PARIS FURY: Tyson Is the Heavyweight Champion But I’m The Boss

Summary

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Episode: PARIS FURY: Tyson Is the Heavyweight Champion But I’m The Boss

Date: April 21, 2026
Guest: Paris Fury
Host: Jamie Laing
Production: JamPot Productions

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Overview

In this heartfelt and candid episode, Jamie Laing sits down with Paris Fury—wife, mother of seven, and star of "At Home with the Furies"—to discuss resilience, marriage, motherhood, and life behind the scenes of a world-famous boxing dynasty. Paris gives a no-holds-barred account of supporting Tyson Fury through his career highs and mental health battles, coping with public scrutiny, and finding strength (and humor) in chaos. From tales of sleepless nights with newborns to teaching her kids humility amid fame, Paris’s grounded perspective is as inspiring as it is relatable.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Paris as the Heart of the Fury Family

• Jamie introduces Paris as the “boss, the rocket, the beating heart of the family” ([03:07]).
• Paris’s upbringing among Travelers/gypsies was filled with confident role models, shaping her “never seek people’s approval” attitude ([10:30]–[10:57]).
  • Quote: "I've always been that way from being a young girl… whatever I want to do, I set my mind to it and I sort of achieve it." — Paris ([10:57])
• She encourages the same confidence and independence in her children, emphasizing the importance of believing in oneself ([12:22]).
• Memorable moment: Paris details walking into college at 14 without permission just “because I wanted to” ([10:57]).

Motherhood: Joys, Chaos, and Keeping it Real

• Paris and Jamie swap war stories of parenting young children, commiserating over sleepless nights and malfunctioning from exhaustion ([04:45]–[06:13]).
  • Paris: “My friend used to say, you’re like a malfunctioning Barbie… the eye would be twitching and I'd be sitting there” ([06:01]).
• Paris lists all her children by name, revealing the story behind their unique names—most of the Fury boys share “Prince” as a first name, leading to confusion at the doctor’s or booking holidays ([06:21]–[08:24]).
• On keeping her kids down-to-earth:
  • “I want them to know normality and have a budget and don't break it. And it's working some days.” ([34:02])
  • She makes sure all her children learn basic life skills, from tidying to budgeting ([33:32]).
• Paris’s pride: “When people come over and say, oh, your kids are really polite…it's really nice to get that feedback to know that your kids are doing good.” ([56:03])

Love, Loyalty, and Surviving Married Life with Tyson

• Paris met Tyson at 15, married at 18, and remained loyal through tumultuous times ([14:20]–[17:07]).
  • “He was always so different… Not just in physical stature and looks… he always had that different way of thinking.” ([16:00])
• Discusses the “grass is greener” myth in relationships, stressing resilience, and how good times must outweigh the bad ([17:07]).
• “Through thick and thin we’ve got each other, and I know I can call him and depend on him and he can call me and depend on me.” ([17:17])
• Paris reflects on times she considered leaving during Tyson’s lowest periods but was fueled by love and commitment ([26:24]–[27:23]).
  • Quote: “I love Tyson… I felt I could help him being there, so I did. But there was times, many times, when I looked and I thought, I don't want to deal with this.” ([27:24])

Boxing: The Brutal Reality

• Paris candidly describes her experience watching Tyson fight, from nervous amateur beginnings to the fear-inducing world stage ([18:35]–[20:23]).
  • “It's not nice… I don’t enjoy watching him box for years—I just support him because that’s what he loves to do.” ([19:45])
• The infamous Deontay Wilder fight: Paris admits she nearly jumped into the ring to help, convinced Tyson wouldn’t get up ([20:34]–[21:49]).
  • “I pushed his brother over… I presumed I was going to peel him off the canvas.” ([21:00] & [21:51])
• On the prospect of Tyson retiring: Though she’s pleaded with him to stop, boxing is his “addiction” ([22:05]).
  • “He can't find anything to sort of fulfill his life the way that boxing does… It's an addiction.” ([22:43])
• Concerns for her son, Prince, taking up boxing: “I’m all supportive… but I'll die at the side of the ring at the same time.” ([47:00])

Mental Health: The Fury Family’s Struggle and Resilience

• Paris discusses the toll of Tyson’s depression and addiction on the entire family ([23:37]–[24:30]).
  • “As the partner to that person, it’s extremely difficult to stay strong for them… you’re going through hell.” ([23:37])
• Diagnosis brought both relief and clarity: “You’re not actually insane, you have a problem and it has a name… we can try and adapt to work with this.” ([24:23])
• Accepting mental health as a lifelong issue rather than a solvable problem ([24:28]–[25:25]).
  • Jamie adds: “That's the road to recovery—accepting that's part of you.” ([25:25])
• Paris reiterates the importance of seeking help and not feeling alone ([25:53]).
• Acknowledges the genetic component of anxiety and mental health in the family ([29:00]–[30:14]).

Fame, Money, and Normality

• Despite fame and fortune, Paris insists on staying grounded—shopping at normal stores, instilling humility in her children, and resisting extravagance ([31:45]–[34:20]).
  • “I like normality. I like to teach my kids normality… There isn’t really much options [in Morecambe].” ([31:46])
  • “If [the kids] can’t make a bed or clean a house… what’s the point?” ([33:32])
• On public perception that it’s all Tyson: “If Tyson wasn't doing his boxing, I wouldn't have been famous… but now people like me for the person I am.” ([36:39]–[37:41])

Social Media, Fame, and Letting Kids Be Themselves

• Paris prefers her children develop their own paths; daughter Venezuela, 16, is engaged and often faces criticism, but Paris supports her choices ([44:21]–[45:29]).
  • “If she moved in and lived with this person, no one would bat an eyelid… but because she wants to get married, everyone cares.” ([44:37])
• Paris isn’t concerned with online trolls, instead teaching her kids to value family opinions over strangers ([52:54]).
  • “The opinions who matter is your own family… all these opinions don’t matter.” ([54:36])

Filming "At Home with the Furies"

• The Netflix series originally offered Tyson a focus during retirement; now, it’s an ongoing and authentic family saga ([38:26]–[39:36]).
• The show’s appeal lies in its unpredictability; no scripting or storylining works with nine people in a household ([41:25]–[42:11]).
  • “You can't really plan out what seven, eight, nine people will do… Tyson's gonna do it his way. I'm along for the ride.” ([41:53])
• Paris is happy with how she's portrayed as authentic, even if it's “shouting and screaming” or being sick on camera ([51:54]).
  • “That’s me. That’s just life. And I don’t hide anything.” ([52:14])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Mental Health:
  “Once it got diagnosed, it made it feel so much better… it was like, you’re not actually insane, you have a problem and it has a name.” — Paris ([24:24])
• On Confidence:
  “Nothing deters me… whatever I want to do, I set my mind to it and I sort of achieve it.” — Paris ([10:57])
• On Supporting Tyson:
  “Through thick and thin, we've got each other, and I know I can call him and depend on him and he can call me and depend on me.” — Paris ([17:17])
• On the Wilder Fight:
  “I saw him go down, saw him lights go out. 10 seconds. Felt like two minutes… I grabbed his brother… I thought, he ain't getting up.” — Paris ([00:00], retold [20:37])
• On Internet Hate:
  "All these opinions don’t matter… The people's whose opinions matter is your own family." — Paris ([54:36])
• On Family and Kids:
  "Even the baby has to pick the toys up. Everybody has a function, everybody has a job." — Paris ([33:34])
• Fun Moment:
  Paris sings “Shallow” from A Star is Born with Jamie ([58:52]-[59:39]).
  • Jamie: “Tyson loves to sing at a boxing match. What’s your karaoke song?”
  • Paris: "Tell me something, boy… Are you happy in this modern world? And... that’s all you’re getting."
• Quickfire Q&A:
  • On love language:
    “Food. It is. It's like, well, yeah, I brought you some chocolate turkey.” — Paris ([55:53])
  • On guilty pleasure:
    “Food again… chocolate and crisps. You know, people are either sweet or savory. I'm both.” — Paris ([57:47])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Paris on Tyson’s Knockdown: [00:00] & [20:34]
• Paris explains her kids’ names: [06:21]–[08:24]
• Marriage and relationship resilience: [17:07]–[18:20]
• Supporting Tyson’s mental health: [23:37]–[25:25]
• Staying grounded despite fame: [31:45]–[34:20]
• Raising kids amid publicity: [34:20]–[35:22]
• Daughter Venezuela’s engagement: [44:21]–[45:29]
• Paris sings “Shallow”: [58:52]–[59:39]
• Quickfire questions: [55:33]–[58:48]

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Closing Thoughts

This episode showcases Paris Fury’s warmth, resilience, and authenticity—offering listeners a rare glimpse into the joys and challenges of life at the center of a high-profile family. Her humor, practicality, and unwavering love for her family remain the true “champion” spirit of the Furies.

