Mike Tyson freaks out when a teenage reporter asks about his heritage: ‘It means absolutely nothing to me’

Mike Tyson was in full “Iron Mike” mode when a 14-year-old reporter did an interview and asked him about his heritage.

Jazlyn Guerra, the young journalist behind , was at Tyson’s weigh-in with Jake Paul on November 14 before their highly anticipated match. She he asked former heavyweight champion, what sort of “legacy” he hoped to leave behind. This query received an ominous response from Tyson, who taught the young teenager a lesson on how meaningless an inheritance is for a deceased person.

“I don’t believe in the word ‘heritage.’ I think it’s another word for ego. Heritage means nothing,” he said. “It was just a word that everybody clung to. Someone said the word and everybody latched onto it, now it’s used every five seconds.

“It means absolutely nothing to me. I’m just passing through,” Tyson added. “I will die and this will be over. Who cares about legacy after that?”

After a transient, awkward pause, the Brownsville, Brooklyn native continued his vicious tirade.

“Then I will die. I want people to think that I’m like this, that I’m great?” – he continued. “No, we are nothing. We’re just dead. We are dust. We are absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing.”

Guerra seemed momentarily bowled over by Tyson’s harsh outlook on life, but remained calm and politely thanked the champion for his insights.

“Well, thank you so much for sharing this,” she said. “That’s something I haven’t heard before.”

However, Tyson just isn’t yet done proving his thesis about the irrelevance of heritage.

“Can you actually imagine someone saying, ‘I would like my legacy to seem like this?’ You’re dead!” Tyson said. “Who the hell takes care of me when I’m gone? Maybe my children or grandchildren?

The interview quickly went viral, with many individuals expressing concern for the young Guerra.

“Oh my God, why did Mike say that to that little girl?” one user X he wrote.

“This shit just changed the trajectory of her life,” one user wrote.

“You can see her youth leaving her during this interview,” another person added. “And who thought it was a great idea for a kid to interview Tyson.”