nightclub bouncer gigs, which turned into bodyguarding for Snoop Dogg. Tyrus eventually used his daunting physique to land L.A. He also details regret about a stint dealing drugs while living in Nebraska pursuing collegiate football. It happened at age 7, and she quickly forgave him. Tyrus says that is his biggest life regret. While he’s honest about such wrongdoing against him, Tyrus is also honest about his own sins, including using a chair to crush the orbital socket and collarbone of a loving foster mother worried about his soiled playground clothes. Tyrus’ first girlfriend hid him under her bed for five hours after her racist family unexpectedly showed up. He told Tyrus’ mother she was lucky any white man would have her after she slept with a black man. It’s painful to read the harrowing obstacles Tyrus faced while suffering from a racist grandfather who couldn’t stand his own grandson’s skin. As rising generations of fatherless, latchkey kids suffer from opioid overdoses and other postmodernism-induced ailments, Tyrus’ story of triumph is that much more inspiring. Social science data suggests Tyrus is an exception: a poor, abused, fatherless child who graduated college and successfully turned his Hollywood fairytales into realities, rather than dropping out of high school or perishing in gangbanging street violence. Beating his stepfather led Tyrus to depart home at age 16, his belongings in a trash bag, sparking years of couch surfing.ĭuring a childhood with no consistent male role models at home, Tyrus felt drawn to masculine, heroic archetypes flashing across TV - especially WWE superstars. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.The oldest child of a then-illegal biracial marriage, Tyrus (legally named George Murdoch) tells of horrific domestic violence against him and his white mother by his black father, who attempts to throw a young Tyrus out the window of their cramped, high-rise Boston apartment.Īfter a California move, a dysfunctional white stepfather bashes out a 13-year-old Tyrus’ front teeth, inspiring a subsequent vengeance beating by Tyrus, who eventually grew to a dominating 6 feet 8 inches tall and 350 pounds. McHenry and Murdoch were teamed at the launch of Fox Nation, the subscription-based streaming service operated by Fox News Media. When McHenry, who is white, was let go from ESPN during a round of layoffs in 2017, she said her race was a factor. McHenry is a one-time ESPN correspondent who became infamous through a viral security camera video that showed her berating a towing company employee while retrieving her vehicle from a parking lot. Murdoch is a heavily tattooed former pro wrestler - he performed in the WWE as Brodus Clay - who became a Fox News contributor in 2016. O’Reilly was fired in April 2017 and saw his network television career end as a result of the allegations, which he has denied. Harassment allegations and financial settlements to female employees who complained also led to the departure of Bill O’Reilly, host of the longtime, top-rated prime-time show at Fox News. "Tyrus continues to dispute and deny the allegations made against him in the lawsuit and, consistent with that view, will not be making any financial payments.”įox News has been fielding sexual harassment complaints since the issue first exploded at the company when former anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against the founding Chief Executive Roger Ailes in July 2016.įox News' parent company later issued an extraordinary apology to Carlson and agreed to pay $20 million to settle the lawsuit against Ailes. “Tyrus is pleased that the parties have reached a settlement in which the claims against him will be dismissed with prejudice," a representative for Murdoch said in a statement. A frequent contributor to Fox News' late-night program hosted by Greg Gutfeld, Murdoch remained on the network after the company's investigation cleared him. Murdoch, who is not related to the family that controls the Fox News parent company, was also named in the suit. McHenry, 35, is no longer an employee of Fox News. Although I fully stand by the truth of my allegations, I am pleased to put this matter behind me and move forward with my career,” McHenry said in a statement. “I am very proud to have to stood up for my rights and hope that I have empowered other women to do the same. Neither inquiry supported McHenry’s claims, according to the company, which led to her filing the lawsuit. Fox News brought in two outside law firms to investigate the allegations.
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