Mike Tyson Talks Being a Vegan and “Prostitute Hunter” on Today Show (VIDEO)

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9:32 am, June 19th, 2012

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Mike Tyson appeared on Tuesday’s “Today Show” alongside Spike Lee to discuss the one-man show the former heavyweight champ is bringing to Broadway.

Things got very awkward.

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Any interview with Tyson is going to be compelling, but it’s especially jarring to see him answer Ann Curry’s question about why he became vegan with a tangent about venereal diseases and hookers.

An amused Lee tried to calm the ex-boxer down, but Tyson still managed to declare, “I was a prostitute hunter,” which, we’re fairly certain, has never before been said on “Today.”

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