1 00:00:10,427 --> 00:00:13,967 SINGER: ♪ Hey, put the candles on the cake ♪ 2 00:00:13,972 --> 00:00:15,312 ♪ Gonna celebrate ♪ 3 00:00:15,390 --> 00:00:17,310 Should we talk about all the women? 4 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:20,272 (cheers and applause) 5 00:00:20,270 --> 00:00:22,150 Oh, I come off bad in this part of the story, 6 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:23,227 but it's the truth. 7 00:00:23,231 --> 00:00:24,861 I'm just gonna go with it. 8 00:00:24,858 --> 00:00:26,648 I was a pig. 9 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:29,315 But Cus was gone; I didn't know how to deal with all that shit. 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,200 (laughter) 11 00:00:32,282 --> 00:00:34,082 INTERVIEWER: Come on, Mike. 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:35,659 {\an8}You mean there aren't a million girls 13 00:00:35,744 --> 00:00:37,454 {\an8}after the heavyweight champ of the world? 14 00:00:37,454 --> 00:00:39,464 {\an8}Nah, man, they don't want me. 15 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,116 {\an8}They just want the cash. 16 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:42,254 {\an8}Got millions of dollars to spend. 17 00:00:42,334 --> 00:00:44,754 {\an8}It's easy to love someone like that. 18 00:00:44,753 --> 00:00:46,673 {\an8}You know, I know what I look like. 19 00:00:46,755 --> 00:00:48,835 {\an8}I see myself in the mirror every day. 20 00:00:50,091 --> 00:00:53,351 {\an8}Nah, but, you know, I just... 21 00:00:53,345 --> 00:00:55,715 {\an8}wish I could find a girl who knew me when I was broke 22 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:57,522 {\an8}and just thought I was a nice guy. 23 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:01,443 {\an8}I probably cheated on every woman I ever been with. 24 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:04,937 {\an8}Probably never respect them 25 00:01:05,023 --> 00:01:06,483 {\an8}'cause I never really respect myself. 26 00:01:07,692 --> 00:01:10,322 {\an8}I want to, but... 27 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:12,860 {\an8}I don't think I ever loved any woman I've ever been with. 28 00:01:15,116 --> 00:01:16,736 {\an8}It's crazy, right? 29 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,373 {\an8}Never love 'em. 30 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:19,660 {\an8}But I want to. 31 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:22,666 {\an8}(sensual music) 32 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:24,879 {\an8}♪ ♪ 33 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:31,086 {\an8}SINGER: ♪ Come take my hand ♪ 34 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:33,931 {\an8}(footsteps tapping) 35 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:36,257 {\an8}♪ Trust me ♪ 36 00:01:36,346 --> 00:01:40,726 {\an8}♪ With all your heart ♪ 37 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:41,979 {\an8}♪ ♪ 38 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:43,100 {\an8}All better. 39 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:46,153 {\an8}SINGER: ♪ Every word that I ♪ 40 00:01:46,231 --> 00:01:49,981 {\an8}♪ Every word I say ♪ 41 00:01:50,068 --> 00:01:52,648 {\an8}(moaning) 42 00:01:52,654 --> 00:01:56,284 {\an8}(energetic music playing over TV) 43 00:01:56,366 --> 00:01:57,616 {\an8}DON CORNELIUS: You got some moves. 44 00:01:57,701 --> 00:01:59,041 {\an8}ROBIN GIVENS: Thank you. 45 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:01,619 {\an8}DON: Robin, you graduated high school at 15, 46 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:03,535 Sarah Lawrence College at 19. 47 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,880 Then you turned down Harvard Medical School 48 00:02:05,959 --> 00:02:08,249 to star on a hit series. 49 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,883 Does that make you head of the class? 50 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,344 Well, Don, 51 00:02:12,424 --> 00:02:14,134 some say I am. 52 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:16,514 DON: If you want more Robin Givens... 53 00:02:16,511 --> 00:02:18,391 I'm gonna marry that woman. 54 00:02:19,514 --> 00:02:20,894 Fuck you. 55 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:22,314 - AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yeah! - AUDIENCE MEMBER: Whoo! 56 00:02:22,392 --> 00:02:23,732 (wolf whistle) 57 00:02:23,727 --> 00:02:25,687 MIKE: Robin Givens. 58 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:27,397 (audience murmuring) 59 00:02:27,397 --> 00:02:29,937 Listen, listen, we were babies. 60 00:02:30,025 --> 00:02:32,025 21 and 22. 61 00:02:32,027 --> 00:02:34,397 I thought she was so beautiful. 62 00:02:34,404 --> 00:02:36,494 I mean, look at her. She's a beautiful girl, right? 63 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:38,833 -(whistling) - Unobtainable. 64 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,325 So I went after her. 65 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:43,461 I tracked her down. 66 00:02:43,455 --> 00:02:47,125 Took a little work, but I set up a date for us. 67 00:02:48,043 --> 00:02:50,093 You know, in my head, it was like 68 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,510 I was in my own version of a fucking rom-com. 69 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:54,719 (upbeat music) 70 00:02:54,716 --> 00:02:56,296 Robin was impressive. 71 00:02:56,301 --> 00:02:58,721 There were very few young Black women on TV back then. 72 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,720 She was a role model, the "it girl." 73 00:03:01,723 --> 00:03:04,023 She was a fairy-tale princess in my head. 74 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,187 I wanted to be the kind of person 75 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:06,765 Robin would wanna fall in love with. 76 00:03:06,770 --> 00:03:08,150 SINGERS: ♪ Anything you ask ♪ 77 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:10,516 ♪ I'll do it all for you ♪ 78 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:12,317 ♪ ♪ 79 00:03:12,317 --> 00:03:16,647 ♪ You light the sky everywhere you go ♪ 80 00:03:16,738 --> 00:03:19,318 ♪ Your looks could calm the sea ♪ 81 00:03:19,324 --> 00:03:20,994 ♪ ♪ 82 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:25,286 ♪ You got me hooked, and that's for sure ♪ 83 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:26,542 ♪ It's no surprise ♪ 84 00:03:26,623 --> 00:03:28,463 Hi. You must be Michael. 85 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:29,578 Yeah. 86 00:03:29,668 --> 00:03:30,878 I'm Robin. 87 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:32,667 I didn't think you'd ever go out with me. 88 00:03:32,671 --> 00:03:34,261 I left so many messages. 