VIDEO: Tyson Fury defends 'sexist' remarks: wife is 'very privileged to have a husband like me'

“People should look up to me. Young kids. I am a good role model. I’ll show them how men should really be.“

Mon, 07 Dec, 2015 - 09:28

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has reiterated his

In a YouTube video for IFL TV, Fury said: “I’m a little bit backward. I didn’t really go to school. Which part of a woman looks good in a dress is sexist?

Watch from four minutes for his remarks about women.

“Or was it about the cooking and cleaning? I stand up for my beliefs. My wife’s there (standing alongside Fury). Her job is cooking and cleaning and looking after these kids. That’s it.

“She does get to make some decisions. What she’s going to cook me for tea in a bit when I get home. That’s the decisions what she gets to make. That’s my beliefs, just like I believe in Lord Jesus Christ as my lord and saviour and if anyone wants to dispute that let them do it.

“My belief is that my wife should be at home looking after my kids and cooking and cleaning. She’s a very privileged woman to have a husband like me. Not everyone’s in her position but the ones who are are very lucky. That’s my opinion.”

Fury, who stunned Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA, IBF and WBO belts last weekend, also insisted he was a good role model for young children, despite repeated controversies surrounding the comments he made about women and also

“People should look up to me," he said. "Young kids. I am a good role model.

"I’ll show them how men should really be. And kids can take note from that. I am a good role model. Lots of kids look up to me.

“This week has taught me that when you’re at the top of the world everybody wants to bring you down. But they’re never going to do it.”