Tyson Fury’s wife has recalled the moment he told her he “wasn’t coming back” as he hit rock bottom.
The former heavyweight world champion had endured a near three-year drink and drug-fuelled depression since beating Wladimir Klitschko in 2015.
His struggles reached a crescendo when he took his Ferrari for a spin with the intention of killing himself.
And his wife Paris has opened up about Tyson’s state of mind in a new ITV documentary.
“I remember when he got in the Ferrari before he left he said, ‘I’m not coming back’,” she said. “Then as the day progressed and his phone was off I started calling his dad.
“I said, ‘Have you heard from him because I don’t know where he’s at? I am worried, he was talking silly this morning’.
“He’d done what he’d always wanted to do. He was on top of the world. We had everything anyone could ever dream of.
“We had our kids, had our money, fame, glory. But inside he was torn to shreds. That was it, end of the line.’
Fury opened up about considering taking his own life when he returned to the ring in 2018.
And he said on the documentary that he woke up and thought: “Today’s the day I end it all”.
Fury added: “I was heading towards this bridge, I was going to smash the car into the bridge at very high speed, I just didn’t have the ambition to live anymore.
