Oct 30, 2014 04:05 AM EDT
Mike Tyson Robin Williams: "We Shared The Same Drug Dealer" Says Mike Tyson

 

Mike Tyson Robin Williams, an unlikely pair for BFFs, but the two did know each other very well. According to Mike Tyson, well enough to even share the same "lowlife" drug dealer.

Mike Tyson recently admitted to knowing Robin Williams. While on an interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday to promote his new book 'Undisputed Truth,' and his new one man's show, Mike revealed just how far his relationship with Robin Williams went.

The former boxer/actor was talking about his battle with drugs and depression when he mentioned that he and Robin shared the same dealer. The former boxer stated that at one point, during a meeting, Robin approached him to ask him about a certain dealer he was dealing with. Mike confided that he was shocked that he (Williams) had not known or met Tyson before but still knew about his dealer.
 You go to every measure to get high. Everybody knows everybody." So who was this Mike Tyson Robin Williams dealer?

Mike also revealed that in the months that followed, he and Williams kept in touch. He says that he was utterly shocked when Williams died in August this year. He blames the disease for Williams' passing. "The reason he did that? He really killed the wrong person. It's all about killing the disease he possessed. It's not about killing yourself."

The Mike Tyson Robin Williams pair grew fond of each other chiefly because they battled the same disease. Mike revealed that the battle against drugs and drug abuse was a tough battle. Thinking of suicide was inevitable.

However, the former boxer is clean. He has been so for the last year or so. He reveals that it is a daily fight and he needs to keep struggling against the urge. Whatever was, Mike Tyson Ron=bin Williams is quite an unforeseen pair.

 

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