89 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:37,219 Oh, that my mother erased before I ever heard them. 90 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:39,427 But, um, luckily, she missed the last one. 91 00:03:39,511 --> 00:03:41,261 Why didn't she want us to go out? 92 00:03:42,514 --> 00:03:45,394 Because you hit people for a living, Mr. Tyson. 93 00:03:45,392 --> 00:03:47,602 Michael, this is my mother, Ruth. 94 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:49,436 And this is my publicist, Stephanie. 95 00:03:49,521 --> 00:03:51,821 (soft piano music playing) 96 00:03:51,815 --> 00:03:53,525 HOST: Right this way. 97 00:03:53,525 --> 00:03:55,735 MIKE: Um, I don't have a clear understanding 98 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:57,949 of what's going on right now. 99 00:03:57,946 --> 00:04:00,026 ROBIN: My mother is very protective of me, 100 00:04:00,115 --> 00:04:02,985 and she had some concerns about us going out, 101 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:06,826 so this is the compromise. 102 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:08,250 MIKE: Right. 103 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,288 MIKE: This might surprise you, but there's no way in hell 104 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:11,835 I'd let one of my daughters go on a date 105 00:04:11,835 --> 00:04:13,585 with a guy like me either. 106 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:15,550 I mean, come on, it's me. 107 00:04:15,547 --> 00:04:18,297 (indistinct chatter) 108 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,470 Um, you know, this has been cool and all, 109 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:25,394 but it's not really the kind of date I imagined. 110 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:26,600 No offense, Mrs. Givens. 111 00:04:27,892 --> 00:04:29,812 But I think I'm gonna-- 112 00:04:29,811 --> 00:04:31,441 ROBIN: Oh, wait, wait, please sit down. 113 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:33,308 Um... 114 00:04:33,398 --> 00:04:36,228 I'm sorry. I--I'm nervous. 115 00:04:36,234 --> 00:04:38,244 You're Mike Tyson. 116 00:04:38,236 --> 00:04:40,816 This is ridiculous, I know, and I--I'm so sorry. 117 00:04:40,822 --> 00:04:42,122 It's all my fault. 118 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:44,485 Please... don't go? (chuckles) 119 00:04:44,576 --> 00:04:47,246 ♪ ♪ 120 00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:49,285 Well, I guess we could make this work. 121 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:54,168 Oh, we made it fucking work. 122 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:56,499 (laughter) 123 00:04:56,588 --> 00:04:58,918 That's rich to me, you had your own room. 124 00:04:59,007 --> 00:05:00,837 It was super small, okay? 125 00:05:00,842 --> 00:05:02,302 My family had to share everything: 126 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:06,012 rooms, beds, my mom with guys off the street. 127 00:05:06,014 --> 00:05:07,644 Even your fries? 128 00:05:07,724 --> 00:05:09,604 (chuckles) 129 00:05:11,728 --> 00:05:13,768 Hey, save some of those for me. 130 00:05:14,731 --> 00:05:16,731 Oh, my God. 131 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:19,283 I haven't had fries in forever. 132 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:22,411 I have this whole weird thing with perfection. 133 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:25,489 You know, 'cause if I'm perfect, they can't hurt me. 134 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:26,792 - MIKE: Mm. -(chuckles) 135 00:05:26,785 --> 00:05:28,235 I learned it from my mom. 136 00:05:28,328 --> 00:05:29,998 My dad cheated on her so bad, 137 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,250 so she was just trying to make sure 138 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:32,791 I could stand on my own two feet. 139 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:34,920 I didn't really know my mom. 140 00:05:36,044 --> 00:05:37,344 I didn't have any conversations with her 141 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:39,257 like that, like I did with Cus. 142 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:41,169 There's a lot I wish I could ask her now. 143 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:43,974 Mm, yeah, I mean, 144 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:46,222 I still don't know my dad. 145 00:05:46,221 --> 00:05:48,471 I always felt like, you know, if I wasn't 146 00:05:48,473 --> 00:05:52,983 smart enough or pretty enough or... 147 00:05:53,061 --> 00:05:54,231 good enough for my dad to love me, 148 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:55,939 why would anyone love me? 149 00:05:57,273 --> 00:06:00,153 Who would think, to look at us, that we got the same problems? 150 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:02,395 -(bottles clink) -(both chuckle) 151 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:05,163 No, you are so beautiful. 152 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,830 I'm not pitiful. 153 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:09,985 I said "beautiful," not "pitiful." 154 00:06:10,078 --> 00:06:11,408 I know. 155 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:13,583 I just wanted to hear you say it again. 156 00:06:14,749 --> 00:06:17,169 You know, I was thinking, um, 157 00:06:17,252 --> 00:06:18,962 maybe you could be my girlfriend. 158 00:06:18,962 --> 00:06:21,262 SINGER: ♪ Didn't wanna live without you ♪ 159 00:06:21,256 --> 00:06:23,376 Whoa, um, no. 160 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:25,683 I'm--I'm sorry, Mike. I just-- 161 00:06:25,677 --> 00:06:27,637 Look, the last two weeks have been really fun, 162 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:30,311 but I just got a lot going on. 163 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:32,270 I mean, there's not a lot of opportunities 164 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:34,227 for Black actresses in Hollywood. 165 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:36,807 I'm already 22. I don't have a lot of time. 166 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:38,943 But I--I got enough money for the both of us. 167 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:40,154 It doesn't matter. 168 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:42,490 It matters to me. 169 00:06:42,569 --> 00:06:44,649 You've already made it. You're at the top of your game. 170 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:46,488 - All eyes on you. - Yeah. 171 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:48,623 ROBIN: I don't wanna live in someone else's shadow. 172 00:06:48,700 --> 00:06:50,040 I got my own dreams. 173 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:52,374 I'm sorry, Mike. 174 00:06:52,454 --> 00:06:55,584 SINGER: ♪ You took for granted ♪ 175 00:06:55,582 --> 00:06:57,752 Let's rewind, and I'll tell you what I heard. 