Eye on Entertainment: Seeking the family of Exodus

After learning of the death of Mike Tyson’s four-year-old daughter, Exodus, after a freak accident at the family’s home in Phoenix, I became angry when I read the family’s statement in which they (like so many other celebrity families) asked for privacy.

I became angry because a grieving family should not have to ask for privacy.

Mike Tyson has just lost his child. Why would he or his family be expected to comment on this to the press, to the public? Public statements during difficult times are common. Time and time again famous families are sought out during their grief and asked for a statement. We’ve come to expect it. But why?

Why can’t the press and tabloids back up and let Tyson bury his daughter in peace? Have we become so cold that we can’t allow a family to grieve without trying to snap a photo or get a comment?

My heart goes out to the family.