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Check out “At Home with the Furies” on Netflix, and stay connected for more inspiring conversations on Great Company.

Transcript

[Paris Fury]

I saw him go down, saw him lights go out. 10 seconds. Felt like two minutes. It felt like it went on forever. I grabbed his brother. I said, climb over and get him, get him. I thought, he ain't getting up.

[Podcast Host]

What were you going to do if you got to him?

[Paris Fury]

I presumed I was going to peel him off the canvas. Unfortunately, it is his life. It's an addiction.

[Podcast Host]

Was there a time when you wanted to run, wanted to leave?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I wanted to leave. He would come home crying, he would be depressed, he'd want to end his life. And there'd be times when I'd look and think, I can't deal with this. I don't want to deal with this. Hi, I'm Paris Fury and I'm in great company.

[Podcast Host]

Let's get it on. Tyson loves to sing at a boxing match. Watch your karaoke song.

[Paris Fury]

Oh, you know which one it is?

[Podcast Host]

Tell me something, boy.

[Paris Fury]

Are you happy in this modern world? And if you at home, is there something else you're searching for and that's all you're getting? He told me, from being 17, I'm gonna be the heavyweight champ. And there was no second best. And he done it.

[Podcast Host]

And what I love about Tyson Wright is that he is so open about his mental health struggles.

[Paris Fury]

He believed people around him was trying to kill him. He believed that Illuminati was getting him. It was like psychosis gone. Yeah, really, really bad.

[Podcast Host]

What are you going through at that point?

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[Podcast Host]

Welcome back to another episode, guys. Today is a wild one because we have Paris Fury on the show. Paris Fury is Tyson Fury's wife. Now, if you've seen At Home with the Furies, you know she is the boss, the rocket, the beating heart of the family. And they're back for series two, which is out right now. You can go and check it out. And Paris came on the podcast and we spoke about so many things. We spoke about growing up as a travel traveler. We spoke about having seven kids at my age. Her eldest, Venezuela, is getting married. She's 16 years old. We talk all about that. We talk about finances and money and all the things that happen when you're married to a boxer like Tyson Fury. But also the dark side of things, which is the mental health side and the pressure of boxing and how it's a brutal sport. All of that is in the show. And at the very end, Paris sings to me and she's good. That is all coming up. Now, before we start, I just want to say two things. Mine and Sophie's show, Raising Chelsea is out on Disney. It's following mine and Sophie's experience pre birth, then with the baby and afterwards go and check it out. It's on Disney right now. And if you haven't subscribed or followed this show. Great company. Join the community of amazing people who are. We are making a great show here with incredible guests and we want to up it each week. And that's thanks to you guys. Okay, here we go. Enjoy this episode of Great Company with Paris Fury. Paris, I'm so excited.

[Paris Fury]

Thank you.

[Podcast Host]

No, no, I'm like beyond excited. I'm such a fan of yours.

[Paris Fury]

Oh, of me? Great.

[Podcast Host]

In every single way. Firstly, because I'm a new dad.

[Paris Fury]

Yep.

[Podcast Host]

It's crazy.

[Paris Fury]

It is. It's hard work.

[Podcast Host]

And you've got seven.

[Paris Fury]

I know. We kept going back to the well. It's hard work. We kept going back, kept going back

[Podcast Host]

and wishing, and they kept wishing that

[Paris Fury]

it was getting easier and it didn't. And they just multiplied.

[Podcast Host]

I'm in, as I said, I'm in this stage now at the mom as a new dad, which is where, like you go through the beginning bit, which is like quite nice and lovely. And then suddenly it goes backwards and I. My baby doesn't sleep.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I had that. I had a two year old who still didn't sleep from the day minute he was born. I had the first two kids. Now, I gotta say, I was falsely deluded. I had the first two kids. They was the perfect examples of kids.

[Podcast Host]

Great.

[Paris Fury]

You know, they slept all night through, like they ate what you gave them, they sat quietly in high chairs. You could take them to any restaurant, do any road trip. Brilliant.

[Podcast Host]

Nice.

[Paris Fury]

Then I got Tyson Jr. Who was well named. So he cried from the moment he was born. Never slept a night through until he was like nearly three years old. I even took him back to the doctors. I was like, you know, I know you're not gonna give me a refund for him, but he doesn't work proper. He cries all night long. I don't sleep. I haven't slept for years. And it's hard, hard work. But you come through it as a parent. You just have to ride them hard bits. And they are hard, you know, it is hard. I imagine you and your partner will be really struggling with these sleepless nights, especially when you're new and you haven't experienced it before. But you know what? You learn to live with very little sleep.

[Podcast Host]

You do. You can survive, you can survive on nothing.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I really did. At one point, I did start to malfunction a little. My friend used to say, you're like a malfunctioning Barbie. Because the eye would be twitching and I'd be sitting there like, that's exactly what happens.

[Podcast Host]

And then you don't really know what you're saying at times. That's what happens.

[Paris Fury]

Well, that's embarrassing. You start your train of thought and you start a conversation. I look at my friends, why did I say that? What was it? Where was I going? But hey, just own it. We're parents.

[Podcast Host]

So your kids, you have Venezuela.

[Paris Fury]

Yep.

[Podcast Host]

Prince.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Prince Tyson. Ii.

[Paris Fury]

Yes.

[Podcast Host]

Valencia.

[Paris Fury]

Yes.

[Podcast Host]

Prince Adonis.

[Paris Fury]

Yes.

[Podcast Host]

Athena. Prince Rico. Paris.

[Paris Fury]

Yep.

[Podcast Host]

Prince John James. Did I know them all?

[Paris Fury]

I don't know if you said them in the right order, but something around there. Yeah, yeah, you lost me even there. But yeah, we have.

[Podcast Host]

Is it like when you have to know your phone number in the right order?

[Paris Fury]

The worst is. Yeah, it's worse when you go to a doctor's and they say, what's the date of birth? And you look like the world's worst parent. You're like, it's not. Cause I don't love them. There's just so many. Give me a minute. But it is. I have Venezuela Prince, Tyson, Valencia, Adonis, Athena, and Rico. Yeah, that's seven. That's it. But the boys do all have the same first name. The boys are all called Prince. Really confusing when you speak to a doctor.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah. So. And the reason for that is, is

[Paris Fury]

because I was really high when I was giving birth to Prince, and he was gonna be called John James all along. Very traditional, very nice.

[Podcast Host]

And what were we high on?

[Paris Fury]

No, it was just. It was typical doctor medication.

[Podcast Host]

You're allowed that gas and air, Right?

[Paris Fury]

It was like gas and air.

[Podcast Host]

I took that down.

[Paris Fury]

Don't worry.

[Podcast Host]

It's great.

[Paris Fury]

Tyson had to go with that. You're not supposed to do that. You. Anyway, we was calling him John James, and then I had him, and I looked and I thought, he don't look like a John James. So he was thinking of different names. And then Prince came up, and I was like, prince? He has to be a prince. He's my prince. And then three days later, I was like, oh, I named that baby Prince. So that's how he got Prince. Tyson tells another story. Cause he's the dipsy king. And these kids all got Prince because he's the king. But to me, that's how the story went, and that was my side of it. And then when we had another boy, we found out we was having little Tyson. He said, well, you can't call one a prince without the other. They've all got to be Prince.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

And I said, that's crazy. You can't do that. And he went, no, we'll just do it. And, like, it's okay. We won't matter. And I thought, well, as long as we don't tell anyone. And then that didn't work either. So, yeah, we ended up with four princes. It's very confusing. And we've actually so confused. Yeah. And when you book a holiday as well, they actually think you're telling lies because you're like, yeah, Prince Fury. Prince Fury. Prince Fury. But, yeah, go on. It is what it is.

[Podcast Host]

Okay. And then the girls are all named after places?

[Paris Fury]

No, my oldest girl is named after a place. Just because we loved the name. I wanted to call her something unusual. She got Venezuela. Her dad called her the name, and I kind of leaned with either call her after myself or call her something totally unique.

[Podcast Host]

Nice.

[Paris Fury]

So that was where Venezuela come. Valencia. We spent a lot of time in Spain at the time, and we kept seeing it on the signs, and it just come to us that that's going to be her name. And then Athena. We just liked the name, and it seemed to go with Adonis. It was a really nice name. It has a bit of a meaning. It's the goddess of wisdom and war. And she came out a little fighter. She had a bad heart when she was born, and it sort of suited her, the fact that she got through everything. So, yeah, it's a little story for her.

