‘I wanted to run away’: Paris Fury admits she considered leaving husband Tyson during his wild drug-fuelled partying days
Paris Fury has opened up about the fears she had for her husband Tyson during the height of his partying, confessing that she wanted to leave.
The mother-of-six detailed her deep concern after discovering the extent of The Gypsy King’s drug taking and her desire to ‘run away’.
The heavyweight champion, 33, ballooned to 28 stone due to his heavy partying and consuming drugs and junk food after his win over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.
Run away: Paris Fury has opened up about the fears she had for her husband Tyson during the height of his partying, confessing that she wanted to leave
Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast Paris shared: ‘There were times when I didn’t feel strong. There were times when I wanted to run away. There were times when I wanted to leave.
‘I didn’t want to deal with the situation any more because obviously… I was the woman at home and Tyson was out partying.
‘There was substance abuse I wasn’t aware of. I found out about it in the papers. I had all that to deal with.
Scared: The mother-of-six detailed her deep concern after discovering the extent of The Gypsy King’s drug taking and her desire to ‘run away’
‘And to try and still put on a brave face. It was really hard at times. I just kept thinking: “I don’t want to be here.”‘
However, Paris decided to stay and reflected: “But then Tyson might not have been here today.
‘I stayed and obviously we got through it together.’
Hung in there: However, Paris decided to stay and reflected: “But then Tyson might not have been here today’
Speaking in his book The Furious Method, Tyson explained how he turned his life around after epiphany on Halloween night, admitting: ‘My mental health and marriage were both hanging by a thread.’
He wrote: ‘Within a month of being crowned world heavyweight champ I was an emotional wreck, on my way to a heart attack thanks to Class A drugs, junk food and alcohol.
‘I had my epiphany in a pub on Halloween night in 2017, hopelessly overweight and humiliated, wearing a badly fitting skeleton outfit that was skin-tight and emphasised my full 28st.
‘Although I’d started training again, I was still drinking and going on benders and making life a misery for my wife, my children and those closest to me.
‘Looking around the pub at people half my age I felt like a disgrace and I knew things had to change.’
Epiphany: Tyson explained how he turned his life around after epiphany on Halloween night, admitting: ‘My mental health and marriage were both hanging by a thread’
It comes after couple ensured they ‘kept the flame burning’ in their 13-year marriage on Tuesday night by going on a date.
Paris and Tyson documented some of the evening for their fans via their Instagram stories.
In one video, captioned ‘wife night out @parisfury1’, the professional boxer spoke to his 5.3million followers as he filmed the couple walking down the stairs.
‘So guys I’m just out with the wife,’ he said, before Paris, dressed in an elegant white dress, interjected with: ‘Oh the wife’, while smirking up at him.
The two-time world heavyweight champion continued: ‘It’s date night Tuesday, I’ve done two sessions of training today so I’m absolutely wore up – but we’ve got to get it in haven’t we Paris?’
In agreement, the mother-of-six chimed: ‘Yeah you know, got to keep the flame burning.’
‘Got to keep the flame burning!’: Tyson and Paris enjoyed ‘date night Tuesday’ and documented the evening for their fans