One airline passenger learns the hard way that former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is still not to be messed with... You'll want to forget about asking any of these stars for an autograph.
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00:00One airline passenger learns the hard way that former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson
00:05is still not to be messed with. You'll want to forget about asking any of these stars
00:10for an autograph. Maria Sharapova is one of the biggest names in tennis history.
00:15During her peak, she was the highest-paid female athlete for 11 years straight.
00:19But Sharapova also had a reputation amongst her peers for being distant and icy at times.
00:25Sharapova, however, was unrepentant about it. She told the New York Post,
00:30"'I'm not really close to many players. I think just because you're in the same sport,
00:34it doesn't mean that you have to be friends with everyone.'"
00:37One anonymous coach told the New York Post,
00:40"'Even if the players don't like each other, they converse and are cordial.'
00:43That is definitely not the case with Maria."
00:46And rumors have circulated about Sharapova's attitude away from the sport as well.
00:51In 2007, the tennis star was reportedly rude behind the scenes of a Vogue photoshoot. It was
00:57reported that the star refused to eat the food catered on the set and only changed her attitude
01:02when the paparazzi came around. In 1997, Golden State Warriors star Latrell Sprewell and head
01:09coach P.J. Carlesimo started having problems when Sprewell took offense to being benched
01:14during a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. During a subsequent practice, Sprewell warned
01:20Carlesimo to stay away from him. When Carlesimo didn't, Sprewell snapped, grabbing the coach by
01:26the throat and choking him. Sprewell was thrown out of the practice but returned 20 minutes later
01:32and attacked Carlesimo again, punching him. Sprewell later lamented how the resulting
01:37media firestorm affected his reputation, telling ESPN,
01:41"'What I did was wrong. But when you sit back and watch it take off,
01:45you realize you have no control over it. Once the media got hold of it,
01:49it wasn't coming back. It was me against the world at that point."
01:53"'It was just a buildup of anger and frustration,
01:56just having it all bottled up and not being able to express myself.'"
02:00Sprewell ultimately served a 68-game suspension and was traded away to the New York Knicks.
02:06Former soccer star Joey Barton's history of violent conduct and shady behavior is so
02:11comprehensive and lengthy that it's almost impossible to cover all his transgressions.
02:17And it wasn't just opposing players that he took out his anger on.
02:20He was also famous for attacking both fans and his own teammates.
02:24During a holiday party in 2004, Barton got into it with his own Manchester City teammate.
02:30He stubbed a lit cigar into Jamie Tandy's eye, leaving him with a burnt eyelid. Tandy successfully
02:37sued Barton, and the team fined him. But in 2007, they were forced to take stronger action,
02:43when Barton attacked teammate Ousmane Dibou during practice.
02:47Dibou was sent to the emergency room with a suspected detached retina.
02:51He sued Barton and pressed charges. Barton ultimately received a four-month suspended
02:56prison sentence and was dumped by the team. He also fought a 15-year-old fan in Thailand,
03:02broke a pedestrian's leg in a car accident, was arrested for suspected assault on a taxi driver,
03:08and eventually spent 74 days in jail for severely beating a man outside a bar.
03:14He also served numerous suspensions for violent behavior such as punching an opponent in the
03:18groin. And since retiring, he has been in court multiple times on various assault charges.
03:25On the field, Barry Bonds was a legend. The former San Francisco Giant put up career,
03:31home-run hitting numbers that made history and made him millions in endorsement deals.
03:36Off the field, though, he was legendary for his temper and bad attitude. In 2011,
03:41his dirty laundry played out in court with his ex-girlfriend, testifying to his volatile temper.
03:47Bonds was accused of perjuring himself to a grand jury about his past steroid use.
03:52His girlfriend, Kimberly Bell, testified that he used steroids,
03:56which in turn made him more controlling and angry during their relationship.
04:00I would hear everything from, I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna cut your head off.
04:04I mean, you name it. He was a very angry man like that.
04:07Bonds' steroid use and emotional abuse aside, fans also found him rude and arrogant. He also
04:13gave the media a hard time, and generally seemed unapproachable. It's behavior that he told NBC
04:19Sports he now regrets. I'm to blame for the way I was portrayed, because I was a dumbass. I was
04:25straight stupid, and I'll be the first to admit it. I mean, I was just flat-out dumb, what can I
04:30say? I'm not going to try to justify the way I acted toward people. I was stupid."
04:35Despite being one of the most popular and famous athletes in history,
04:39Michael Jordan isn't known for his approachability. It isn't exactly a huge surprise.
