Mike Tyson Exposes “Blogging Guys” for Putting Him in a ‘Ridiculous’ Situation With Jamie Foxx Amid Health Scare Speculations

“Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it,” Mike Tyson once wrote on his Facebook account. It’s true that the internet has given every person in this world, a voice of their own, now as great as it sounds, it has its fair share of disadvantages attached to it. One such incident has again taken place with none other than the man who quoted the aforementioned statement, ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson.

So in the recent episode of Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson with the TV personality Stephen A. Smith, he revealed that his wife found a blog where the reporter conjectured that Mike Tyson talked about Jamie Foxx having a stroke. Whereas, Tyson never remarked anything of that sort regarding Jamie Foxx‘s health.

Tyson was agitated by such fallacious speculation. He complained that these online writers will say anything for an ounce of clout without any concrete substantiation. Smith was flabbergasted by this, and he replied, “That’s ridiculous“. Also, he denounced the online writers who call themselves journalists while they’re nothing more than just mere bloggers. Later in the podcast, Tyson again brought up the topic of bloggers’ impudence and lambasted them for their working process.

Mike Tyson criticizes online bloggers

So after Mike Tyson’s confession about the blog controversy, Smith talked about how the process goes at his own workplace. He emphasized the importance of a hierarchical administration similar to what they have at ESPN, for the organization has healthy censorship on their reporter’s output. As they can’t say or write whatever they feel like. More so, about sensitive topics like life and death, especially when Jamie Foxx’s family is going through such a tough time. Due to his health update, not long ago, Tyson was ambiguous about Foxx’s role in his biopic.

Nevertheless, Tyson agreed to what Smith said, and enunciated, “These blogging guys have never enough distance to the people they’re talking about. They’re never around them, they never will see these guys, only on television. But these guys having no kind of inclusion.” And Smith reclined on the couch and uttered, “That’s a big deal.”

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Smith understood the absence of oversight over such bloggers and agreed with Tyson’s disgust towards the way bloggers present shams disguised as truth in front of the world. What are your thoughts about the blogging business side of digital media? Share it with us in the comments section.

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