A few weeks ago, news broke that boxer Mike Tyson is to appear on a track from the new Madonna album.
He'll appear alongside Chance the Rapper on the track 'Iconic'.
Never one to miss an opportunity for some controversy, Tyson has now claimed that his performance on the song was inspired by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
"You watch Mussolini on television — even though we don’t understand what he’s saying — he is so mesmerising. I look at myself in that way," he told Rolling Stone. "I know people may say, 'This guy’s a fascist' and all this stuff, but man, you can take positivity from watching him. No wonder why Hitler was attracted to him. This guy's a hypnotic figure. There's so much pride behind what he's saying. I'm not even Italian and I feel the pride he's projecting. He had that street swag; he was doing this stuff with his hands and moving his head before it was even hip-hop."
Madonna has yet to make a comment, but she's probably busy mocking up a picture of Mussolini in Photoshop as we speak…
