Last week, Floyd Mayweathergot an early Christmas present during a trip to Russia. He was given a “rare & exotic tiger from India” and asked his Instagram followers to help him name it, as you can see in the IG photo above. And while many people suggested names, there were others out there who weren’t happy about the fact that Mayweather now owns a tiger.
PETA took to Twitter to release a statement on Mayweather’s tiger:
Twitter users called him out for getting a tiger, too:
And Chrissy Teigen went as far as to subliminally suggest that she hopes Mayweather’s pet tiger eats him:
Believe it or not, Mayweather doesn’t care what anyone has to say about his tiger, though. He just did an interview with Fight Hype about the tiger and responded to his critics. He went as far as to call some of the people who support PETA “hypocrites” and explained that he’s going to be helping a team of people located in Russia to breed and save tigers.
“We’re breeding tigers because there’s a shortage of tigers in this world,” he said. “The tigers that are out in the wild are being shot and killed. Human beings are killing tigers for no reason. Before you know it, there won’t be any more tigers in the world. We don’t want that to happen.”
Hmmm…OK. That’s noble. We guess.
But then, Mayweather was asked about what Teigen said about him on Twitter. He claimed that he doesn’t actually know who Teigen is—wait, haven’t we heard him play that card before?—and downplayed her tweet about him while suggesting that she only sent it out to get attention.
“The thing is I’ve never had anything negative to say about John Legend,” he said. “I really don’t even know what his wife does, whoever she may be. I’ve never seen John Legend’s wife in my life. If I did, I probably just don’t remember it. But the thing is this: I’m pretty sure she has a lot going on in her life, but you know, I’m something to talk about, so that can be something else. I am something to talk about. You see, when she spoke on me, she got her name in the public eye, so that’s kind of cool of her. I said this many, many, many years ago. I’m not perfect, I can contradict myself, but I think that people spend too much time worried about what other people are doing.”
OK then. We don’t think Teigen meant this for Mayweather, but it probably still applies:
We’ll be sure to let you know if Teigen issues an actual response to Mayweather after hearing what he had to say. In the meantime, Mayweather still needs a name for his tiger-that-he's-not-giving-back-no-matter-how-much-it-makes-you-mad. Suggestions?
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[via Fight Hype]