176 00:06:58,877 --> 00:07:01,047 (tape squealing) 177 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:02,706 Nigga, you too stupid and too Brownsville 178 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:04,264 to be my everything. 179 00:07:04,341 --> 00:07:05,931 Thanks for playing. 180 00:07:06,009 --> 00:07:08,089 MIKE: But that just made me want her more. 181 00:07:08,178 --> 00:07:09,638 We were still hanging out and stuff, 182 00:07:09,721 --> 00:07:12,271 but that didn't make her mine. 183 00:07:12,349 --> 00:07:14,269 I wanted her to be mine. 184 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:16,141 You know, I thought if I give her enough stuff, 185 00:07:16,144 --> 00:07:18,024 I can make her love me. 186 00:07:18,021 --> 00:07:20,771 Nah, I didn't know anything about love. 187 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:22,654 I only knew what I saw in the movies. 188 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:24,494 You know, that's what I was playing at. 189 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,490 I was in love... 190 00:07:27,489 --> 00:07:30,369 but in my own kind of fucked-up way, right? 191 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:31,737 (laughter) 192 00:07:31,743 --> 00:07:33,913 (upbeat music) 193 00:07:33,912 --> 00:07:36,292 - Hi. - I'm looking for some roses. 194 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:37,583 (door clicks open) 195 00:07:37,582 --> 00:07:42,882 ♪ ♪ 196 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:44,669 (chuckles) 197 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:46,263 (moaning) 198 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:50,051 SINGER: ♪ I can't deny ♪ 199 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:51,853 ♪ The way you make me feel ♪ 200 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:53,640 MIKE: I like this one. 201 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:54,890 Excellent choice. 202 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:57,481 They're Southern Sea pearls. (chuckles) 203 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:58,517 (gasps) 204 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:00,809 MIKE: Maybe I was with all those women because I never 205 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:03,484 really thought I could get Robin. 206 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:05,993 Or maybe I was just 21 and horny. 207 00:08:06,069 --> 00:08:07,739 Through all the courtship with Robin, 208 00:08:07,821 --> 00:08:09,741 I was still fighting. 209 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:12,203 I remember I had this one fight with Bonecrusher. 210 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,660 He was a particularly hardheaded motherfucker. 211 00:08:15,286 --> 00:08:17,746 -(grunts) -(bell dings) 212 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:19,121 The funny thing is, 213 00:08:19,124 --> 00:08:21,424 I think Bonecrusher helped me get Robin. 214 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:27,167 MIKE: 215 00:08:27,257 --> 00:08:28,677 Hey. 216 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:30,675 I watched the fight. Are you okay? 217 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:32,047 MIKE: I'm okay. 218 00:08:32,137 --> 00:08:33,507 It was close, though. 219 00:08:34,305 --> 00:08:36,555 I always feel like if I don't win, people will hate me. 220 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:40,227 Like, I really have to get beat up for somebody to like me. 221 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:41,478 (chuckles) 222 00:08:41,563 --> 00:08:43,773 I like you, Michael. 223 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:46,277 MIKE: If Cus was here, I'd have somebody to talk to. 224 00:08:47,318 --> 00:08:48,608 Jimmy's all I got now. 225 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:50,815 Well, I'm here. 226 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:52,872 I wish you were here. 227 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:55,116 ROBIN: Michael...(sighs) 228 00:08:55,118 --> 00:08:58,038 It hurts my heart to see you get hit. 229 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:00,748 Like, it takes too much out of me. 230 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:03,249 It literally makes me ill. 231 00:09:03,335 --> 00:09:07,165 But... I just wanna protect you. 232 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:11,763 Hey, Michael? 233 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,550 Do you still want me to be your girl? 234 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,513 Really? 235 00:09:15,597 --> 00:09:17,807 You really wanna be my girl? 236 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,811 Yeah, I do. 237 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:21,143 MIKE: Yeah? 238 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:23,814 Yeah, I--I miss you. 239 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:26,267 I'm gonna hang up the phone before you change your mind. 240 00:09:30,153 --> 00:09:32,453 I got a girlfriend. 241 00:09:32,447 --> 00:09:33,907 Not tonight, you don't. 242 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:36,907 (8th Day's "She's Not Just Another Woman") 243 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:39,830 ♪ ♪ 244 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,673 SINGERS: ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 245 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:45,839 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 246 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,459 ♪ She's not just another woman ♪ 247 00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:51,553 ♪ She's not, no, no ♪ 248 00:09:51,633 --> 00:09:54,093 ♪ She's given me a newborn birth ♪ 249 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:57,354 ♪ I found sweetness on this bitter Earth ♪ 250 00:09:57,347 --> 00:10:00,137 ♪ She knows the things to say ♪ 251 00:10:00,225 --> 00:10:02,935 ♪ To help my troubles away ♪ 252 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:05,856 ♪ And when the words she say won't do ♪ 253 00:10:05,939 --> 00:10:08,479 ♪ She'll try a kiss or two ♪ 254 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:11,443 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 255 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:14,408 ♪ She knows how to console me ♪ 256 00:10:14,406 --> 00:10:17,326 ♪ She's mine, mine, mine ♪ 257 00:10:17,409 --> 00:10:19,909 ♪ She knows how to control me ♪ 258 00:10:19,911 --> 00:10:23,581 ♪ I don't want nobody talking 'bout my baby ♪ 259 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:26,705 ♪ Nobody talkin' 'bout my baby ♪ 260 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,170 ROBIN: This is...