Tyson Fury has revealed that at one point during the filming for his new Netflix series, he wanted to cancel the show.
At Home With The Furys is set to be released on Wednesday, and will follow the world heavyweight champion, 35, as he exits the ring and tries to embrace retirement with his extraordinary family.
However, the boxer has revealed that shooting the series was not plain sailing and that early on he ‘wanted out’, even calling his lawyers for help cancelling his contract.
Tyson and his wife Paris, 33, appeared on Capital XTRA Breakfast with Robert and Shayna Marie on Wednesday to talk about the show.
They discussed how their six children reacted to the cameras, with Paris revealing that Tyson was the one who was most reluctant to film.
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The couple are proud parents to their three sons (all named Prince): Prince John James, ten, Prince Tyson Fury II, six, and Prince Adonis Amaziah, four, and three daughters; Venezuela, 13, Valencia Amber, five, and Athena, two.
‘My older girl who is just starting to be a teenager, we went through the teenage tantrums the whole time we was filming.
‘So that was all on there and that was hard work because we’d be like “Right, cameras are here”, “I don’t care, I’m not interested, I’m not bothered, I want to be the Rob of the Kardashians”
‘But then there’s times when I suppose you don’t want to. Especially when Tyson said no he didn’t want to. We got halfway through filming, and he wanted to cancel the whole show!’
‘I’d be on the phone with my lawyers, “Is there any way I can get out of this? I don’t know what I’ve signed up for again. I said I’d never do it again, I’ve done it again, I’ve made a mistake”.
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‘That’s just my bipolar going up and down all the time – one minute I’m happy, the next minute I’m not and it’s very evident to see my emotional roller-coaster throughout this episode.
Despite the trouble behind-the-scenes Netflix has reportedly renewed Tyson’s documentary series before the first season has even aired.
The Sun reports that Netflix already believes in the success of the show and has commissioned a second series in advance.
A TV insider told the publication: ‘They’re so confident it will be a hit with audiences that they want more and filming is due to start this autumn.
‘Which will be great news for fans of Tyson, as well as those who might be being introduced to the career and home life of the boxer for the first time.
‘Netflix are sure the show will have everyone hooked and were quick to snap up the leading man up before his diary became too full.’
They add that the second series is expected to centre around Tyson’s upcoming, high-profile fight with Francis Ngannou this October.
The trailer for the series dropped last month and teased an insight into Tyson’s ‘crazy’ family life at their £1.7m Lancashire property as he juggles being a father-of-six with his mental health struggles and the urge to put his boxing gloves back on.
The nine part series looks explosive as Tyson is challenged out of retirement by World’s Strongest Man and Game of Thrones actor Hafthor Bjornsson, 34.
The show also stars Love Island couple Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy, both 24, as they expect their first child, Bambi.
Narrating, Tyson says: ‘When I stepped out of the ring, I was pretty ready to be the family man…’
The trailer shows the chaos of their ‘busy household’ as Tyson and Paris, who is pregnant with her seventh child, try to do the school run, go on camping trips and head on a national tour to meet fans.
