Dwyane Wade Says He ‘Appreciated’ Mike Tyson For Pressing Boosie Over His Transphobic Comments About Daughter Zaya
While appearing on Central Ave, Dwyane Wade shared how he felt after seeing Mike Tyson come to his defense after rapper Boosie made some offensive comment about his transgender daughter.
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As we previously reported, back in October, the boxing star pressed Boosie real hard over the transphobic public comments he made about D-Wade’s 13-year-old child Zaya. Tyson didn’t hold back at all and even questioned Boosie if the hateful comments stemmed from his own insecurities with his sexuality and gender identity!
During Wade’s interview, the 38-year-old athlete told host Julissa Bermudez: “I actually talked to Mike about that early in the pandemic. We had a conversation. I appreciated from a standpoint of, you know, Mike is someone who has never tried to be perfect. He is someone who has learned from this journey of life.” Wade added, “For him to be able to drop that nugget on the world, to me, it was great to hear him say that.” The former NBA star went on to note that “everyone has their own path” to accepting things.
“I’ve never came out and said anything to anybody that feels a certain way about me or someone else in my family and my loved ones,” he said. “They don’t know us. They don’t know our heart. They definitely don’t know Zay. So, all I do is what my mama say, ‘Just pray for them.’”
During Boosie’s interview with Mike Tyson, the rapper tried to explain why he said those harsh things about someone else’s child: “I really commented on the Dwyane Wade situation because I got offended because it’s a child. That’s really why I got offended.”
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