(laughs) 261 00:10:29,254 --> 00:10:31,054 I mean, you know you didn't have to do this, right? 262 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:32,471 Yeah, well, it's not that kind of ring. 263 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:34,049 Not marriage or anything. 264 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,644 But, you know, whenever you're ready, let me know. 265 00:10:35,719 --> 00:10:38,049 I'll get you something way better than that, way bigger. 266 00:10:43,852 --> 00:10:45,312 Look at us. 267 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:47,605 - We look aspirational. - MIKE: Yeah. 268 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:49,859 I mean, I didn't have role models 269 00:10:49,858 --> 00:10:51,738 of people who looked like us growing up. 270 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:53,775 And now we're them. 271 00:10:53,862 --> 00:10:56,782 It's--it's so exciting. 272 00:10:56,865 --> 00:10:59,075 - Yeah. - You're so exciting. 273 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:01,539 - We're so exciting. - Yeah. 274 00:11:01,536 --> 00:11:04,076 Think of all the people we can inspire. 275 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:06,124 Yeah. 276 00:11:06,124 --> 00:11:09,634 Speaking of inspiration... 277 00:11:09,711 --> 00:11:11,381 What you got for me? 278 00:11:11,463 --> 00:11:12,633 Mm. 279 00:11:12,714 --> 00:11:14,634 (chuckles) Okay. 280 00:11:14,716 --> 00:11:16,256 - Okay. -(handcuffs rattle) 281 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:17,893 (bouncy music) 282 00:11:17,886 --> 00:11:19,176 You're mine now, champ. 283 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,349 Right. 284 00:11:21,473 --> 00:11:23,603 (both chuckle) 285 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:25,140 (Robin yelps) 286 00:11:25,143 --> 00:11:27,483 MIKE: It was the first time I was in love. 287 00:11:27,479 --> 00:11:29,309 We were only 21 and 22. 288 00:11:29,314 --> 00:11:31,024 (both laugh) 289 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,529 It was happening so fast. 290 00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:37,663 Too fast. 291 00:11:38,782 --> 00:11:40,662 Gonna have a baby? 292 00:11:41,451 --> 00:11:43,161 Jimmy told me you're knocked up. 293 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:46,581 You told my business manager, but you didn't tell me? 294 00:11:46,581 --> 00:11:48,291 I only told my mom. 295 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,789 Maybe she told him? 296 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:56,878 I didn't wanna pressure you. 297 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:04,773 Okay? 298 00:12:04,766 --> 00:12:06,226 Yeah. 299 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,186 - Yeah? - Yeah. 300 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:12,979 To be clear, Robin says she got pregnant 301 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,606 after we got married, 302 00:12:14,693 --> 00:12:16,193 but y'all aren't paying to see her show. 303 00:12:16,194 --> 00:12:17,824 (laughter) 304 00:12:18,822 --> 00:12:20,322 I did the only thing that felt right 305 00:12:20,407 --> 00:12:22,657 every time I thought something was wrong. 306 00:12:22,659 --> 00:12:24,699 I fucked it up even more. 307 00:12:24,703 --> 00:12:27,373 Till death do you part? 308 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:28,462 I do. 309 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:31,884 (whispering) You told me we were going to the All-Star Game. 310 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,210 Well, I thought this was more romantic. 311 00:12:34,212 --> 00:12:36,552 More romantic than basketball? 312 00:12:36,548 --> 00:12:38,298 You love me? 313 00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:40,803 (upbeat music) 314 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:42,182 I do. 315 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:43,222 PRIEST: You may kiss the bride. 316 00:12:43,221 --> 00:12:47,731 ♪ ♪ 317 00:12:47,726 --> 00:12:49,476 {\an8}(cheers and applause) 318 00:12:49,561 --> 00:12:50,901 -(camera shutters clicking) - Relax, everybody. 319 00:12:50,979 --> 00:12:52,729 He'll be out in a minute. 320 00:12:52,731 --> 00:12:54,111 Sheesh. 321 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,315 Suntory Dry Man reps have their eyes on you, 322 00:12:58,403 --> 00:13:01,163 so we gotta keep this trip squeaky-clean, right? 323 00:13:01,156 --> 00:13:02,696 It's a different market here. 324 00:13:02,699 --> 00:13:04,659 No bad-boy stuff. 325 00:13:04,743 --> 00:13:06,333 I need an advance on my purse. 326 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:09,041 I wanna get Robin something nice from Japan. 327 00:13:09,039 --> 00:13:10,919 You're spending a lot on Robin. 328 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:12,669 You need to slow down. 329 00:13:12,751 --> 00:13:14,921 She's my wife. I wanna surprise her. 330 00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:17,173 All right, give her the gift of love. 331 00:13:20,508 --> 00:13:22,008 (sighs) 332 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:24,510 All right, all right, fine. 333 00:13:24,596 --> 00:13:26,136 I'll see what I can do. 334 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:29,555 Why isn't Jimmy handling the money? 335 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:31,479 (inhales deeply) 336 00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:34,268 PRIEST: And we pray that the soul of Jimmy Jacobs 337 00:13:34,356 --> 00:13:36,686 find its eternal resting place. 338 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:40,323 So here's some real shit. 339 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,490 Jimmy, the manager I liked, that Cus had picked, 340 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:45,950 had been sick for years, and they hid it from me. 341 00:13:46,034 --> 00:13:47,584 MIKE: Cayton got me to sign some contract 342 00:13:47,577 --> 00:13:48,787 saying if Jimmy died, 343 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:51,247 Cayton would automatically be my manager. 344 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:53,251 They even put some shit in about giving their widows 345 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:55,543 50% of me if they died, 346 00:13:55,627 --> 00:13:57,587 like I was some chattel they could pass around... 347 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:00,919 Like they own me. 348 00:14:00,924 --> 00:14:03,344 Robin didn't like that, and she sued the fuck out of 'em. 349 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:04,893 SINGER: ♪ So much did change ♪ 350 00:14:04,886 --> 00:14:06,466 RUTH: Well, thank you for meeting with us. 351 00:14:06,471 --> 00:14:08,471 Since my daughter is now Michael's power of attorney, 352 00:14:08,473 --> 00:14:10,603 we'd like to see his accounts. 