Los Angeles: Mike Tyson played vocal coach to former US President George Bush Jr in a spoof of The King's Speech which sees the boxing legend try to correct his student's famed 'Bushisms'.
The skit, which was aired during a special Oscar edition of Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show, saw the former boxer helping a Bush lookalike get ready for an important public address, reported People magazine online.
Tyson recited lines from Hamlet with the doppelganger, massaged his jaw, rolled him along the floor and helped him perform voice exercises.
His role in the sketch, 'The President's Speech', was a hilarious take on Geoffrey Rush's Oscar-nominated part.
Tyson, 44, was filmed wearing a suit and hat and painting a watercolour, when he was approached to be Bush' a vocal coach.
The ex-heavyweight champion repeatedly held his head in his hands as he watched the former US president fluff his lines during live broadcasts.
"The worst delivery in the history of speech," he bellowed during one blunder.
But after some intensive training, which mimicked Rush's scenes with Colin Firth in 'The King's Speech', Tyson's tactics worked.
The former boxer stood in the sidelines, a tear trickling from his eye, as Bush got through an address unscathed.
Firth as stammering British ruler George VI in earned the best actor prize at the Academy Awards. The film also received best director, best film and best script.
The skit, which was aired during a special Oscar edition of Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show, saw the former boxer helping a Bush lookalike get ready for an important public address, reported People magazine online.
Tyson recited lines from Hamlet with the doppelganger, massaged his jaw, rolled him along the floor and helped him perform voice exercises.
His role in the sketch, 'The President's Speech', was a hilarious take on Geoffrey Rush's Oscar-nominated part.
Tyson, 44, was filmed wearing a suit and hat and painting a watercolour, when he was approached to be Bush' a vocal coach.
The ex-heavyweight champion repeatedly held his head in his hands as he watched the former US president fluff his lines during live broadcasts.
"The worst delivery in the history of speech," he bellowed during one blunder.
But after some intensive training, which mimicked Rush's scenes with Colin Firth in 'The King's Speech', Tyson's tactics worked.
The former boxer stood in the sidelines, a tear trickling from his eye, as Bush got through an address unscathed.
Firth as stammering British ruler George VI in earned the best actor prize at the Academy Awards. The film also received best director, best film and best script.
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