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Mike Tyson 'in denial' over daughter's death

Boxer doesn’t know how to cope with grief

Mike Tyson appeared in The Hangover

Mike Tyson says he still can't believe his four-year-old daughter has passed away.

Exodus died in May after she was found with her neck caught in the cable of a treadmill.

‘I am working with dealing with it,’ says Mike. ‘I have spoken to a lot of people. I have become a member of an exclusive club no one wants to join.

‘I have been told the pain never stops but you get over it. I am going through a process, trying to heal.

'I am in denial, because I don't know how to handle it. I don't know what to do or say. I appreciate everybody who supported me.’

Mike, 43, who has five other children, has taken up acting since he quit boxing.

‘I really was beating myself up over my daughter,’ he tells Entertainment Tonight.

‘I was staying in the house, depressed; it was a dark moment in my life. [Acting] keeps me functioning as a healthy human being.’