353 00:14:10,684 --> 00:14:14,024 I just want everything to be perfect for my family. 354 00:14:14,104 --> 00:14:16,774 It's not just us we need to look out for now. 355 00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:18,733 MIKE: But with Robin doing my finances 356 00:14:18,817 --> 00:14:20,237 and with Jimmy suddenly gone, 357 00:14:20,235 --> 00:14:22,355 someone else snuck in the back door. 358 00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:23,952 DON KING: In this great tragedy, 359 00:14:23,947 --> 00:14:25,567 the loss of a friend and colleague, 360 00:14:25,657 --> 00:14:27,237 lays an opportunity. 361 00:14:28,243 --> 00:14:30,083 Jimmy isn't gone. 362 00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:32,658 He's transferred into pure spirit. 363 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:35,044 In the--in the same way, your trusting relationship with him 364 00:14:35,125 --> 00:14:38,035 doesn't have to be lost, just transferred. 365 00:14:38,128 --> 00:14:40,338 (chuckles) 366 00:14:40,422 --> 00:14:42,422 Mike, you have an opportunity 367 00:14:42,424 --> 00:14:44,384 to take control of your destiny. 368 00:14:45,719 --> 00:14:48,049 As one fully liberated Black man to another, 369 00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:52,928 take solace that death is but a transition, 370 00:14:53,018 --> 00:14:55,478 and I am your rebirth. 371 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:56,982 (chuckles) 372 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:03,065 Oh, he's a charming motherfucker. 373 00:15:03,153 --> 00:15:04,403 Uh-huh. 374 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:09,660 (upbeat music) 375 00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:13,503 ♪ ♪ 376 00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:14,710 ROBIN: Now, the pictures from Paris 377 00:15:14,706 --> 00:15:15,916 were supposed to arrive on Friday. 378 00:15:15,999 --> 00:15:17,129 I don't understand what the holdup is. 379 00:15:17,125 --> 00:15:18,245 You need to get on the phone with Christophe. 380 00:15:18,335 --> 00:15:19,495 You know how these French people are. 381 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:20,836 You have to stay on top of them. Oh, babe. 382 00:15:20,837 --> 00:15:22,587 So... I'm thinking Vulcano silk 383 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,129 for this room and then maybe a... 384 00:15:24,132 --> 00:15:25,932 MIKE: Everyone has this vision that Robin ran around 385 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:28,299 with all the decorators doing the house. 386 00:15:28,303 --> 00:15:29,643 That's bullshit. 387 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:31,391 It was all me. 388 00:15:31,473 --> 00:15:33,183 I'll have what she's not having. 389 00:15:33,183 --> 00:15:36,103 A toast to our perfect new home 390 00:15:36,186 --> 00:15:39,806 and to Michael, who is going to be the best father, 391 00:15:39,898 --> 00:15:42,938 and Mom for always taking such good care of us. 392 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:44,236 RUTH: You're my children. 393 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:46,069 It's my job to protect you, 394 00:15:46,071 --> 00:15:47,991 especially when you don't even know you need it. 395 00:15:49,491 --> 00:15:51,081 What's that supposed to mean? 396 00:15:51,076 --> 00:15:52,946 Mom, not now. 397 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:54,246 You're both so young. 398 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:56,209 I'm just concerned that the people who are 399 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:58,166 supposed to be looking out for you aren't. 400 00:16:00,835 --> 00:16:02,045 Well... (chuckles) 401 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:05,295 What mom is trying to say is... 402 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,716 Bill Cayton's been stealing from us. 403 00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:11,014 From you. 404 00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:15,894 Donald Trump has offered his consulting services. 405 00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:17,982 Now, that's a businessman you can trust. 406 00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:23,820 You guys couldn't find a smaller chicken? 407 00:16:25,110 --> 00:16:26,700 It's a quail. 408 00:16:26,695 --> 00:16:28,445 What's a quail? 409 00:16:28,530 --> 00:16:30,370 DON: (laughs) 410 00:16:30,365 --> 00:16:32,905 Quail? Goddamn! 411 00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:34,489 You race pigeons. You don't eat 'em! 412 00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,664 (laughs) 413 00:16:35,662 --> 00:16:37,042 Those women are trying to turn you 414 00:16:37,122 --> 00:16:38,332 into some kind of sissy. 415 00:16:38,415 --> 00:16:39,665 Next thing you know, you gonna be 416 00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:41,376 drinking Champale, pinkie in the air! 417 00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:43,126 (chuckles) 418 00:16:43,128 --> 00:16:45,378 Ooh, that Trump's a tender-handed white boy. 419 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:47,050 Hmm. 420 00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:49,092 Never had a callus in his life. 421 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:50,802 Got his money from his daddy. 422 00:16:51,928 --> 00:16:52,968 They're softening you up. 423 00:16:53,847 --> 00:16:57,017 Girl's got your balls. Mama's lookin' to cut 'em off. 424 00:16:57,017 --> 00:16:58,437 Man, that's my wife. 425 00:16:58,435 --> 00:16:59,805 (groans) 426 00:16:59,811 --> 00:17:01,811 Someone who didn't care would shut the fuck up, 427 00:17:01,813 --> 00:17:04,073 not say a goddamn word. 428 00:17:04,149 --> 00:17:06,989 But I can't stand by and watch the champ become a chump. 429 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:09,605 Mm-mm, hmm. 430 00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:11,316 Stick with the King, boy, you'll be all right. 431 00:17:11,406 --> 00:17:12,986 (chuckles) 432 00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:16,078 MIKE: That's one thing Don was right about. 433 00:17:16,161 --> 00:17:18,371 Ruth and Robin had me by the balls. 434 00:17:18,455 --> 00:17:21,535 So me and my balls started spending less time at home. 435 00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:23,751 ROBIN: (claps twice) 436 00:17:26,296 --> 00:17:27,916 It's 4:00 a.m. 437 00:17:28,631 --> 00:17:30,221 I thought you were asleep. 438 00:17:30,300 --> 00:17:32,760 Mm, I bet you did. 439 00:17:32,761 --> 00:17:34,101 Mm-hmm. 440 00:17:38,308 --> 00:17:40,018 Where were you? 441 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:42,438 I mean, I was, um-- I mean... 442 00:17:42,437 --> 00:17:44,357 I was with Don. 443 00:17:44,356 --> 00:17:46,476 - Yeah. - Oh, really? 