Tony Bellew EXCLUSIVE: Former world champion tells story of how he went viral with frustrated parenting video

Tony Bellew EXCLUSIVE: Former world champion tells story of how he went viral with frustrated parenting video
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Tony Bellew has told talkSPORT he is coping well in coronavirus lockdown, despite an amusing viral video displaying his frustrations last week.

The now retired former WBC cruiserweight champion was seen trying to reason with his eldest child, who was attempting to raid the kitchen cupboards during an interview.

The video of Bellew was viewed over a million times across social media

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The video of Bellew was viewed over a million times across social media

Bellew told the talkSPORT Sports Breakfast: “I’m alright with it, I’m happy, but they got me at a testing moment there I think.

“That’s most nights in my house, I’ve got four boys and none of them listen to me!

“We’ve recently had our fourth child, another boy, I can only produce boys, it takes a real man to produce a girl.

“It’s just one of them things where it just never ends, does it? I’ve got a 14-year-old, an 11-year-old, a 7-year-old and now I’ve got one that’s three months.

“I’m just trying to keep rolling with the punches, quite literally in my house, because if I would’ve caused a fuss–

“I tried to play it as cool as I possibly could because I was literally on camera when I was arguing with him.

“I’ve got an 11-year-old who loves steak, a 7-year-old who loves steak and a 14-year-old who just thinks it’s dead funny to order the most expensive thing on the menu and then look at me when he does.

“My 14-year-old is now 6ft 4ins, he’s like a long string of– I’m not gonna finish that sentence.

Bellew is die-hard Everton fan

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Bellew is die-hard Everton fan

“He just wants to wind me up, at least once a day he says, ‘Dad, do you think I can take you yet?’

“I’m just like, ‘Son, if you carry on this way with me, you’re gonna realise how Dad got you the lovely shoes that you wear, how Dad rigged you out with the PlayStation.’

“He tests my patience that 14-year-old.”