[Podcast Host]

Because my baby's called Ziggy.

[Paris Fury]

Nice.

[Podcast Host]

And I know we don't want to talk, but that's where he was conceived, in Ziggy Bay.

[Paris Fury]

Ah, right. No, wait. That's not the reason for mine. And we're not going there, are we?

[Podcast Host]

No, we're not. Don't worry. You're the boss. You already told me we're not going there. So which one of your kids is most like you?

[Paris Fury]

I think my prince, the boy. He's the most like me. He's calm, he's placid, he's easygoing. The one Tyson looks like me, but is not in nature. And Venezuela is her dad reincarnated in nature. The little ones are all quite young at the moment, so they're just still molding. But for the older two, I think Venezuela's like her dad and Prince is like me.

[Podcast Host]

We've just met, right?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And I've watched your show at Home with the Furies, which is coming back for second series. And it's out now. It's out right now. Right. It's such a great show. And I remember, I think this is where I found your dress. Afterwards, very creepily on how to send you some candy canes, sweets. Cause I was like, I need to get this person in my life.

[Paris Fury]

Okay.

[Podcast Host]

Because you were.

[Paris Fury]

She was bribing us with sweets.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, I was right. Come on, here's some sweets. Let's do something. But you are. Even your presence, energy. You have this amazing energy where you know exactly what you want to do. You're kind of the boss of your family in lots of ways. Have you always been like that? Ever since growing Up?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. All my life I've been. I was raised by my mom, my mom and dad, but my mom was a very confident woman. My granny was a very confident woman. And we was kind of brought up with the attitude, you can do anything and be anything you want to be. And I never seek people's approval in life.

[Podcast Host]

Never?

[Paris Fury]

No, never. No. I always. I. I always try and be kind. I always try and be compassionate to other people. But I also know me and what I want to do, and no one's going to change my opinions on that.

[Podcast Host]

Wow.

[Paris Fury]

And I've always been that way from being a young girl. So from being like, you know, I came out of school at 11, and then I decided I wanted to go back to study. It was beauty therapy. I wanted to be a nail technician, massage own my own salon, things like that. So at 14, I decided to walk to college. Didn't really know the route of it. And I walked in, done the full day, and then at the end of the day went, how old are you? 14. They went, you can't come here. You want to be here. You're joking. No, I went there. I was like, I want to. I want to do this. I want to study here. And they had me there for the full day. They must have thought I was old. And then there was like, how old are you? I was like, I'm 14. And they're like, no, you can't be here. You have to go away. So I. Yeah, nothing deters me. And whatever I want to do, I set my mind to it and I sort of achieve it. And I've got that kind of positive

[Podcast Host]

outlook on life, but who instilled that within you? Because that's unique. It's hard because we doubt. Like, typically we doubt ourselves. Right. But you. And we care what other people think. And maybe you do deep down, but it feels like you're just like, no, you have this strong sense of who you are, as you said. That's great.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I do. And I'm trying to push it into my kids. It seems to be working with Venezuela. It seems to work. And Prince. The little ones are quite young, but I don't know. I grew up in a very confident environment. We was always, you know, led to believe you can do anything, you can be anything. And I do have that belief in me. I do. And I'm one of them. Like, I believe I could climb Mount Everest. I believe I could do sprints. I believe I could do somersaults and back flips. I can't do it right at this minute. But I know I could train to do it because someone else can do it. So I can do it.

[Podcast Host]

And do you truly believe anyone can do that if they put their mind?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I do. And I watched my husband do it. He told me, from being 17, I'm going to be the heavyweight champ of the world. And there was no concessions, there was no second best. And he'd done it and I watched him do it. And it was like the two of us both have that nature where it's like nothing's impossible, nothing's out of reach.

[Podcast Host]

That's amazing. Your upbringing though, was it traditional travelers upbringing?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And explain that to me.

[Paris Fury]

It's hard to explain. I mean you can't watch it or document it because what you'll see on TV is 90% a load of rubbish about gypsies and travelers.

[Podcast Host]

Is it really?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, literally 90% is rubbish. You know, they put it down as very, very old fashioned. As in like women don't work. Men, men are the only ones that do.

[Podcast Host]

I mean, that is the narrative.

[Paris Fury]

Well, it's crazy because I'm a businesswoman sitting here today and I am as much gypsy as any other gypsy out there. There's, we do have a very traditional value, as in like mothers and marriage and try and stick to the traditional values, but there's also the side that people don't see. So to explain it, no, I can't. But it's just we're a race of people that exist and have existed for thousands of years. Some's got bad names, some's got good names. I think what I would recommend is if you can spot them, they are probably the ones that give gypsies and travelers a bad name. It's the ones you don't see walking through the crowd that you would never pull out the crowd and pick out. But that's the same in any, in any race of people. You know, if you've got a loudmouth yobbo stood there with like the tracksuit falling off and they're making a load of scene. But I'm not going to say that's every non gypsy out there. You know, you've got good and bad in all, in all races. And I think that's the only thing I could say from my point of view. But I think there's a lot out there that is negative press and negative does that frustration. It does it for. It does frustrate me. It is annoying. But there again, I can't take the worries of every person in the World, I just like people to take me for me.

[Podcast Host]

So what was the time when you first met tyson? You were 15, right?

[Paris Fury]

I was 15 when I first met Tyson. He was at a mutual friend's wedding and he looked about 26 at the time, and I was only 15. And his auntie introduced us, you know, like them old aunties that introduce you at weddings. So she comes over, oh, I need you to meet my nephew. So I looked up and I had a hat on. And, like, by the time I got to the top of him to find him, I was like, oh, you're too old for me. So that was the moment past of that. And then we just kept bumping into each other over and over and over, just crossing paths. He was from Manchester, I was from Doncaster in Yorkshire. We shouldn't have keep bumping into each other, but we did. And then it was my 16th birthday. He didn't know who it was. Oh, he'd been on the phone thinking just I was a random girl. He didn't know who I was. He told me, I'm gonna make you fall in love with me.

[Podcast Host]

Wait, sorry, sorry. Wait, sorry. Wait, wait. What do you mean he was on the phone?

[Paris Fury]

I was on the phone to, like, someone he knew.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

I was speaking and Tyson picked up the phone. I didn't know who it was, but afterwards I realized. And he went, I'm gonna make you fall in love with me. And I thought, what an arrogant idiot. And time went by and again, I was 16. My birthday was coming. I had said, like, oh, whoever, like, kind of knew me or whoever my friends was like, oh, we'll get everybody to go out down the town. We couldn't get in anywhere. I didn't drink. So, like, I don't know what we was doing down the town, but we was being very big and mature for our age. So Tyson had heard, a girl is having a party. I'll go. And his cousin kept bugging him to come through. So he came through and it was me again. And then fate had it that that was it. Then we just seemed to click. We hadn't clicked before that. We just kept bumping into each other. But, yeah, we clicked and that. He was my first boyfriend. I went out with him at 16 and we stayed together ever since.

[Podcast Host]

Wow, that's insane.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

What do you think? What's it about him? Why do you think you guys work?

[Paris Fury]

He was always so different. He was always unusual. And I must love a quirky challenge because I knew back then, like, even from the first time I Met him, I thought, you are so different from anyone I've ever met. Not just in like physical like stature and looks. He was, he always had that different way of thinking and different mindset to everyone else. And I liked that and I was attracted to him.

[Podcast Host]

Where was your first date? Where did you go?

[Paris Fury]

I first like chatting to each other. Was there like around everybody. But we ended up slying off by ourself and just talking for a few hours because it just seemed right to do so. And then the next time he come through, he took me to a, like a restaurant, bar place that played boxing. And we watched the Matt Skelton fight. And I'd never watched box in my life, so I must have been really keen to get this guy. Cause I sat and watched two hours of two big heavyweights batter each other to death. And yeah, that was my date. My date was getting took to the thing to watch boxing.

[Podcast Host]

It's amazing, right, because the fact that you guys have stayed together so long, right? And look, I know this. I'm married. Marriage is tough and relationships are hard, right?

[Paris Fury]

Very much so.

[Podcast Host]

And the, the easy option, I think that's why we see like 50 of marriages don't work, right, is because the easy option is to give up. But actually through the ups, through the downs, through the left and the rights, you've got to stay at it, you've got to keep going.