444 00:17:46,483 --> 00:17:48,993 Is that Don's color? 445 00:17:51,571 --> 00:17:52,741 Okay, I don't have to tell you 446 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:54,199 where I've been, who I've been with, okay? 447 00:17:54,199 --> 00:17:55,529 (scoffs) Jesus, Mike, 448 00:17:55,617 --> 00:17:57,237 this is the same shit my dad did, the same shit! 449 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:58,327 I warned you. 450 00:17:58,328 --> 00:18:00,458 - Warned me? - Yeah. 451 00:18:00,455 --> 00:18:02,075 Listen, you and your mother can't turn the champ 452 00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:03,122 into a chump, all right? 453 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:04,748 What are you talking about? 454 00:18:04,751 --> 00:18:05,961 You don't care about me. 455 00:18:06,044 --> 00:18:07,004 All you care about is spending my money. 456 00:18:07,087 --> 00:18:08,547 I'm trying to protect you 457 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:10,090 from people who are stealing your money. 458 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,470 So you can spend it. 459 00:18:11,466 --> 00:18:14,136 ROBIN: I'm spending it on you. 460 00:18:14,219 --> 00:18:17,599 You don't understand that we need everything to be perfect 461 00:18:17,681 --> 00:18:18,681 because everyone is watching. 462 00:18:18,682 --> 00:18:20,142 And what do you do? 463 00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:22,845 You go out and you're cheating worse than my dad. 464 00:18:22,936 --> 00:18:24,936 You know, I wish you weren't pregnant 465 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:27,438 so I wouldn't have had to get married to you. 466 00:18:32,904 --> 00:18:36,124 Well, you got your wish, Michael. 467 00:18:39,494 --> 00:18:42,124 That's when she told me she lost the baby. 468 00:18:49,838 --> 00:18:51,668 MIKE: Robin said she lost the baby in the hospital 469 00:18:51,673 --> 00:18:52,883 and I was with her. 470 00:18:52,966 --> 00:18:54,046 I don't know. 471 00:18:54,134 --> 00:18:56,934 She wrote her book, and I wrote mine. 472 00:18:57,012 --> 00:18:59,512 What I do know is, I wanted that fantasy life 473 00:18:59,514 --> 00:19:02,434 for Robin so bad, I would've given her anything. 474 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:08,227 Well, almost anything. 475 00:19:11,401 --> 00:19:12,361 (doorbell rings) 476 00:19:12,444 --> 00:19:13,494 CAMILLE: Michael! 477 00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,160 -(squeals) - MIKE: It's so good to see you! 478 00:19:15,155 --> 00:19:16,565 (chuckles) 479 00:19:16,573 --> 00:19:18,583 Oh! 480 00:19:18,575 --> 00:19:21,235 Oh, you look good, my handsome boy. 481 00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:22,414 Thank you. 482 00:19:22,412 --> 00:19:23,462 I want you to meet my beautiful, 483 00:19:23,455 --> 00:19:25,665 stunning Robin... and Ruth. 484 00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:30,049 And you are so much more lovely in person. 485 00:19:30,045 --> 00:19:31,835 -(giggles) - ROBIN: Oh, my. 486 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:35,928 CAMILLE: I made extra gravy just for you. 487 00:19:36,009 --> 00:19:37,759 Thanks, Camille. 488 00:19:37,761 --> 00:19:40,601 RUTH: (inhales deeply) 489 00:19:40,597 --> 00:19:43,347 Uh, you have such a beautiful home, Camille. 490 00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:47,060 That room with all of Michael's awards and, uh, medals, 491 00:19:47,062 --> 00:19:48,652 it's like a shrine. 492 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,779 - I guess Russ really did love-- - MIKE: Cus. 493 00:19:51,775 --> 00:19:53,525 His name is Cus. 494 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:55,030 RUTH: Right. 495 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:58,818 I guess Cus really loved Michael. 496 00:19:58,907 --> 00:20:01,237 CAMILLE: Well, everyone loves Michael, 497 00:20:01,326 --> 00:20:03,036 especially Cus. 498 00:20:03,036 --> 00:20:06,956 He was so proud of how great Michael was in the ring. 499 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:10,039 Even in bed, he talks about him. 500 00:20:10,043 --> 00:20:11,713 (chuckles) 501 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:15,045 "My greatest creation," he'd say. 502 00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:16,798 (cutlery clinking) 503 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,260 Just so interesting. 504 00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:23,387 I guess, given that Michael is Cus' greatest creation, 505 00:20:23,390 --> 00:20:26,430 it's okay for him to be paying for your house? 506 00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:28,597 - I-- - MIKE: Robin. 507 00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:30,477 ROBIN: No, I'm--I'm so sorry. 508 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,820 I'm just wondering why it is that... 509 00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:36,357 my husband is out there 510 00:20:36,361 --> 00:20:39,161 destroying his body in the ring 511 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:41,199 and, meanwhile, using our money 512 00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:43,699 to pay for everything in here. 513 00:20:43,702 --> 00:20:44,832 - Robin. - ROBIN: (chuckles) 514 00:20:44,828 --> 00:20:47,118 And it seems to just be never-end-- 515 00:20:47,122 --> 00:20:48,252 (hand bangs on table) 516 00:20:48,248 --> 00:20:51,248 (plate rattling) 517 00:20:52,127 --> 00:20:53,377 (hand thuds) 518 00:20:58,216 --> 00:21:00,046 MIKE: What's the matter with you? 519 00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:01,585 You need to see what's going on in there. 520 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:03,428 - MIKE: That lady in there's my-- - ROBIN: Your what? 521 00:21:03,430 --> 00:21:05,810 She's not your family. 522 00:21:05,807 --> 00:21:06,927 - Cus used you. - No. 523 00:21:07,017 --> 00:21:08,637 - ROBIN: She's using you. - No. 524 00:21:08,727 --> 00:21:10,017 They damaged you, and you're--you're, what, 525 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:12,360 you're paying them for it? 526 00:21:12,439 --> 00:21:15,649 You're so desperate for someone to love you 527 00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:18,324 that you'll rewrite the story just so you feel love. 528 00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:20,663 But--but what about my story? 529 00:21:20,739 --> 00:21:24,779 I love you, and you hate me for it. 530 00:21:24,868 --> 00:21:27,578 You didn't have anyone, so you let Cus turn you 531 00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:30,209 into his brute, and now you're out here 532 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,250 paying for this old white lady's house, 533 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:35,054 mowing her lawn like the hired help. 534 00:21:35,045 --> 00:21:36,955 And for what? 535 00:21:37,047 --> 00:21:41,427 Because she gives you extra gravy and smiles at you? 536 00:21:41,426 --> 00:21:42,926 Don't be so naive. 