‘Mike’ star Russell Hornsby defends Hulu biopic from Tyson criticism

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Mike Tyson has made it very clear how he really feels about “Mike,” the Hulu biopic based on his life — and it’s not good.

But Russell Hornsby, who stars as boxing promoter Don King in the eight-episode series, said that “we try to honor Mike Tyson and show some truths” about his life.

“He is not the first one to have a grievance about how he is portrayed in film or how he may be portrayed in books,” Hornsby told The Post. “This is a no-holds-barred look at Tyson and his life and you have to take the crooked with the straight.

“We did not try to glorify him and we did not try to demonize him,” he said. “I think what we had intended to do was tell his story.”

Tyson, the former heavyweight champ, posted on his Instagram page that he did not authorize, nor was he paid for, his life story.


Mike Tyson is not happy about the new Hulu biopic about his life.

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Mike Tyson is not happy about the new Hulu biopic about his life.

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