[Paris Fury]

I agree with you on that. I think that this day and age, it's very much, you know, the grass is greener, this isn't working, get out. You know, you do you best for your life. But on the other hand, that next relationship is going to have flaws. I don't care who you go with. And obviously you have to take. I believe in the relationship the good should outweigh the bad. So as long as you're having the good times more than the bad times, that's you're already on a winner. You know, if you love that person, that's great. You love them, they're your friend. And your good times outweigh the bad. Because no matter who you date or what time like in your life, there's going to be problems. Even if it's great for the first two years, two or three years down the line, you're going to hit speed bumps, you're going to have problems. And that's when it shows if the relationship's going to work because you've both got each other's backs. That's what I feel me and Tyson have, like through thick and thin We've got each other and I know I can call him and depend on him and he can call me and depend on me.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah. My mum says the same thing. Says the grass is never greener.

[Paris Fury]

No.

[Podcast Host]

You think it's going to be and then it never is. And so when you have something that's great, you stick at it.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And you keep going. Being married to a sportsman is tricky. Right. Let alone being married to a boxer.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Firstly, being married to a sportsman is like. When you're in sports, firstly, there's a lot of, like, uncertainty because you don't know how long your career is going to be.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Right. And then when it comes to saying boxing, which is a brutal sport, being watching someone you love walk into a ring and have, like, a fight, an organized fight.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

What does that make you feel? What do you go through when you watch Tyson going through these fights?

[Paris Fury]

It's not a nice situation to watch Tyson box all. All our lives he's boxed ever since I've knew him. But I. When I first married him, I thought it was kind of like a. An idea that it would have phased out and it didn't. It obviously got progressed and got stronger and stronger.

[Podcast Host]

You thought that's what was going to happen?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I thought he was an amateur boxer when I went out with him. So I kind of thought, you know, amateur boxing, it's kind of like when boys play football, isn't it? Like, usually it doesn't progress. But he was adamant it was going to progress and it did. But when I used to watch him go in the ring, I always used to get nervous, and then the higher up he got, because the first few men he used to box, I knew he could be. I knew, like, oh, he's going to go in there, he's going to beat them. He's a big, strong man. But then obviously, the level of opponents got higher and the, you know, it got more dangerous and it just become a point where I don't enjoy watching in Box. I haven't enjoyed watching in box for years. And I just support him because that's what he loves to do. But it's not nice. And to watch a loved one or a friend go into the ring is hard. So never mind. Watch your husband go in.

[Podcast Host]

Do you cover your eyes when it. When it's happening?

[Paris Fury]

No. I'm one of them weird people that if there's a noise in the kitchen, I run to it. I'm one of them. I face my fears instantly. Yeah. I get called out for it. All the time. Because I'm gonna get hurt one day, but I have to go see what the. No, I couldn't hide under the bed

[Podcast Host]

because for me, that would be the hardest thing, watching someone I love just get into. Then you just don't know what's going to happen. Because it's a brutal sport.

[Paris Fury]

It is a brutal sport. Thank goodness they've got great precautions in the sport. They do all the medical checks. They do the brain scans. They do monitor it greatly. So that is good. But anything can happen in boxing, and especially when Tyson's been knocked down. And you don't know in them 10 seconds if he's going to get up.

[Podcast Host]

So we should talk about that because there was the Gervonta Wilder fight.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Which is one of the most iconic fights of the last, I don't know how many years, where he, devontae Wilder threw a punch. Tyson got knocked down, and he was down and out.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And then he got back up.

[Paris Fury]

He did. But in that time, 10 seconds, felt like two minutes. It felt like it went on forever. I was pregnant at the time, and I had a big, ugly black dress on just to hide the bump. And I saw him go down, saw him lights go out, and his brother always sits at the side of me. And I grabbed his brother. I said, climb over and get him. Get him. I thought, he ain't getting up. So I pushed his brother over.

[Podcast Host]

No, you didn't. You did that.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. And then I still. In this time, in this 10 seconds that's went on for an hour, I had time to now climb this rail, to climb over, to go and get him. Cause I thought, we have to get him up. He's not getting up himself. And then Bam, in the 9th second, he was up. So then it was like, come away, Come away. Like, we wanted him to, like, you know, put his hands up, guard up. And instead, he started throwing punches and doing what he does and started fighting back. But it was a very, very intense moment.

[Podcast Host]

You climbed over. You had time to climb over to go and help him.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. It was a very quick decision. But I shoved his brother, who's like 25 stone over this thing. So I thought, you'll get to him quicker than me. And then I thought, no, no, he's still down. So I got over. Really graceful. I'm so glad it's not on camera, because I'm sure it looked really, really respectable. And over we went, and he was up.

[Podcast Host]

What were you going to do if you got to him?

[Paris Fury]

I presumed I was going to peel him off the canvas.

[Podcast Host]

That's a lot.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot to worry about. But I knew what I was getting into, and I knew he was going to do it because he told me he was always going to do it.

[Podcast Host]

Have you ever had conversations with him where you said, like, I don't want you to do this anymore?

[Paris Fury]

Many times. Yeah, many times. Over and over and over, I've said to him, I think you're done. No more boxing. No more boxing. But he loves it, and unfortunately, it is his life. And I don't know where it's going to be when it ends. I don't. I don't know where he's going to go with this because he's walked away from it so many times and thoroughly believing that he is, like, I don't ever believe him, but he believes it. He believes at the time that he's retired and he's not going to go back to boxing and he's finished with it, and something pulls him back because he can't find anything to sort of fulfill his life the way that boxing does.

[Podcast Host]

It's like a. It's like a blessing and a curse.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. It's an addiction.

[Podcast Host]

It's an addiction, isn't it?

[Paris Fury]

Tyson has an addictive personality, and he knows. He knows his own self. It's an addiction.

[Podcast Host]

And what I love about Tyson. Right. Is that he is so open about his mental health struggles.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And he's helped so many men.

[Paris Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And women. But I know he's helped a lot of men out there by talking about what he's been through, his addiction, his problems, you know, everything. And sometimes what we sort of forget during that time is we look at the person who's the person who's suffering, who's the person going through that mental health, whatever that may be, that depression, that anxiety, whatever it is. But we forget about the butterfly effect. The people who also affected the wife, you, Paris, who is there by the side.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. The family, the fathers, the mothers. It's hard. Very hard.

[Podcast Host]

So when Tyson is going through or has been through his times where he's been pretty low and, you know, he's spoken about where he was driving his car and he thought he was gonna end his life. What are you going through at that point?

[Paris Fury]

Hell. You're going through hell. And as the partner to that person, it is extremely difficult to stay strong for them. But then you also try and stay strong for yourself, because at the time when Tyson was going through this, I had Three young children. I was pregnant with my fourth. I was trying to run the house. I was trying to keep everything afloat, trying to keep everything out of the media, trying to keep the family going. And I had a husband that was just on a hellbound mission to a train wreck. Thank goodness. We. Tyson got to a point where he knew he wasn't gonna manage it on his own. We got help. He saw a few psychiatrists. And, you know, once it got diagnosed, it made it feel so much better as well. It did. Once we knew, like, I know this sounds terrible and judgy, but it was like, you're not actually insane.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, No, I know you have a

[Paris Fury]

problem and it has a name and, you know, we can try and adapt to work with this.

[Podcast Host]

There's almost relief when you feel that.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, it was a bit of a relief because I used to wonder over and over, what is wrong with you? Like, I can't get it because to me, I am a positive person. I am. I wake up and nine times out of 10, I'm a happy person and I'm positive and upbeat, and I see the fun in everything. Like, my friend says to me all the time, like, you can make a museum trip fun. You want to go to the pound shop, and it's fun. Like, oh, my God, you know, I am, though. I'll take the kids and like, oh, what we're going to do today. I am an optimistic person. So when you've put the other end of the scale, like being low and depressed, it's very shocking. So to be told it's actually a medical condition. And to understand it, and to try and understand it made it easier for. For us to deal with it. Because for us, we found that. Tyson, mental health isn't something you solve and you get rid of. I think it's something you learn to live with and learn to deal with. And I think that's what people. Sometimes they try and look for the solution, but it isn't really a solution as much as it's a, you know, a life changement and you sort of make it work.

[Podcast Host]

Perhaps you couldn't say about it. It's. That's exactly it. Where you have to learn to live with it, which is the hardest piece of advice you're going to get. When you're going through something, it's the best piece of advice, because as soon as you accept it, that's part of you. That's who you are. That's the road to, like, recovery. Because you go, wait, okay, I probably can't change this, but at least I can set. Accept it.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And move forward. That's also going for someone who hasn't experienced anxiety or depression. Typically, in that same thing, seeing someone you love go through that, you're like, you want to shake them. What is going on? Because you don't understand it.