537 00:21:43,011 --> 00:21:44,681 You watch your mouth, bitch. 538 00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:45,893 Oh, that's funny. 539 00:21:45,889 --> 00:21:47,269 Just a minute ago, you were calling me baby. 540 00:21:47,349 --> 00:21:48,889 I mean it, Robin. I-- 541 00:21:48,892 --> 00:21:50,732 (growls) 542 00:21:50,727 --> 00:21:52,097 (fist thuds) 543 00:21:55,190 --> 00:21:59,070 I don't know how to fight to lose, only to win. 544 00:22:03,448 --> 00:22:05,158 I don't know how to love to win either. 545 00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:07,618 (Bill Withers' "Lovely Day") 546 00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:09,079 DOCTOR: The lithium should help stabilize 547 00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:10,579 your moods and behavior. 548 00:22:10,580 --> 00:22:12,710 Pills don't usually make me more stable. 549 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:15,955 DOCTOR: Manic depression is a lifelong battle, Mike. 550 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:19,880 You're lucky to have such a great support system. 551 00:22:19,881 --> 00:22:22,131 MIKE: Robin said she was worried about me, 552 00:22:22,217 --> 00:22:23,837 that I was scaring her, 553 00:22:23,927 --> 00:22:25,757 that she only wanted the best for me. 554 00:22:25,762 --> 00:22:27,472 What she didn't realize was... 555 00:22:27,472 --> 00:22:29,602 When I drink or do coke, I'm gonna fight you. 556 00:22:29,683 --> 00:22:32,233 When I smoke weed, I'm gonna give you all my money. 557 00:22:32,227 --> 00:22:35,357 That's not manic depression. That's me on drugs. 558 00:22:35,355 --> 00:22:38,105 BILL WITHERS: ♪ And something without warning, love ♪ 559 00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:40,148 ♪ ♪ 560 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:41,485 ♪ Bears heavy on my mind ♪ 561 00:22:41,486 --> 00:22:44,236 It's time for your medicine, baby. 562 00:22:44,239 --> 00:22:47,869 BILL: ♪ Then I look at you ♪ 563 00:22:47,951 --> 00:22:51,041 ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 564 00:22:51,121 --> 00:22:53,961 ♪ ♪ 565 00:22:53,957 --> 00:22:55,127 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 566 00:22:55,125 --> 00:22:58,285 (bell dings) 567 00:22:58,378 --> 00:22:59,458 What is he on? 568 00:22:59,546 --> 00:23:01,626 - He says it's lithium. - Lithium. 569 00:23:01,715 --> 00:23:03,545 He a boxer, not a housewife. He can't fight. 570 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:04,840 He's moving all right. 571 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:06,433 He look like a heavyweight to you? 572 00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:08,678 ROBIN: I'm gonna make you something else, okay, baby? 573 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,100 SINGER: ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 574 00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:13,599 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day ♪ 575 00:23:13,685 --> 00:23:16,725 ♪ Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day ♪ 576 00:23:16,730 --> 00:23:18,190 RUTH: You cannot keep pretending 577 00:23:18,273 --> 00:23:19,483 you can fix his shit. 578 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:20,646 Trust me. 579 00:23:20,734 --> 00:23:21,864 He is my husband. 580 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:23,030 Yeah, and I hear y'all yelling, 581 00:23:23,028 --> 00:23:24,398 and I know what he does. 582 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:25,704 You know I've been through this shit. 583 00:23:25,697 --> 00:23:27,567 Stop it. 584 00:23:27,574 --> 00:23:29,034 I'm going to fix this. 585 00:23:29,034 --> 00:23:32,374 BILL: ♪ Seems impossible to face ♪ 586 00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:34,714 ♪ ♪ 587 00:23:34,706 --> 00:23:38,286 At least, that's what I thought they said. 588 00:23:38,293 --> 00:23:40,753 I was too fucked up to know. 589 00:23:40,754 --> 00:23:43,054 ♪ ♪ 590 00:23:43,048 --> 00:23:45,128 Oh, speaking of fucked up... 591 00:23:45,133 --> 00:23:46,513 (car horn blaring) 592 00:23:46,593 --> 00:23:49,803 BILL: ♪ And the world's all right with me ♪ 593 00:23:49,888 --> 00:23:52,638 ♪ ♪ 594 00:23:52,724 --> 00:23:56,234 ♪ Just one look at you ♪ 595 00:23:56,311 --> 00:23:59,941 ♪ And I know it's gonna be ♪ 596 00:24:00,023 --> 00:24:01,783 MIKE: They called it erratic behavior. 597 00:24:01,775 --> 00:24:03,185 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 598 00:24:03,193 --> 00:24:04,653 MIKE: But it was an accident. 599 00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:06,106 (coughs) 600 00:24:06,196 --> 00:24:08,156 Robin said she thought it was a suicide attempt. 601 00:24:08,156 --> 00:24:09,316 The next thing you know, 602 00:24:09,324 --> 00:24:11,284 papers are saying the same thing. 603 00:24:11,368 --> 00:24:12,948 BILL: ♪ A lovely day ♪ 604 00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:14,946 MIKE: Right after that was the Russia incident, 605 00:24:15,038 --> 00:24:18,328 which, you know, was totally overblown. 606 00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:20,423 This is what Robin and Ruth said happened, 607 00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,462 but hey, I was on lithium, coke, 608 00:24:22,462 --> 00:24:25,472 and weed at the time, so who the fuck knows? 609 00:24:25,465 --> 00:24:27,215 But I had to do damage control, 610 00:24:27,217 --> 00:24:28,637 so I talked to Barbara Walters 611 00:24:28,635 --> 00:24:31,255 looking high as a motherfucking kite. 612 00:24:31,346 --> 00:24:33,556 And we all know how that turned out. 613 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:38,483 BARBARA: Some of the things we've read... 614 00:24:38,478 --> 00:24:40,438 that he's hit you, 615 00:24:40,522 --> 00:24:45,242 that he's chased you and your mother around in--in Russia, 616 00:24:45,235 --> 00:24:47,735 that Mike has a very volatile temper... 617 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:50,819 True? 618 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:56,043 Extremely volatile. 619 00:24:57,414 --> 00:24:59,174 It's scary. 620 00:24:59,249 --> 00:25:01,379 BARBARA: What happens? 621 00:25:01,376 --> 00:25:02,836 Does he hit you? 622 00:25:07,424 --> 00:25:10,014 He shakes. 623 00:25:12,262 --> 00:25:13,682 He pushes. 624 00:25:15,223 --> 00:25:16,393 He swings. 625 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:20,314 For a long time, I thought I could handle it. 626 00:25:21,563 --> 00:25:23,693 I've only recently become afraid. 627 00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,857 Michael is a manic-depressive. 