Mike Tyson dropped one of the wildest stories from his past during a recent appearance on Theo Von’s podcast, and it involves a young Brad Pitt who didn’t even know he was about to become a household name.
During a wild interview on “This Past Weekend,” Von asked the former undisputed baddest man on the planet if any guy had ever stolen one of his girlfriends. At first, Tyson couldn’t recall any shenanigans, but Von’s team had done its deep research on Iron Mike and knew there was a Brad Pitt connection.
“Oh, that’s an interesting story. He didn’t steal her from me, but me and my wife were going through a divorce,” Mike, 59, remembered. That wife would be Robin Givens. By the end of 1989, Tyson’s record was 37-0, but out of the ring, his personal life was spiralling.
One day, he showed up at her house expecting to find her home, but instead, he spotted her pulling up in the BMW he’d purchased for her. At first, Tyson thought one of Givens’ friends from the TV show “Head of the Class” was sitting in the passenger seat, but it wasn’t. Pitt was working bit parts in horror films like “Cutting Class,” his first theatrical release, while Tyson was already one of the most recognizable athletes on the planet. Givens has since acknowledged that Pitt was indeed in her car when Tyson arrived, but she’s consistently denied the more salacious versions of the story that have circulated over the years.
Tyson’s right about Pitt in 1989. The American heartthrob was working as an unknown actor. His first featured role came in a horror film, “Cutting Class”. It was Pitt’s first official movie to land in theaters. Meanwhile, Tyson was one of the most recognized athletes on the planet. Different versions of the same story have been told by Mike over the years and Givens doesn’t dispute that Pitt was in her car when Mike showed up, but she denies being caught in bed with the actor. She also denies Pitt ever begged Tyson not to hit him.