[Paris Fury]

You don't understand. You can't understand how someone can wake up and not want to live when you've got everything at your feet. You've got money, you've got homes, you've got kids, you've got family, you've got health, but you're depressed. It doesn't sit. It doesn't make sense, but it's an imbalance in the brain that you can't control. And on a daily basis, even if you should be happy, it doesn't mean you're going to be. And if people are living with that, if you can try and seek help, I'd strongly advise it. Seek help and don't feel like you're the only person that feels like this, because there's thousands of people who go through this daily.

[Podcast Host]

Can I ask you a personal question?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

During that time, firstly, how do you keep your family together? And secondly, was there a time when you wanted to run, wanted to leave?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I wanted to leave. There was a few times. There was a couple of times when Tyson was out drinking and obviously I was a young woman, I was at home, I had these young kids, you know, I was pregnant myself, so my hormones was out of whack, you know what I mean? I wasn't exactly, you know, I was trying to do the best I could, but I wasn't great and I used to try and keep it. Thank goodness the kids was very young, so they didn't witness it, like they wasn't of the age. Like now say, for instance, where they would know. Where they would know what was going on. So these kids got put to bed at 7 o'. Clock. They didn't see dad not coming home till twos and threes in the morning, paralytic, drunk or other substances as well, which I didn't understand as well.

[Podcast Host]

He's a big man.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. So thank God he was only ever detrimental to himself. He would come home crying, he would be depressed, he'd want to end his life and that was on him. But it was upsetting for me. And there'd be times when I'd look and think, I can't deal with this, I don't want to deal with this. But, you know, again, it was sickness and in Health.

[Podcast Host]

Is that what kept you?

[Paris Fury]

It wasn't just that. It was. I love Tyson. I know this. I say it and I feel, like, pure cringe, but I do. And that's it. I love my husband and I knew if I left, I didn't know what I'd ever come back to, and I couldn't live with that. And it's kind of like, yes, there is a limit to that. I'm not saying to everyone in a relationship in that situation, oh, you must stick with them because you love them. I'm not saying that because sometimes situations can be dangerous and can be, you know, not suitable. But for me, I. I felt I could help him be in there, so I did. But there was times, many times when I looked and I thought, I don't want to deal with this. I don't want to deal with this today. I don't want to deal with you. I don't want to, you know, have this pressure on my brain. I. I didn't sign up for this, but in a way I did. I signed up. Sickness and health, it's.

[Podcast Host]

There is. There is times when. And I. I know that. I know people have been through addiction and I've seen it and I firsthand know it's a disease. I. I can see it on people and it takes over their brains and they struggle. And especially when it. And then that mixed with mental health and everything. Yeah, it's a lot that's going on. And Tyson says, without you, he wouldn't be here. You were the one that saved him.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I seen that. I seen him do a. It was quite nice to see, actually. That is appreciated. But he done a. He done a chat with an interview.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

And he said it, and I was actually, like, sat back like, oh, that's so nice. Like, you do actually understand, you do appreciate it, but it is. It. Maybe that's what kept him. Kept him going, I don't know. But whatever it is, we've came out stronger, so that's great.

[Podcast Host]

I've seen that. You know, Tommy, Tyson's brother also has been open about his own struggles.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Which is kind of amazing and brave to come out like that. Have you spoken to him about it?

[Paris Fury]

I haven't spoken to him personally about it, but it's. It does. It runs in families. Because when Tyson had his first anxiety attack, he thought he was having a heart attack. I got called, he was. He's had a heart attack. He's in the hospital, he's having a heart attack. So I've rushed down to the hospital. Tyson's on a bed and I walk over and he goes, get me out of here. They're trying to kill me. Gone. Totally had a complete anxiety attack.

[Podcast Host]

What age is this?

[Paris Fury]

This was a few years ago when he was in his bad time. So I don't know what age he was. Yeah, maybe 30.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

Somewhere around there.

[Podcast Host]

And that was his first anxiety attack he'd ever had. Really.

[Paris Fury]

He'd had anxiety attacks, but not to that level.

[Podcast Host]

Fine.

[Paris Fury]

So this one, he was in an ambulance, he'd gone to the hospital. It was full blown anxiety attack. He believed people around him was trying to kill him. He believed that Illuminati was getting him. It was like psychosis gone. Yeah, really, really bad. So it frightened me to death that when he done that, then the family history was coming out and it was like, why did no one really tell us this? Like, his dad started saying, you know, this one had this, this one had that, this one's on them pills. And it was like, why did you never tell us this? You know? And that's when it comes out that it is, it is genetical and it can come down in families. So I, I gotta be truthful. I do fear. I look at my kids and I think, you like your dad. You know, it's. But it is what it is. They'll have to roll with it.

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[Paris Fury]

You.

[Podcast Host]

You mentioned Poundland earlier.

[Paris Fury]

Yes.

[Podcast Host]

Do you still go to Poundland?

[Paris Fury]

I do go to Poundland. I go to all the normal shops in the world. Where else am I gonna go? Come on. Like, I live in. Well, I lived in Morecambe and there isn't really much options, but. But yeah, I like normality. I like to teach my kids normality. I like to be in a normal situation.

[Podcast Host]

That's good on you because, you know, both of you are hugely successful.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Podcast Host]

You're incredibly so. Right. And that when you have that much success, that also leads to financial success and everything. Right. And. But you're. You're saying you keep so grounded.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, we do. I try to keep grounded. I tried. I've tried for years to keep completely normal. My kids go to normal schools. We shop in normal shops. I don't. Don't really know any different because I don't know where else you would go. I don't know if there's like a little celebrity boutique where you go for your Asda's, your apples and oranges.

[Podcast Host]

It's called the Notting Hill Fish Shop.

[Paris Fury]

Oh, is that where you go?

[Podcast Host]

And a melon. A melon is £60, I bet.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. I would not buy that melon. You can keep that melon. I'll get my two pound one.

[Podcast Host]

There's a. There's a bunch of grapes, which are £100.

[Paris Fury]

No way.

[Podcast Host]

I swear to God.

[Paris Fury]

Have you bought them?

[Podcast Host]

No, I have not bought them.

[Paris Fury]

You have, haven't you? You served them at the dinner, didn't you? You had a dinner party and you served them. You put the receipt on the table.

[Podcast Host]

I'm gonna send you some to try it.

[Paris Fury]

No, no, I would begrudge it. I would send them back and get a refund by loads. I would. Now, old habits die high. I like to keep grounded. I like to keep my kids in the normal situation because I have said I've got seven children and they've all got to grow up in their own right. And where they're gonna end up in life is not down to me and their dad. It's like down to Them as well. So if they're in a normal situation, but they can't make a bed or clean a house or cook a dinner or wash their clothes in a washing machine.

[Podcast Host]

You make them do that?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Get out of there.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, they all do it. They all do. Even like right down to the baby has to pick the toys up. So everybody has a function, everybody has a job. And I just want to make sure that as a parent, I do my part and let them all learn some key skills of life. Because like I am baffled when you see like a 22 year old man who can't turn on the washing machine.

[Podcast Host]

Yes.

[Paris Fury]

See, Tyson was always very independent. Tyson like is ocd, so everything's clean anyway. Great. In a relationship because he keeps everything.

[Podcast Host]

I'm a little bit like that.

[Paris Fury]

It's good, it's good.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

But he always knew how to look after himself and cook for himself and clean for himself. So, like, I want to make sure all my kids know all this and I also want them to know, like you go into a shop and you read the price of something and you check that. I want them to know normality and have a budget and don't break it. And it's working some days.

[Podcast Host]

But how do you balance that? It's hard to balance it because you're balancing normal life. And now you've got the cameras back in your home.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Which is like. So your kids kind of know Mum and dad are pretty famous.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. I have an 8 year old who knows she's famous. Yeah, yeah, exactly. She tells them if we go to a restaurant and there's a queue, she's like, just tell them where the fear is.

[Podcast Host]

So that is, is is a little bit tricky, right, to manage.

[Paris Fury]

It is tricky that way. But on the other hand, they don't know no different. So for these cameras to be around, they just think like the Netflix crew is family, like they'll go over. That's the awkward thing is when you're actually. There's a full load of cameras like this and there's people behind them, they're going, lily, open my crisps. And like they're talking to the camera crew and it's like pretend they're not here. But normal day to day life with the cameras or without the cameras. We're pretty basic. I mean, sometimes we do different things that suit our needs. Like, okay, right, Tyson might have a fancy car, we might take a private plane somewhere, but then we balance it back out, you know, or we'll do

[Podcast Host]

you find that strange sometimes See, when you get on a private plane and you're flying somewhere, do you go like, well, hang on a second, this is wild. Or.

