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Mike Tyson opens up to Ellen DeGeneres about the heartbreaking death of his daughter two years ago

Just under two years ago his four-year-old daughter Exodus was killed in a horrific accident at his home.
And yesterday Mike Tyson opened up about the heartbreaking and tragic death of his little girl to chat show host Ellen DeGeneres.
The 44-year-old former world champion heavyweight boxer talked candidly on the daytime show on which he appeared to promote his new reality show, Taking On Tyson.

Dealing with tragedy: Mike Tyson opens up to Ellen DeGeneres about the loss of his daughter

Wearing a bright lilac coloured shirt, Mike appeared relaxed and calm as he opened up about the incident involving a treadmill power cord that took Exodus' life in May 2009.
Ellen asked him how he handled the situation.
'I had a four-year-old daughter who, unfortunately, had an accident and died,' said the boxer.

  

'I was pretty outraged, torn apart. When I went to the hospital when she was on the machine, I was anticipating, because I was probably coming down from a hangover, but I'm anticipating that I'm going to go to the hospital and raise hell.'
'Once I got there and saw other people who had children who already died or were dying, they were handling it with dignity and I didn't want to be the psycho parent,' said Tyson, who was famously bit off the ear of Evander Holyfield during a fight.

Heartache: The former boxer said his life was torn apart when 4-year-old Exodus died accidentally in 2009

'I wanted to handle it with dignity as well. Their kids were dying too so I didn't have any right to be a psycho. I just had to handle it like everyone else and be humble and be at ease.'
The boxer's calmer demeanour may be down to his now sober lifestyle.
He admitted to Ellen that he has now been clean for over two years.
'I'm just very fortunate that I had a great support system,' said the star modestly.

Moving on: The star also revealed he has been sober for two years

Dark moment: Mike Tyson spoke about the death of daughter Exodus in May 2009, believed to be pictured here

'That I had great mentors. I was just very fortunate. I'm not better than anyone else that was successful and probably OD'd or committed suicide. I'm not different than them.'
'The only difference is that I had a good support system...I wanted to change. I couldn't do it without the support.'

Along with giving up alcohol and drugs, he also gave up eating animal products, becoming a vegan, and that it has made him much healthier.
Mike is set to star in a new reality show on the Aminal Planet network called Taking On Tyson.
The show, which premières this coming Sunday, follows Mike - a lifelong lover of pigeons - on his quest to raise and race the birds.