Tyson Fury Pays €200 For Two Lobsters To Release Them In The Sea

The Gypsy King has been renamed The Lobster King by fans who watched the second episode of Tyson Fury's new ITV documentary. One of the standout moments in Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King saw the heavyweight champion splash out €200 (£167) on two lobsters in a restaurant in Marbs, just to rescue them and throw them back into the sea.

He was in Spain while he was training for his fight against Otto Wallin last year and was waiting for his wife Paris to get there (despite the fact he'd cancelled on her a few weeks before).

In footage from the documentary, he is offered two lobsters - oddly called Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - but said: "No chance, I don't like seafood."

Fury then asks about the price and says: "Take the elastic bands off their flippers and I'm going to set them free in the sea. I'll give you the €200."

After the incident, he adds: "It was alive and it was going to get burned alive and I didn't want to burn them.

"I don't like killing animals. It's not often you can do something good in life and today, that was a good deed and it only cost me €200."

Then, with a hint of irony, Fury says: "I'm going to have steak."

Paris Fury has a go at him later on in the show when he's late to get her from the airport with the pair enjoying some relaxation before the big fight.

He says: "I wonder if she's excited to see me? I feel like a schoolboy again."

But because he stops for photos with his fans, he's late getting to the arrivals area.

Paris says: "Tyson tries to be nice to everyone but it's got to the stage where he can't because it just stops his life.

"When you hit fame and you end up in the media and you're a public icon, your life is no longer your own and it's a hard thing to deal with.

"I've loved this man since I was 16 years old, even in the bad times I think, 'I really hate you but I love you,' and I think that's why we get through."

Fury beat 27-year-old Wallin in the fight in Vegas, getting through on points after taking a cut above his eye early on.

That made sure he earned his rematch with Deontay Wilder, which takes place on Saturday, over a year after their first fight ended in a draw.

The final episode of Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King airs next Thursday at 9pm on ITV. Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King, episodes 1 & 2 are now available to view on the ITV Hub

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