Filmmaker Spike Lee scolded reporters at the annual Television Critics Association for not applauding when Mike Tyson, the star of his upcoming flick 'Undisputed Truth', came on stage.
A source told the New York Post that no one clapped upon the pair's entrance and Lee, miffed as usual, lashed out at the media, asserting that usually when the heavyweight champion of the world enters the room, people applaud.
Later Lee, setting an example, started clapping for Tyson and the room followed.
Tyson broke the ice by saying that there was no way he is American musician and criminal Charles Manson, but he will never be a Mother Teresa, either.
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