[Paris Fury]

No, I did the first couple of times. And then now when we do it, it's. It's still a bit. You still look and you go like, wow. Like, look where we've got to.

[Podcast Host]

Because that is amazing. And. And I think in the uk, what sometimes happens in America, very good at that, they celebrate, like, uk, we want to bring it down. But actually, you guys have built that.

[Paris Fury]

You've built.

[Podcast Host]

You built that. That success from scratch.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And you've built it up, which is incredibly hard.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, it is, it is. And, like, Tyson boxed for many years and never got no further. Like, literally, just we barely saved up enough money to buy our first house. When Tyson, like, boxed for years, he'd had loads of fights. He was, like, European champion, this champion. And we just managed to, like, get enough money together to get a house. And, you know, all we kept thinking was, like, if we can secure a home, we've got a home, and stuff like that. But then, as time went on, Tyson obviously done amazing. He got some great deals and he done some great fights. Myself, I've done some good business deals and, you know, we've went on strength to strength. But, yeah, I still look and think, like, wow, this is amazing. We've done really good.

[Podcast Host]

Do you find it frustrating that the sort of naive people out there just think it's all Tyson that's done it?

[Paris Fury]

No, because I have to give him his props. I, Like, I've said this before, people think I would be upset by this, but if Tyson wasn't doing his boxing, I wouldn't have been famous. I may have done other different business deals, I might have followed different avenues. You know, I've always been that way inclined, but I. I can't say. Obviously, I wouldn't have been broadly known if Tyson wasn't the boxer he is. I can't. I wouldn't, because I'd have never, ever seeked out to be famous. That was something that was never, ever on my agenda. Like, to think, oh, I want to be famous.

[Podcast Host]

You never had that?

[Paris Fury]

No, no. Like, that was just not even slightly on the agenda. Like, I didn't. It wasn't something that I thought would ever come. Even when I used to speak on interviews, I used to just think, oh, they just want to talk to me because it's about Tyson. Like, I'm just talking. But then, obviously, I grew my own fan base and people liked me for the person I am, especially as I was older and I had my children and I was a mother and people could relate to that. And then different situations arose in life, what people really related to. And I found it's just been something that's grew. It grew naturally, organically.

[Podcast Host]

But, Paris, you give celeb energy.

[Paris Fury]

Ah, do I? Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

It's those hundred pound grapes that you eat.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm gonna stick to my water while you eat them.

[Podcast Host]

You do. You're a star. And I remember watching the first series and, you know, again, expecting it to be the Tyson show, but it wasn't. It was the Parish show.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I did get that. I did. I didn't know it was going to be like that because when I was filming it, I kind of always thought I was just in the background. Like, I'd be stood in the corner watching them film and then they'd be like, point a camera at me, about looking at me again. I don't understand this, but it's. It did come out that way. And a load of people did tell me this. And it is lovely. It's great. It's beautiful. Praise from people to say, like, they really like what I. What I am and what I stand for.

[Podcast Host]

So why do you bring the cameras back in again?

[Paris Fury]

I think what it was, truthfully, deep down. Yeah, truthfully, deep down, it gave Tyson something to do. Tyson retired and he was like, oh, should we do the Netflix show again? Now, you've gotta consider that Tyson didn't really like doing the first show because he finds schedules and he finds, like, having to wait for other people. Very. It boosts his anxiety. He can't really deal with it.

[Podcast Host]

That's the adhd. That's everything with him. He can't do it. He has to be on his own clock.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, he is completely on his own clock and you've got it in one. So when they say, can you just hold for two minutes while we just put this camera up? He's like, no, I need to go now. I need to go, I need to leave. So he didn't really enjoy the process that way. Where to me, it didn't make any difference. It didn't bother me if they was there, if they wasn't there. So then when it come to the next pro, I was neither up or down if we did it or we didn't do it. But then Tyson was retired and he said, they've offered me the show again. Should we do it? And I was like, yeah, you should do it. You know? Yeah, Great. I thought it'll give him something to put his mind and his time into so he might stay retired. It hasn't worked. He's fighting, so. But I did think that that was what it was. And then evidently we've started number three because now we're just may as well go with it. We're just in for a penny, in for a pound. We're in now. We just got to keep going.

[Podcast Host]

So this series, what are we going

[Paris Fury]

to expect in this series? You'll see obviously family relationship, normal family drama, teenagers, kids, school run, that kind of thing. Tyson being retired again, me and Venezuela. Venezuela's 16, 15 or 16 in the show. So Venezuela was taking. I was trying to show a different avenues in life and business. So obviously I do business deals. Yeah, just done a great brand with Eternal. Eternal Collagen. I've been boosting that and you know, it's a great product. I've been using it for a while. I've been doing different deals over my social media platform. Anything that I can do from home, I like to do. Enjoy. I like to stay at home. But then Venezuela, she was 15 at the time of filming and I was just. She said, like I said, what do you want to do? Because she didn't really know her place, what she wanted to do. So she started to blow up on Tick Tock. She started to get some great offers in. So it was kind of doing a bit of people in the photo shoot. Yeah, I know, it's crazy.

[Podcast Host]

People in the office love her.

[Paris Fury]

I don't have proper Tick Tock. I had it and then the kids keep putting weird videos on and then it gets deleted, you know, like cruel whatever. I don't know what that I get banned basically. I don't even want to say videos

[Podcast Host]

that are going on, you know, like

[Paris Fury]

they'll be in their vests doing like some weird Tick Tock. And like I get shut down for children and D.C. and it's bad, it's just. I don't even want to say why, but it sounds terrible. So they shut my TikTok down. So I haven't had TikTok. And then one day everyone kept saying, oh, saw Venezuela's TikToks. I saw Venezuela's TikToks. I was like, okay, I gotta look at this. And I went down and I laughed that hard at her. And I thought, I forget how weird you are. And like her personality really is. She's so funny. She's like her dad, she's like, she don't care what Other people think, wow. Then she got engaged at the end of the show, which was. It just went from, like, we didn't know where the show was going. And then all of a sudden, it had, like, this big ending.

[Podcast Host]

That's kind of the amazing thing, though, about, like, following the Furies. Right. You don't really know where it's gonna go. It could go anywhere.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, but. So that's what's so crazy. Everyone in the background was like, where's it going? They want to know. Like, the people who organize shows, people who do real reality tv, must actually sit down at the beginning of the series and be like, you're gonna marry him. You're gonna divorce her. You're gonna go out with him. You're gonna have an affair with that one. You're gonna go down a business route. You're gonna promote a brand. And they must know.

[Podcast Host]

Did you ever watch Maiden Chelsea?

[Paris Fury]

No, I didn't. I've heard. You was great on it.

[Podcast Host]

Thank you very much.

[Paris Fury]

Did a little bit of that conversation happen at the beginning?

[Podcast Host]

Yeah. Right.

[Paris Fury]

So they tried to do that with us, and it doesn't work. So we ended up just telling them a load of rubbish, like, yeah, we're gonna go on this holiday. We're gonna go do this, we're gonna do that. It was all a lot of rubbish because we was like, we're gonna do the show anyway. Tyson's gonna do it his way. I'm along for the ride. And you can't really plan out, what, seven, eight, nine people. There's nine of us in one household.

[Podcast Host]

That's mad.

[Paris Fury]

How are you gonna plan what they're gonna do?

[Podcast Host]

But also, yeah, Netflix must be over the moon. Cause it's a huge hit.

[Paris Fury]

They've already started number three. I literally said bye to them with that hand. And they was back in with this hand. I was like, oh, gosh, you're back again.

[Podcast Host]

There was. I remember in the first series, Tyson was talking about wanting to buy an airport.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. Yeah. He gets these ideas. He's just actually went through with what? Not an airport, but something silly.

[Podcast Host]

Can you just tell?

[Paris Fury]

Go on. I don't think I can tell. No, I can't tell. But I left him alone for about 12 hours. And he came back and he's like, I have just bought this. I was like, oh, my God. I looked at the person at the side of me and went, you harbored him into this, didn't you?

[Podcast Host]

Has there been a moment where. What is the wildest thing when Tyson's come back and said, by the way, I bought this. And you were like, what's going to. If you can tell me.

[Paris Fury]

I think, come on. Before, this one was a racehorse. He has a racehorse. Tyson does not like race horse racing. I know he's a gypsy and he's meant to like these things, but he doesn't. Right. He's not into it. So all of a sudden he comes back, I have a racehorse. It's so funny. It's actually on the series. Oh, no. It was so bad. Oh, no, no, no. The poor horse trainer, basically, he got a horse. The horse was doing races and it was like a baby horse. It grew up. I don't know what you call it.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Paris Fury]

So anyway, baby horse.

