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It seems the blood that runs in the Tyson family is that of a powerhouse that packs a punch. Former professional boxer Mike Tyson recently had to stop his fearless daughter from landing her own KO on a rapper who had made transphobic comments.聽

Tyson鈥檚 daughter made a beeline via air from New York to Los Angeles, California, with the intention to confront 鈥�One Of Those Days Again鈥� rapper Boosie Badazz. The rapper had made transphobic statements against former professional basketball player聽Dwyane Wade and his wife actor Gabrielle Union鈥檚 trans daughter Zaya.

Mike Tyson told Zab Judah on VLAD TV recently聽that his daughter 鈥渨anted to physically grab鈥� the rapper when he came in for an interview on the boxing heavyweight’s podcast show聽Hotboxin鈥� With Mike Tyson.聽Not that she had to worry of course because her father, Tyson, 54 wound up criticising and roasting the transphobic rapper known as Badazz during the show .聽

Badazz’s聽disturbing comments were in regards to Wade and Union, being a staunch supporter and ally to their trans daughter Zaya since her coming out.聽

For some reason it seems that Badazz 聽had taken it upon himself and showed signs of obsession this year with the teen and how her supportive family was bringing her up. Back in February, he took to YouTube and uploaded a video of his views and comments on Wade allowing her to transition. He made transphobic statements like, 鈥淒on鈥檛 cut [her] f**king d**k off, Dwyane.聽

Tyson questioned Badazz over transphobic comments

In October, Tyson asked the rapper on his podcast show as to why he was attacking Zaya.聽

鈥淲hy do you say things about people who might be homosexual?鈥� Tyson asked, though he himself 聽revealed a level of misunderstanding and did not seem to realise that being trans was not the same thing as being gay.

鈥淲hy do you say that about them? Do you feel there鈥檚 a possibility that you鈥檙e a homosexual and by disrespecting them you further yourself from begin a homosexual?鈥� he asked the rapper.聽鈥淚鈥檓 thinking you may like homosexuals.鈥�

Badazz responded: 鈥淣o, I鈥檓 straight as an arrow.鈥�

鈥淚f you鈥檙e straight, then why do you offend people?鈥� Tyson asked.

Badazz said: 鈥淚 really commented on Dwyane Wade鈥檚 situation because I got offended because it鈥檚 a child. That鈥檚 why I really got offended, you know. If it was a motherf**king 19-year-old, 18-year-old, grown person, I probably wouldn鈥檛 have, I know I wouldn鈥檛 have said anything.鈥�

He went on and said that children 鈥渃an鈥檛 make that decision鈥� to transition, which in his uneducated comments implies that it is a choice to be a member of the LGBTIQA+ community.

His claims even included that the family were going too far using Zaya鈥檚 pronouns of she/her – whilst from start to end misgendering her.聽

Tyson replied 鈥淚 agree with you 100 percent, me, I agree with you right, but check this out. Who the f**k am I to say anything? What I think don鈥檛 mean a motherf**king thing.鈥�

My daughter lived that life: Tyson

In the interview Tyson did with VLAD TV on December 19, he said聽 鈥淪ome of my best friends are gay,

鈥渁nd [鈥�]聽 that鈥檚 just who [they] are as human beings. I鈥檓 not saying Boosie was gay, I just said you haven鈥檛 any kind of empathy about that.

鈥淢y daughter lived that life,鈥� he continued, 鈥渁nd she came from New York to this office to confront this guy and she鈥檚 violent. I thought she came to see me!

鈥淚 thought she came all the way down to come and see her father and stepmother [Lakiha Spicer]. She came to confront him physically.

鈥淪o I had to take care of that before,鈥� Tyson said. 鈥淚 was watching her, she wanted to physically grab this guy, and started attacking this guy.

鈥淚 had to come in, I was watching her. She explained herself, then he explained himself and it didn鈥檛 go as bad as I thought it was going to go.鈥�

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