Mike Tyson: Ex-Girlfriend Cooked, Ate One Of My Pigeons

NEW YORK (WFAN) -- Mike Tyson loves his pigeons.

It's a known fact. Aside from boxing, "Iron Mike" is famous for training and racing the birds.

So it was sort of a shock Thursday morning when he admitted on WFAN's "Boomer & Carton" show that an ex-girlfriend actually cooked and consumed one of his feathered friends.

Here's how it went down:

(You can download the entire interview HERE.)

Mike Tyson: "There were no chickens back then (in the distant past), you know? You didn't have no fried chicken back then."

Craig Carton: "Do you think people were eating pigeons back then?"

Tyson: "Big time. They eat them now."

Carton: "Yeah? Have you ever eaten pigeon?"

Tyson: "Never in my life."

Boomer Esiason: "Well, you love the pigeons."

Tyson: "I tried (eating one)."

Carton: "When did you try?"

Tyson: "I tried, um..."

Carton: "I want to hear this story."

Tyson: "I tried. I was dating this young lady and she said, 'I don't know why you're flying those damn birds, you should be eating them.' ... She happened to grab one and -- and she cooked one and proceeded to eat it. And I just couldn't do it."

Carton: "You loved the pigeon that much."

Boomer: "Well, cause he's got a relationship with the pigeons."

Tyson: "It just wasn't the right thing to do."

He went on to state the obvious: "That's why she's not my woman anymore."

And as if we needed to know how she cooked it, Tyson said his ex-girlfriend put the pigeon in "some boiling stuff."

"It wasn't cool," he said. "It was her house and we were living off of her dime, so she could do (it)."

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Tyson brought his usual candor to the lengthy in-studio interview. And he honestly couldn't remember giving his hilarious "Tea with Tyson" interview -- even when presented with video evidence.

The New York City native has been on the road doing his popular show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," a confessional on his exploits in and out of the ring.

You can see Mike perform his one-man act Thursday night at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

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