[Podcast Host]

And it grew up into a horse.

[Paris Fury]

It grew up into a horse. Okay. So the horse done a run and it came second in its first race. Then it run another race and it came first in its race. So then we had this idea, come on, we'll all go for the day and we'll watch the horse run. And the trainer was really optimistic. Like, it's done. Unbelievable. Well, we didn't expect it to do any good. It's done second and first in the last two races. Races. So it runs this race. It goes backwards. It totally loses. It went the opposite way. It was a complete dud. So we're all laughing like we was killing ourselves laughing. The poor horse trainer was crying. My boy went up and he went, is he crying, Mama? I was like, shh, please shush. And I felt so bad for him because obviously he had done his job. It wasn't his fault, it was the horse. But it was just so funny. But this was another one of Tyson's hair brain ideas. To think, like, I'm going to be a horse racer.

[Podcast Host]

How old are you when you got married?

[Paris Fury]

I was 18 when I got married.

[Podcast Host]

Because your daughter, Venezuela.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Is engaged at 16, right?

[Paris Fury]

She is. She beat me. I got engaged at 17. She's got engaged at 16. It's crazy

[Podcast Host]

because I'm. I got married at 35.

[Paris Fury]

Yep.

[Podcast Host]

I thought I was. I. I wasn't. I. Then I was like, is this the right time?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

But it's amazing that getting married at such a young age.

[Paris Fury]

Venezuela is ridiculously young, even in gypsy standards. Like, she's really young. She's. She's 16. But Venezuela has always been a woman. She's always been the oldest of all these kids. She's always been very confident in herself and she has met the person that she wants to be with and she's got a lot of negative flap about it and people saying, oh, this, why would you want to get married so young? Why would you want to end your life? Why are you not living your life? Why are you not. And I don't get it. I don't understand it. To me, my child is met the person she wants to be with. If she moved in and lived with this person, no one would bat an eyelid. It wouldn't be any problem. But the fact that she wants to get married to me, which is a celebration of their relationship, it's beautiful that that's what they want to do. And she is happy, he is happy and they want to commit to each other that way. I don't see the problem. I don't understand it. I don't see the negative point at all. But maybe that's my blindness.

[Podcast Host]

I don't think it is your blindness. I think you're just saying you're letting your kids do what they want to do rather than restricting it. Cause what you do then you just.

[Paris Fury]

What am I going to do? Turn around to her and say, no, no, no, you're not doing that well, she's gonna do it anyway. No, you're not marrying the man you love. Okay, that makes sense. Just to please some other people out there who may say it's not nice. What's to say? It's not nice. Me and Tyson's been married 20 years. We're overly happy.

[Podcast Host]

What's Noah like? Her fiance.

[Paris Fury]

He's a really nice young man. He's very much like her. The two of them are real quirky. They're like vibrant out there. He's a bit shy of the cameras. I think he might have to get used to them. They're there. But he met Venezuela in a situation where she was just a normal person. She was just like the normal, another face in the crowd. And he came over. He liked her. He liked the fact that she was tall. I think that's what he said. He said he liked the fact that she was really tall and she's my daughter and she's really good looking and beautiful. So. Yeah, but. And they got along. And he's a boxer, he likes boxing. It's good for him. He likes sports. I think it's a clean living way of life. I think that's good.

[Podcast Host]

Good. When Tyson retires, do you worry about that time?

[Paris Fury]

I do worry about it because I, as I've said before, I don't know what he'll fill his space with. And nothing seems to give him the satisfaction boxing does. So I don't know where it will lead to. I don't know where he'll go with it. I'm hoping age just kicks in. And my boy Prince, he loves boxing at the minute. He's been training with his dad for the last three months in Thailand. He's wanting to have his first amateur fight fight soon.

[Podcast Host]

And you're happy for him to go into boxing?

[Paris Fury]

Not really, but they're doing it, you know, I'm all about supporting the dreams, you know, my daughter's 16, she's getting married. My boy wants to box in Thailand. I'm all supportive. I'm the supportive mother. You're great, I'm here for it. But if he does, I will, I will support him. And I, I, I'll die at the side of the ring at the same time.

[Podcast Host]

But because that's a different having had a baby. Right. Like, it's different.

[Paris Fury]

It's a different law.

[Podcast Host]

That's.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, it is. And I don't.

[Podcast Host]

That's like your heart running around the

[Paris Fury]

place with boxing gloves on and someone hitting it. Yeah, I don't think I'll handle it well. I don't think I will handle it well.

[Podcast Host]

I'm a bit scared for the other person when you get in the ring afterwards.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, yeah, that's the one. I've got to try and be dignified. Trying to be dignified ringside. But, yeah, the kids are all doing what they want to do and they're enjoying it. And heck, what can you say?

[Podcast Host]

Do you think that's important as a parent, to do that? You have to allow your kids to

[Paris Fury]

do what they want to do within reason. Yeah. I think you've got to support them. I think you've got to let them live their dream. The reason I say this again is because some people, Tyson calls them dream crushers.

[Podcast Host]

Right.

[Paris Fury]

Some people would look at a kid and they'll say, I'm going to be the next Ronaldo. And they'd say, don't be stupid, you can't do that. But I don't believe in limitations on children. I think, you know, entice their dreams, let them have that moment. And if they go far with it, great. If it doesn't come off, they'll start realize it's not going to happen.

[Podcast Host]

You know, the press is tough.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

And you've got the cameras in. You have to deal with the press, the kids have to deal with the press. And I don't know how much you can talk them, but I'm A big fan of you guys and, and I've seen the press recently that family's important to you, right?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, of course.

[Podcast Host]

Tyson and his dad seem to have a rocky relationship at the moment.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, they've been on and off for years. They always go through this. You know, you've got two very headstrong people, one probably more headstrong than the other. And it is. I mean, I'll tell you what, I will say.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah.

[Paris Fury]

Everyone's saying it is a social media stuff and it's not. It's a family rift that's going on at the moment and I hope they resolve it because I think there's nothing more important than your family and I know they love each other deeply, deep down and for whatever reason it be pride or whatever, they have an issue, his dad has an issue and I hope they can resolve it.

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, it's tough that. Because it is family is the most important thing.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. Especially for us. We, we come from like really family minded. I mean, it's come at a bad time, all this information that's come out. I mean, Tyson knew his dad had certain feelings towards people in the camp and he's always said, I am my own man and I'll do things my own way. And he has always done that. And this is where he's got for it. So he looks at it like, I've done my own choices all my life. Like his dad's had opinions on different things he shouldn't have done in the past and he's done it and it's went unbelievable. Well, he said, don't fight Deontay Wilder. It's the best trilogy in boxing history. So.

[Podcast Host]

Wow.

[Paris Fury]

Things like this has been said, but this is a personal rift between them and I hope they resolve it.

[Podcast Host]

Do you think it's. It's hard to mix family and business? Yeah, it's really hard.

[Paris Fury]

It's hard to mix family and business. I think sometimes you have to draw that line. But this isn't. It's not my argument to divulge too deeply into, so.

[Podcast Host]

Got it. I hear you. Would you ever have any more kids?

[Paris Fury]

I don't know. I don't think so. I think, I think what we've got, we're really lucky to have the seven kids we've got. We say it all the time, like we're very blessed. And I feel like, especially with Venezuela, like getting married this year and I'm just wondering, like, when is the limit? Where do you draw the line? I'm only 36. I feel like I'm still young. I feel like I'm still young and I feel like I shouldn't put a limitation on myself because of what other people are doing. But you shouldn't.

[Podcast Host]

Why do we do that in life? Why do we put people. Other people put limitations on? We shouldn't do that.

[Paris Fury]

It is cringy when you're children are older than your grandchildren. No, younger. Yeah, I think that'd be a cringey moment. Yeah, something like that. I think it would be like your child would be younger than your grandchild. That's got to be cringy moment. So I think maybe I've got to, you know, shut shot, draw the line

[Podcast Host]

because Molly May is about to have her second baby. Really?

[Paris Fury]

Yes, she is.

[Podcast Host]

It's so exciting.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, it is really exciting. I'm really, really pleased for them. I think it'll be a lovely moment because obviously they're so great with Bambi and then they're getting this new little baby. It will, it'll be amazing to see because I do listen some kids, it works that way when there's an only child. But I think it's a beautiful thing if you can give a child a sibling. Just hinting there.

[Podcast Host]

Don't worry, my wife is already on it.

[Paris Fury]

Okay.

