 ♪ ♪ 560 00:22:40,278 --> 00:22:41,529 ♪ Bears heavy on my mind ♪ 561 00:22:41,529 --> 00:22:44,282 It's time for your medicine, baby. 562 00:22:44,282 --> 00:22:47,910 BILL: ♪ Then I look at you ♪ 563 00:22:47,994 --> 00:22:51,080 ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 564 00:22:51,164 --> 00:22:54,000 ♪ ♪ 565 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,168 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 566 00:22:55,168 --> 00:22:58,337 (bell dings) 567 00:22:58,421 --> 00:22:59,505 What is he on? 568 00:22:59,589 --> 00:23:01,674 - He says it's lithium. - Lithium. 569 00:23:01,758 --> 00:23:03,593 He a boxer, not a housewife. He can't fight. 570 00:23:03,593 --> 00:23:04,886 He's moving all right. 571 00:23:04,886 --> 00:23:06,471 He look like a heavyweight to you? 572 00:23:06,471 --> 00:23:08,723 ROBIN: I'm gonna make you something else, okay, baby? 573 00:23:08,723 --> 00:23:11,142 SINGER: ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 574 00:23:11,142 --> 00:23:13,644 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 575 00:23:13,728 --> 00:23:16,773 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪ 576 00:23:16,773 --> 00:23:18,232 RUTH: You cannot keep pretending 577 00:23:18,316 --> 00:23:19,525 you can fix his shit. 578 00:23:19,609 --> 00:23:20,693 Trust me. 579 00:23:20,777 --> 00:23:21,903 He is my husband. 580 00:23:21,903 --> 00:23:23,071 Yeah, and I hear y'all yelling, 581 00:23:23,071 --> 00:23:24,447 and I know what he does. 582 00:23:24,447 --> 00:23:25,740 You know I've been through this shit. 583 00:23:25,740 --> 00:23:27,617 Stop it. 584 00:23:27,617 --> 00:23:29,077 I'm going to fix this. 585 00:23:29,077 --> 00:23:32,413 BILL: ♪ Seems impossible to face ♪ 586 00:23:32,497 --> 00:23:34,749 ♪ ♪ 587 00:23:34,749 --> 00:23:38,336 At least, that's what I thought they said. 588 00:23:38,336 --> 00:23:40,797 I was too fucked up to know. 589 00:23:40,797 --> 00:23:43,091 ♪ ♪ 590 00:23:43,091 --> 00:23:45,176 Oh, speaking of fucked up... 591 00:23:45,176 --> 00:23:46,552 (car horn blaring) 592 00:23:46,636 --> 00:23:49,847 BILL: ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 593 00:23:49,931 --> 00:23:52,683 ♪ ♪ 594 00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:56,270 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 595 00:23:56,354 --> 00:23:59,982 ♪ And I know it's gonna be ♪ 596 00:24:00,066 --> 00:24:01,818 MIKE: They called it erratic behavior. 597 00:24:01,818 --> 00:24:03,236 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 598 00:24:03,236 --> 00:24:04,695 MIKE: But it was an accident. 599 00:24:04,779 --> 00:24:06,155 (coughs) 600 00:24:06,239 --> 00:24:08,199 Robin said she thought it was a suicide attempt. 601 00:24:08,199 --> 00:24:09,367 The next thing you know, 602 00:24:09,367 --> 00:24:11,327 papers are saying the same thing. 603 00:24:11,411 --> 00:24:12,995 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 604 00:24:13,079 --> 00:24:14,997 MIKE: Right after that was the Russia incident, 605 00:24:15,081 --> 00:24:18,376 which, you know, was totally overblown. 606 00:24:18,376 --> 00:24:20,461 This is what Robin and Ruth said happened, 607 00:24:20,545 --> 00:24:22,505 but hey, I was on lithium, coke, 608 00:24:22,505 --> 00:24:25,508 and weed at the time, so who the fuck knows? 609 00:24:25,508 --> 00:24:27,260 But I had to do damage control, 610 00:24:27,260 --> 00:24:28,678 so I talked to Barbara Walters 611 00:24:28,678 --> 00:24:31,305 looking high as a motherfucking kite. 612 00:24:31,389 --> 00:24:33,599 And we all know how that turned out. 613 00:24:34,976 --> 00:24:38,521 BARBARA: Some of the things we've read... 614 00:24:38,521 --> 00:24:40,481 that he's hit you, 615 00:24:40,565 --> 00:24:45,278 that he's chased you and your mother around in--in Russia, 616 00:24:45,278 --> 00:24:47,780 that Mike has a very volatile temper... 