August 6th 2024.
During his prime as a heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson was living the high life. With every knockout and every fight, he was raking in millions of dollars. And with all that wealth, he had no problem spreading the love and giving away luxurious Bentleys to those around him.
According to Finaruh, a fellow Brooklyn native and cannabis enthusiast, Tyson admitted to giving away a few expensive cars over the years in order to stay out of trouble. In a video from 2019, while chatting with comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan, Tyson shared a story about giving a Bentley to someone who had gotten into a car accident with his then-wife, Robin Givens.
During the interview, Rogan asked Tyson about his collection of Bentleys, to which he replied that he indeed had quite a few. However, he also confessed to giving away some of them, mentioning that it was because of Givens at the time.
Tyson recounted the incident, saying, "I was married to Robin Givens at the time, and we were at a fast food joint. She went into my pocket to pay for our food and saw some condoms. Needless to say, she was upset and stormed off to the car. In her rage, she ended up crashing into another parked car, injuring the person inside."
When the police arrived, they questioned what had happened. Not wanting Givens to get in trouble, Tyson told them that "nothing happened." But the person in the other car had a broken arm, and Tyson didn't want to leave them empty-handed. So, he offered to give them the Bentley as compensation, and they accepted. And just like that, the situation was resolved.
In another interview from several years ago on DJ Vlad's channel, Ed Lover shared a story about hanging out with Tyson. After spending some time together at a club in Queens, New York, Tyson gifted Lover with a Bentley for simply being in his company. Lover recalled how Tyson would buy out the entire bar, have a good time, and mingle with women. And as a token of appreciation, Tyson gave Lover the Bentley, since he had to go back to Manhattan to retrieve his own car.
Lover drove the car for a few weeks before Tyson's manager contacted him and asked for the car back. Apparently, the manager was jealous of Lover having the car, so he went and took it back. However, 15 years later, when Lover crossed paths with Tyson again, the boxer revealed that he had actually gifted the car to Lover, but his manager had taken it back out of spite.
Lover was shocked to hear this, as he had no idea that the car was a gift. But at the time, he drove it as if it were his own. Despite the turn of events, Lover still looks back on the experience with fondness and appreciation for being gifted such a luxurious car.
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