628 00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:32,623 He is. That's a fact. 629 00:25:32,699 --> 00:25:35,079 He's had it for a long time. 630 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,950 It went untreated, and it got worse. 631 00:25:38,038 --> 00:25:41,038 BARBARA: Why do you think no one saw it before? 632 00:25:41,041 --> 00:25:44,631 Cus D'Amato didn't see it. Bill Cayton didn't see it. 633 00:25:44,711 --> 00:25:45,881 (exhales sharply) 634 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:51,630 I can't imagine that anyone could live with Mike Tyson, 635 00:25:51,718 --> 00:25:54,138 the one that I know, 636 00:25:54,137 --> 00:25:55,847 and not see that there's a problem. 637 00:25:58,433 --> 00:26:00,733 Hitting teachers, 638 00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:03,857 hitting girls and pulling them into the bathroom. 639 00:26:05,315 --> 00:26:06,895 BARBARA: So why wasn't it treated? 640 00:26:10,528 --> 00:26:13,198 Because he did well in the ring. 641 00:26:13,198 --> 00:26:14,528 Exceptionally well. 642 00:26:15,784 --> 00:26:16,874 MIKE: I wish someone told me 643 00:26:16,868 --> 00:26:19,828 that even fairy tales need a prenup. 644 00:26:19,913 --> 00:26:22,503 Robin never actually asked for alimony, 645 00:26:22,499 --> 00:26:26,339 but she did file a $125 million libel suit. 646 00:26:26,336 --> 00:26:28,666 And "poof" goes my rom-com. 647 00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:31,879 "Poof" goes my marriage. 648 00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:36,760 Probably we were doomed from the start. 649 00:26:37,931 --> 00:26:40,181 When you hate yourself, you can't love someone else. 650 00:26:41,685 --> 00:26:43,305 It's a very empty feeling when the only thing 651 00:26:43,395 --> 00:26:45,555 you can rely on is fighting, 652 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,017 but that's who I was. 653 00:26:48,149 --> 00:26:49,399 That's who they still wanted. 654 00:26:49,401 --> 00:26:51,281 That's who you all still wanted. 655 00:26:52,987 --> 00:26:54,777 (somber music) 656 00:26:54,781 --> 00:26:57,081 JOHNNY CARSON: My, uh-- my day started off weird. 657 00:26:57,075 --> 00:26:59,035 I bought a lottery ticket today, 658 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:00,659 and it said, "Congratulations, 659 00:27:00,662 --> 00:27:03,082 you may already be Robin Givens' next husband." 660 00:27:03,081 --> 00:27:05,881 (laughter) 661 00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:07,249 REPORTER: ...an ambitious gold digger 662 00:27:07,252 --> 00:27:09,212 who's demanding half of what Tyson made 663 00:27:09,212 --> 00:27:10,842 during their short, eight-month marriage, 664 00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:13,469 including the $21 million Tyson earned 665 00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:15,890 at his remarkable 91-second knockout fight 666 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:18,179 with Michael Spinks. 667 00:27:18,263 --> 00:27:19,393 REPORTER: ...getting ugly between 668 00:27:19,389 --> 00:27:21,889 the world heavyweight champion and the sitcom actress, 669 00:27:21,975 --> 00:27:23,135 as sources are claiming 670 00:27:23,143 --> 00:27:25,443 Robin Givens and her mother, Ruth, 671 00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:27,727 were "always on the prowl 672 00:27:27,731 --> 00:27:30,531 for a big Black celebrity for Robin." 673 00:27:30,525 --> 00:27:33,855 NewsNight polls ranked the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Tyson 674 00:27:33,862 --> 00:27:35,412 the unequivocal holder 675 00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:38,365 of the Most Hated Woman in the World title. 676 00:27:38,450 --> 00:27:39,910 (somber music) 677 00:27:39,993 --> 00:27:42,293 MIKE: My marriage was over. 678 00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:45,457 Maybe I was unlovable, like my mom said. 679 00:27:45,457 --> 00:27:47,627 Maybe I could never have that one-on-one with anybody. 680 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:48,999 REPORTER: Mike Tyson got support today 681 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:50,212 from fast-talking... 682 00:27:50,295 --> 00:27:53,295 MIKE: I was just so tired of feeling bad. 683 00:27:53,298 --> 00:27:55,128 But then I realized... 684 00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:56,973 They still love me. 685 00:27:57,052 --> 00:27:58,802 Now I'm really gonna have some fun. 686 00:27:58,887 --> 00:28:02,177 (upbeat hip-hop music) 687 00:28:02,182 --> 00:28:03,642 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 688 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:06,055 ♪ I gotta get my funds up, so you better get down ♪ 689 00:28:06,061 --> 00:28:08,691 ♪ I came for the guap, fuck around with me ♪ 690 00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:11,612 ♪ I'll have us all living in the lap of luxury ♪ 691 00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,358 ♪ 'Cause money make the world go round ♪ 692 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:14,690 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 693 00:28:14,778 --> 00:28:15,818 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 694 00:28:15,904 --> 00:28:17,164 SINGER: ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 695 00:28:17,155 --> 00:28:18,615 SINGER: ♪ Money make the world go round ♪ 696 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:21,325 ♪ Come get some with me or get laid the fuck down ♪ 697 00:28:21,326 --> 00:28:22,946 ♪ Let me show you where I'm from ♪ 698 00:28:23,036 --> 00:28:24,696 ♪ Gotta keep your shoes laced up ♪ 699 00:28:24,788 --> 00:28:26,328 -♪ In case you gotta run ♪ - SINGER: ♪ Whoop, whoop ♪ 700 00:28:26,331 --> 00:28:27,791 SINGER: ♪ From the boys on the block ♪ 701 00:28:27,791 --> 00:28:29,791 ♪ And if it ain't the boys, it's the gang signs ♪ 702 00:28:29,793 --> 00:28:31,293 ♪ Thrown before it pops ♪ 703 00:28:31,378 --> 00:28:33,548 ♪ Don't get caught up in the middle of the crossfire ♪ 704 00:28:33,630 --> 00:28:36,300 ♪ Bullets ain't got no names when you walk by 'em ♪ 705 00:28:36,383 --> 00:28:38,683 ♪ Don't look, be done when we come through ♪ 706 00:28:38,677 --> 00:28:41,257 ♪ Just run, 'cause you know what the gun do ♪ 707 00:28:41,346 --> 00:28:43,386 ♪ E'rybody wanna be from the streets ♪ 708 00:28:43,390 --> 00:28:45,730 ♪ Until they see their man sitting six feet deep ♪ 709 00:28:45,809 --> 00:28:46,849 ♪ With the flowers on the casket ♪ 710 00:28:46,935 --> 00:28:48,435 ♪ And their mom on the sideline ♪ 711 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,060 ♪ Crying like, "Dear Lord, no, no, why mine?" ♪ 712 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:53,234 ♪ 'Cause no child in the streets here safe ♪ 713 00:28:53,233 --> 00:28:56,243 {\an8}♪ By any means necessary, do what it takes ♪ 714 00:28:56,236 --> 00:28:59,316 Captioned by Captionmax