04:45After all, this is a guy who famously used his Hall of Fame acceptance speech to call out old
04:51beefs. One beef he didn't mention, though, was his supposed snubbing of rapper Chameleonaire.
04:57In 2009, Chameleonaire claimed in a livestream that after dropping more than $7,000 on a signed
05:03Jordan jersey, he tried to get Jordan to pose for a photo with him.
05:07He said,
05:08"'Aw, hell nah, man. I ain't taking no pictures with no b----.'"
05:11The rapper said that even when other basketball stars tried to intervene,
05:15Jordan just doubled down.
05:17"'Paul Pierce,' one of them was like,
05:19yo, hey man, chill out, that's Chameleonaire, man. He was like, I don't give a b----.'"
05:24Still, it's possible Jordan learned from the experience. In 2017,
05:29rapper 2 Chainz had no problem getting a photo with the GOAT.
05:33On the football field, Bill Romanowski was a controversial figure. He landed in trouble
05:38frequently for his violent outbursts and was at the receiving end of hefty fines by the NFL.
05:43In 1997, while playing for the Denver Broncos, Romanowski broke Carolina Panther quarterback
05:49Carey Collins' jaw and was fined $20,000. Two years later, he once again harmed his
05:55opponents with illegal hits and was fined $42,500. His violent outbursts haven't just
06:02been toward opponents, though. Romanowski had a run-in with his own teammate that resulted
06:06in a lawsuit. In 2003, Romanowski punched Marcus Williams in the face.
06:12Williams suffered a broken eye socket that ended his career. After successfully suing Romanowski,
06:18he was awarded $340,000. And Romanowski's current career as an NFL commentator
06:24has been just as controversial. In 2016, for example, he drew accusations of racism after
06:31he tweeted about star quarterback Cam Newton, who is Black, and said,
06:35"'The world doesn't revolve around you, boy.'"
06:37Avoiding a fight with Mike Tyson should be considered common sense at this point.
06:42Though the famous boxer has seemingly chilled out in recent years, it's best not to test him.
06:47Making the former heavyweight champion upset is a dangerous game to play.
06:51Yet some fans have been up for the risk. In 2022, Tyson made headlines when he punched a passenger
06:58on a plane multiple times in the face. Ultimately, though, police declined to bring charges against
07:03Tyson after it was determined that the inebriated passenger had been poking and provoking Tyson.
07:09He also reportedly threw a water bottle at the former boxer.
07:12Tyson later told Jimmy Kimmel that he felt remorse over how he handled the situation.
07:17I shouldn't have done it, but I was just irritated, tired, and high, and pissed off.
07:22Yeah, s*** happened.
07:23But it's not just fans who can quickly agitate him. The champ also doesn't like journalists.
07:28In one tense interview on CP24 Toronto News,
07:32Tyson went off on a reporter for bringing up his past rape conviction.
07:36So interesting, because you come across like a nice guy, but you're really a piece of s***.
07:39Hey, come on, come on.
07:41No, I'm not with a piece of s***.
07:42The reporter then attempted, unsuccessfully,
07:45to smooth things over by reminding Tyson that they were on live television.
07:49I don't care. What are you going to do about it?
07:51Those are definitely terrifying words coming from a man who beats people up as a profession.
07:56If you're a football fan, the name Ray Carruth will give you chills.
08:00The former wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers went from a star player
08:04to the main suspect in a horrific murder investigation.
08:08Carruth plotted to kill his then-girlfriend,
08:11Sharika Adams, and their unborn baby in 1999, after she refused to have an abortion.
08:17Adams, who was eight months pregnant at the time of the shooting,
08:20was shot four times as she drove home.
08:22Carruth, who was in a separate car, allegedly used his vehicle to block her in
08:27so she couldn't safely escape from the shooter he had hired.
08:30After the shooting, Adams managed to muster up enough strength to call the police.
08:35In the heartbreaking 911 call, she told operators that she suspected Carruth was behind the shooting.
08:41At the hospital, doctors performed an emergency C-section and managed to save the baby.
08:46Sadly, Adams died just four weeks later from her injuries.
08:50Her mother ended up raising the child, Chancellor Lee Adams, who was born with cerebral palsy.
08:55During the court case, it was argued that Carruth hired the hitman to kill Adams and
08:59their unborn child to get out of paying future child support.
09:03In 2001, Carruth was convicted of conspiring to murder Adams and served 18 years in prison
09:09before being released in 2018.
09:12If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse,
09:15you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
09:21You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.