Mike Tyson has been involved in a number of controversies in his life, but one that he was not involved in was online threats sent to Bravo star Chef Roble Ali, which has been called a hoax by the boxer.
According to the NY Post, Tyson was accused of sending threats online in texts and pictures that were phony and posted on Instagram. The report said that his representatives claim that Tyson has never heard of the chef and did not send anything. It began, according to the report, when a picture was posted of Tyson with two pigeons, with the caption "now kith", to make fun of his lisp speech impediment.
Following the picture, a fake return text was made, with Tyson supposedly writing: ""How you do there Mr. funny man? You think that [bleep's] funny making fun of my speech impediment? You know we always been cool when I see you in Brooklyn right? Well that [bleep] is over. I don't know if you're old enough to remember that game 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' but either way I'm gonna [beep] you up when I see you like I did that little white boy in the game. You hear me you ostrich looking skinny cheffin' punk? Laugh now, cry later."
It followed with more similar texts and then later Roble said: "Hey Champ. How you doin my man?? I'm glad you have a good sense of humor and can take a joke. I was going to answer the phone but I didn't because I was in shook and I'm not a [bleep] for that because you're Mike [bleeping] Tyson okay?!? LoL!"