In Mike Tyson's personal life, his whirlwind romance and shortlived marriage with Robin Givens takes the spotlight. They were married from February 7, 1988, to February 14, 1989; Givens was 23 when they married and Tyson was 21. In fact, Givens can be thought of as Tyson's fiercest opponent yet!
After their divorce, Tyson reportedly caught his ex-wife with Brad Pitt. As per him, "You should have seen his face when he saw me. I was due a divorce but every day I would go to her house to have sex with her. This particular day, someone beat me to the punch. I guess Brad Pitt got there earlier than I did."
In an extremely controversial interview that featured both Tyson and Givens, the latter accused the former of being intimidating, abusive, uncontrollable, and a manic, "There’s a time when he cannot control his temper and that’s frightening. He gets out of control, throwing, screaming. He shakes, he pushes, he swings.”
An inebriated Tyson also confronted Michael Jordan over Givens at a party. As per Tyson’s manager Rory Holloway, he said to Jordan, "‘Hey man, you think I’m stupid? I know you f—-d with my b—h.’" This shows how hung up he was over Givens!
After their divorce, Tyson stated that Givens was a "broke charlatan" when they first met. However, before Tyson, Givens was a well off teenage actress.
While Givens once revealed that she suffered a miscarriage, Tyson rubbished this, and stated that she faked pregnancy in order to get Tyson to marry her, "Now it was June and she hadn’t gained a pound, so the next thing I knew she was in bed and claimed she had miscarried our baby.""