Paris Fury has shown her support for her husband Tyson after his first venture into music was revealed. She shared her surprise while on the Loose Women panel earlier this year when she revealed that the heavyweight champion boxer was heading into the studio.
When Coleen Nolan asked Paris about suggestions there could soon be a popstar amongst the family, she replied: "It's so terrible. The music companies keep coming to Tyson... because he sings in the ring and he sings everywhere anyone will listen, they've ask him to release an album."
She went on: "Not just a song, an album! And I went 'Who? Why would you want to do this?' And he said: "I'm going to do it, look at all the songs they want me to sing'. And I'm like: 'I'd be the first to criticize this album!'" When Janet Street-Porter then asked what his voice is like, Paris bluntly replied: "Not great!" leading to all the ladies laughing.
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But Paris has shown once again she is her husband's number one supporter after Tyson's first single was revealed. The 34-year-old, who announced his retirement earlier this year but will return to the ring once more in December, has covered Neil Diamond’s classic Sweet Caroline, which is set for release next month.
The track was chosen thanks to its status as a fan-favourite at many UK sporting events, with Tyson saying he feels a particular connection to the track: "Sweet Caroline is a record I’ve always loved and I’m excited to record and release it," the Wythenshawe-born boxer said.
He added: "And thanks to the folks over at Warner Music, they’ve given me the opportunity to do that, and what better time to release it than around the World Cup!"
The single is also being released in support of mental health charity, Talk Club. The charity offers support to men who are struggling with their mental health by providing ‘talking groups, sports groups and therapy to help keep you mentally fit’ via a range of online and in-person methods.
"I’m also proud to be partnering with the team at Talk Club who do such amazing work," Tyson said of his debut single. "It’s a great opportunity for me to give something back to mental health and hopefully continue to raise awareness for a cause that’s really close to my heart and if it helps England along the way in the World Cup, well that’s an added bonus."
Tyson has previously spoken openly about his struggles with mental health and 100% of Warner Music UK’s profits from the single, including 100% of Fury’s earnings from the release, will be donated to Talk Club.
Talk Club co-founders Ben Akers and Gavin Thorpe said: "Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50 in the UK. Tyson Fury is a champion, in and out of the ring to many of those men. Men see themselves in Tyson, so when he talks – or sings – they listen. So to be partnering with Tyson on something that raises the awareness of Talk Club and gets men talking and improving their mental fitness, will save lives."
Sharing a post from The Guardian's Instagram page with a caption which read: "Tyson Fury records single for mental health charity and aims for Christmas No1," Paris added her own message.
The mum-of-six typed: "So proud of Tyson doing this! It took a great lot of effort from a lot of people including him and I hope everyone buys a copy as it's all in the cause of mental health charity."
Despite being best known for his sporting achievements, Tyson is no stranger to performing as he often takes to the microphone after his fights and during interviews to serenade those around him with renditions of some of his favourite tracks, including American Pie, I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing and Walking In Memphis.
Tyson also appeared on Robbie Williams’ 2019 Christmas album for a duet with the hugely successful singer-songwriter on the track Bad Sharon. Tyson's cover of Sweet Caroline will be released on November 11 through Warner Music UK’s EastWest Records.
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