[Podcast Host]

I know we're not allowed to talk about sex, but this is the only time I will get that.

[Paris Fury]

So she's getting number two. No, I do, I think, if it's possible. I think it's a great thing for the. For a child to have a sibling. Obviously, mind has got loads, but even just one that you can, you know that in the future when you, you go away, that they have someone else to talk to.

[Podcast Host]

Doing this Netflix show, are you happy the way that you've been perceived?

[Paris Fury]

Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think it just come out truthful to how I am. I saw myself shouting and screaming on the trailer and thought, oh, that's a bit embarrassing. But that's me. I. That's just life. And I don't hide anything. I don't feel the need. On one of the scenes, I got car sick and I'm sick and over the edge. Right. And the cameras is right there. I was thinking like, you don't need to be that.

[Podcast Host]

Is that in the series?

[Paris Fury]

In the series.

[Podcast Host]

Can't wait.

[Paris Fury]

So Venezuela, if that's what you're looking forward to, whatever floats your boat. So my Venezuela said to me, she went, oh, you've gotta take that out. That's disgusting. But I went, but it's life. Like life Happens like the good, the bad, it's just normality. Like, I don't really. I don't try and put heirs and graces on. So I think it's just. Yeah, I think the show came out just the way I am. And I think if people perceive it well, then that's how they would like me. And if they don't like it, they won't like me.

[Podcast Host]

Paris, this is a great. It's a refreshing attitude.

[Paris Fury]

Okay?

[Podcast Host]

No, but it really is. And you just say, okay, but, like, maybe you can't take compliments that well. But like, it is such a refreshing attitude because I think that's what we should. We should all be more like you.

[Paris Fury]

I would like to promote it to young people. I mean, adults. We're adults, we can look after ourselves. But young kids need to learn not to take on opinions that don't matter. And it's all right saying, oh, all opinions matter. They don't. The people's who opinions matter is your own family, your own loved ones, people who's your close friends. If I'm wearing this outfit and everyone in this room looks and goes, I didn't like that outfit. That outfit was horrible. Oh, she looked horrible. I don't care. I like it, I'm happy. But if my mum said to me the outfit was horrible, a bit, oh, maybe you shouldn't have wore that. It was a bit dodgy. And that's not insecurities, but that's because that's someone who loves me, giving me their truthful opinion. But everybody else, I'm like, well, I'm happy. I like it, you know, And I think that's what kids need to be told. I've told my daughter, and recently when she got engaged, everybody kind of jumped on her fiance Noah, giving him a load of stick. He'd never really had, like a load of social media hate. And he got all these different things and he deleted social media for a few days, a couple of weeks, and he went, oh, can you believe what the people's calling me and what they're saying to me? And she went, went, I'm what? So what? Why are you bothered? Why are you interested? So when she said that, I thought what I've been telling you is clicked in. She doesn't listen. So when she makes these videos and she just owns who she is and she just is her own personality and there is people who will say negative things, but she just ignores it. And that's what I'm hoping to instill into all my kids, because they've all got to grow up in this new age of world where it's okay to insult somebody and call them names and be rotten to them over in social media and on an Internet and. And you have to completely blank that out because the people who matter is your own loved ones. And I think that's what people should be installed into their brain, that all these opinions don't matter, like it doesn't make no difference to you.

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[Podcast Host]

Pass. You're a genius. You're great. You're the best.

[Paris Fury]

Thank you very much.

[Podcast Host]

I appreciate everything like that. This has been. I was so excited to interview. I was so excited to chat to you. And you say, don't meet your heroes, but.

[Paris Fury]

Oh, okay. That's good. That's nice.

[Podcast Host]

Paris. Everyone should go and watch the show. It's out right now. You can go and get it on Netflix at Home of the Furies. It's incredible. Before we let you go, we have eight quick fire questions. Are you ready for this?

[Paris Fury]

I'm ready.

[Podcast Host]

Okay. What's a saying or phrase that makes you smile or cheers you up,

[Paris Fury]

you big dossier. Sorry. I laugh at it every time. I think the fact that it's painted in catchphrase for Tyson is pretty good as a fact as well.

[Podcast Host]

Are you guys. Are you guys. Do you say you love each other?

[Paris Fury]

Yes.

[Podcast Host]

What's your love? Language.

[Paris Fury]

Food. It is. It's like, well, yeah, I brought you some chocolate turkey.

[Podcast Host]

Okay. Best compliment anyone's ever given you.

[Paris Fury]

A compliment I really like, and it's boring from me, but it's when people come over and say, oh, your kids are really polite. Oh. You know, like if you're on an airplane. And I. And they've been really nice and they've said please and thank you. I think it's really nice to get that feedback to know that your kids are doing good.

[Podcast Host]

What scares you most about yourself?

[Paris Fury]

This is horrible. But I've always had a thought that I. This is really dark. I've always had a thought that I will get an illness and die young. That's a thought. That I've always had. And that's a really weird dark thought, isn't it?

[Podcast Host]

No, but it's not. But that's what scares you. Yeah, lots of people have that also. It's the fact you've got kids and everything. And so.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, I think that's what it is. I think it's the thought of like leaving. Leaving everyone behind.

[Podcast Host]

When was the last time you cried?

[Paris Fury]

All the time. I'm a cry.

[Podcast Host]

Do you get emotional?

[Paris Fury]

No, I say that it's not all the time. When did I last cry? I cried at Wolverine Heights. Oh, I sobbed over Jacob and cried. No, I actually sobbed at Wolverine Heights. No, because I watched the old original black and white one and I've convinced myself it's me and Tyson, which sounds really sick. Cause it's so toxic. But we're not that toxic. Like. No, he lived in Manchester, near the moors, that kind of thing. So. Yeah, and when I watched it, I went with four new friends. Like, we've moved. So I met these new friends and they. Yeah, so we went to the pictures and every one of them didn't cry. And I was sobbing. Sniffing it at the end of the foot. Please. Why are you not crying? So sad. So, yeah, I sobbed. I sobbed at the end of that.

[Podcast Host]

What's something you can't let go of?

[Paris Fury]

I don't like letting go of shoes. I like to keep shoes even past the seller.

[Podcast Host]

Paper pair of shoes.

[Paris Fury]

Have my little low Dior Golds and my. The trainers that everyone wears. New Balance. Live in them. Love them. Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

Loving New Balance.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah.

[Podcast Host]

I think they're a cool look as well.

[Paris Fury]

Yeah, they are. They're in. They're trendy. You can wear. You can wear anything with them.

[Podcast Host]

Tell my wife that. Okay. What's your guilty pleasure?

[Paris Fury]

Food. Food again? Yeah. My guilty pleasure is like eating too much chocolate. Chocolate and crisps. You know, people are either sweet or savory. I'm both. I want like Galaxy on a pack of Orcas.

[Podcast Host]

Have you seen this new Pringle thing? Have you seen this?

[Paris Fury]

Yes. It looks sickly though, I think. Imagine it'd go mushy.

[Podcast Host]

It's a log of chocolate, but with Pringles in it.

[Paris Fury]

Do you think it would work?

[Podcast Host]

Yeah, I think it's good.

[Paris Fury]

I might try it.

[Podcast Host]

I get you on. What turns you off?

[Paris Fury]

A dirty house. I like things to be tidy. It doesn't sit well emotionally with me.

[Podcast Host]

And the opposite. What turns you on?

[Paris Fury]

Tyson in a thong. No, I'm joking. I'm joking right now. I don't know, I. I don't. I don't know. Can't answer that one.

[Podcast Host]

Okay. Can't answer it. Tyson and Thong, what do you like most about yourself?

[Paris Fury]

Do you know what? I'm pretty proud of the fact of what my body's done. I know this sounds cringe, but like, I've had seven kids and I'm not perfect, but I feel like my body's took me through all that and brought me back to a decent enough spot, so I'm pretty proud of that.

[Podcast Host]

Bonus 1. Tyson loves to sing at a boxing match. What's your karaoke song?

[Paris Fury]

My karaoke song? Oh, I like the shallow.

[Podcast Host]

How does it go?

[Paris Fury]

Oh, you know which one it is?

[Podcast Host]

How does the beginning go?

[Paris Fury]

How does the beginning go? Remember?

[Podcast Host]

Tell me something, boy Are you happy

[Paris Fury]

in this modern world? And if you at home is there something else you're searching for?

[Podcast Host]

Cause I falling

[Paris Fury]

in all the good times I find myself longing for change and in the bad times I feel myself. And that's all you're getting.

[Podcast Host]

Paris, you've been amazing.

[Paris Fury]

Thank you so much. I think I had the little half a cup. Now do I want that diet?

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