“Everybody was freaking out,” Hollywood legend Rosie Perez reveals how Mike Tyson saved her sister from gunman in club

“Everybody was freaking out,” Hollywood legend Rosie Perez reveals how Mike Tyson saved her sister from gunman in club

Rosie Perez reveals how Mike Tyson saved her sister (Image Courtesy: AP News)

Mike Tyson was one of the most famous people in the 90s and had a lot of friends in Hollywood. The former heavyweight boxer is often mentioned by other celebrities from that era fans love to hear everybody’s Mike Tyson story.

One such story was when Tyson saved Rosie Perez’s sister from getting shot in a club. Perez visited Tyson at his podcast show where the pair talked about the old story from the past. Perez mentioned how she and her sister got into trouble when a man pulled out a gun on her sister Sally. Rosie explained that she got nervous and immediately ran to Tyson for help.

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She said: “This guy pulled a gun out on my sister. I didn’t know what to do right, everybody was like freaking out…I don’t why I said, ‘Get Mike Tyson. So, I got up there and I said ‘ Mike! Mike look down there’. And you went, Let me talk to him and you went down to him.”  According to Perez, Tyson didn’t hesitate and went to the man and easily managed to scare him away and later the security handled the gunman.

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Mike Tyson once saved Fat Joe and Big Pun from bouncers 

Mike Tyson saving Fat Joe and Big Pun from bouncers 
Mike Tyson saving Fat Joe and Big Pun from bouncers  (Image Courtesy: Sound Cloud)

There are many stories of Mike Tyson coming and saving the day for many well-known celebrities. American rapper Fat Joe once told the story of when he and Big Fun got into an altercation with six bouncers.

He said: “There was one night we was at The Tunnel…Me and Big Pun, rest in peace. And the security is telling him to take off his boots, they wanted to search under his boots. He’s a big guy, he didn’t want to.So they start arguing…And they all just start saying ‘let’s beat up Big Pun and Fat Joe, I don’t care. So I’m telling Pun like ‘Yo, Pun, we about to get knocked out.’ So out of nowhere, we hear this voice.” 

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Joe mentioned that they both were scared and didn’t know what to do and immediately they heard Tyson’s voice from the back.“‘Yo Pun, Yo Joe, let’s F these dudes up. I got your back’ we turned around, it’s Iron Mike Tyson.”  It was after Tyson came out of jail and having Tyson on your back is something everybody will like to prefer in a street fight. 

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