617 00:24:49,532 --> 00:24:50,867 True? 618 00:24:54,036 --> 00:24:56,080 Extremely volatile. 619 00:24:57,457 --> 00:24:59,208 It's scary. 620 00:24:59,292 --> 00:25:01,419 BARBARA: What happens? 621 00:25:01,419 --> 00:25:02,879 Does he hit you? 622 00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:10,053 He shakes. 623 00:25:12,305 --> 00:25:13,723 He pushes. 624 00:25:15,266 --> 00:25:16,434 He swings. 625 00:25:18,227 --> 00:25:20,354 For a long time, I thought I could handle it. 626 00:25:21,606 --> 00:25:23,733 I've only recently become afraid. 627 00:25:27,570 --> 00:25:29,906 Michael is a manic-depressive. 628 00:25:29,906 --> 00:25:32,658 He is. That's a fact. 629 00:25:32,742 --> 00:25:35,119 He's had it for a long time. 630 00:25:35,203 --> 00:25:37,997 It went untreated, and it got worse. 631 00:25:38,081 --> 00:25:41,084 BARBARA: Why do you think no one saw it before? 632 00:25:41,084 --> 00:25:44,670 Cus D'Amato didn't see it. Bill Cayton didn't see it. 633 00:25:44,754 --> 00:25:45,922 (exhales sharply) 634 00:25:47,423 --> 00:25:51,677 I can't imagine that anyone could live with Mike Tyson, 635 00:25:51,761 --> 00:25:54,180 the one that I know, 636 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:55,890 and not see that there's a problem. 637 00:25:58,476 --> 00:26:00,770 Hitting teachers, 638 00:26:00,770 --> 00:26:03,898 hitting girls and pulling them into the bathroom. 639 00:26:05,358 --> 00:26:06,943 BARBARA: So why wasn't it treated? 640 00:26:10,571 --> 00:26:13,241 Because he did well in the ring. 641 00:26:13,241 --> 00:26:14,575 Exceptionally well. 642 00:26:15,827 --> 00:26:16,911 MIKE: I wish someone told me 643 00:26:16,911 --> 00:26:19,872 that even fairy tales need a prenup. 644 00:26:19,956 --> 00:26:22,542 Robin never actually asked for alimony, 645 00:26:22,542 --> 00:26:26,379 but she did file a $125 million libel suit. 646 00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:28,715 And "poof" goes my rom-com. 647 00:26:29,882 --> 00:26:31,926 "Poof" goes my marriage. 648 00:26:34,053 --> 00:26:36,806 Probably we were doomed from the start. 649 00:26:37,974 --> 00:26:40,226 When you hate yourself, you can't love someone else. 650 00:26:41,728 --> 00:26:43,354 It's a very empty feeling when the only thing 651 00:26:43,438 --> 00:26:45,606 you can rely on is fighting, 652 00:26:45,690 --> 00:26:47,066 but that's who I was. 653 00:26:48,192 --> 00:26:49,444 That's who they still wanted. 654 00:26:49,444 --> 00:26:51,320 That's who you all still wanted. 655 00:26:53,030 --> 00:26:54,824 (somber music) 656 00:26:54,824 --> 00:26:57,118 JOHNNY CARSON: My, uh-- my day started off weird. 657 00:26:57,118 --> 00:26:59,078 I bought a lottery ticket today, 658 00:26:59,162 --> 00:27:00,705 and it said, "Congratulations, 659 00:27:00,705 --> 00:27:03,124 you may already be Robin Givens' next husband." 660 00:27:03,124 --> 00:27:05,918 (laughter) 661 00:27:06,002 --> 00:27:07,295 REPORTER: ...an ambitious gold digger 662 00:27:07,295 --> 00:27:09,255 who's demanding half of what Tyson made 663 00:27:09,255 --> 00:27:10,882 during their short, eight-month marriage, 664 00:27:10,882 --> 00:27:13,509 including the $21 million Tyson earned 665 00:27:13,593 --> 00:27:15,928 at his remarkable 91-second knockout fight 666 00:27:16,012 --> 00:27:18,222 with Michael Spinks. 