I haven’t really paid that much attention to the Mike Tyson marriage thing simply because I thought that he and the mother of his child felt the need to sanctify their relationship…finally….after the horrible tragedy of their daughter Exodus’ death. I just assumed that the two needed each other to lean on and tying the knot so soon after the death was just a symbolic gesture. But I was totally wrong. Exodus was the daughter of Mike’s 2nd wife and not his newest bride, Lakiha Spicer. Not really a big deal but ESPN’s boxing sports writer had quite a bit to say about Mike’s decision:
So let me get this straight: Just two weeks after the horrible accidental death of his 4-year-old daughter, Exodus Tyson, Mike Tyson got married? Tyson got hitched for the third time — to Lakiha Spicer, who is not the mother of the toddler — in Las Vegas last Saturday night. I know people mourn in different ways, but doesn’t the timing strike you as extremely odd? How do you go from the death of a child, the saddest of all days, to marriage, which is supposed to be the happiest of days, in just two weeks?
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