667 00:27:18,306 --> 00:27:19,432 REPORTER: ...getting ugly between 668 00:27:19,432 --> 00:27:21,934 the world heavyweight champion and the sitcom actress, 669 00:27:22,018 --> 00:27:23,186 as sources are claiming 670 00:27:23,186 --> 00:27:25,480 Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, 671 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,774 were "always on the prowl 672 00:27:27,774 --> 00:27:30,568 for a big Black celebrity for Robin." 673 00:27:30,568 --> 00:27:33,905 NewsNight polls ranked the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Tyson 674 00:27:33,905 --> 00:27:35,448 the unequivocal holder 675 00:27:35,448 --> 00:27:38,409 of the Most Hated Woman in the World title. 676 00:27:38,493 --> 00:27:39,952 (somber music) 677 00:27:40,036 --> 00:27:42,330 MIKE: My marriage was over. 678 00:27:42,330 --> 00:27:45,500 Maybe I was unlovable, like my mom said. 679 00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,668 Maybe I could never have that one-on-one with anybody. 680 00:27:47,752 --> 00:27:49,045 REPORTER: Mike Tyson got support today 681 00:27:49,045 --> 00:27:50,254 from fast-talking... 682 00:27:50,338 --> 00:27:53,341 MIKE: I was just so tired of feeling bad. 683 00:27:53,341 --> 00:27:55,176 But then I realized... 684 00:27:55,176 --> 00:27:57,011 They still love me. 685 00:27:57,095 --> 00:27:58,846 Now I'm really gonna have some fun. 686 00:27:58,930 --> 00:28:02,225 (upbeat hip-hop music) 687 00:28:02,225 --> 00:28:03,684 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 688 00:28:03,768 --> 00:28:06,104 ♪ I gotta get my funds up, so you better get down ♪ 689 00:28:06,104 --> 00:28:08,731 ♪ I came for the guap, fuck around with me ♪ 690 00:28:08,815 --> 00:28:11,651 ♪ I'll have us all living in the lap of luxury ♪ 691 00:28:11,651 --> 00:28:13,403 ♪ 'Cause money make the world go round ♪ 692 00:28:13,403 --> 00:28:14,737 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 693 00:28:14,821 --> 00:28:15,863 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 694 00:28:15,947 --> 00:28:17,198 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 695 00:28:17,198 --> 00:28:18,658 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 696 00:28:18,658 --> 00:28:21,369 ♪ Come get some with me or get laid the fuck down ♪ 697 00:28:21,369 --> 00:28:22,995 ♪ Let me show you where I'm from ♪ 698 00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:24,747 ♪ Gotta keep your shoes laced up ♪ 699 00:28:24,831 --> 00:28:26,374 -♪ In case you gotta run ♪ - SINGER: ♪ Whoop, whoop ♪ 700 00:28:26,374 --> 00:28:27,834 SINGER: ♪ From the boys on the block ♪ 701 00:28:27,834 --> 00:28:29,836 ♪ And if it ain't the boys, it's the gang signs ♪ 702 00:28:29,836 --> 00:28:31,337 ♪ Thrown before it pops ♪ 703 00:28:31,421 --> 00:28:33,589 ♪ Don't get caught up in the middle of the crossfire ♪ 704 00:28:33,673 --> 00:28:36,342 ♪ Bullets ain't got no names when you walk by 'em ♪ 705 00:28:36,426 --> 00:28:38,720 ♪ Don't look, be done when we come through ♪ 706 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,305 ♪ Just run, 'cause you know what the gun do ♪ 707 00:28:41,389 --> 00:28:43,433 ♪ E'rybody wanna be from the streets ♪ 708 00:28:43,433 --> 00:28:45,768 ♪ Until they see their man sitting six feet deep ♪ 709 00:28:45,852 --> 00:28:46,894 ♪ With the flowers on the casket ♪ 710 00:28:46,978 --> 00:28:48,479 ♪ And their mom on the sideline ♪ 711 00:28:48,563 --> 00:28:51,107 ♪ Crying like, "Dear Lord, no, no, why mine?" ♪ 712 00:28:51,107 --> 00:28:53,276 ♪ 'Cause no child in the streets here safe ♪ 713 00:28:53,276 --> 00:28:56,279 {\an8}♪ By any means necessary, do what it takes ♪ 714 00:28:56,279 --> 00:28:59,365 Captioned by Captionmax