Pro wrestler Hulk Hogan was fired by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) July 24 and removed from the WWE website after a racist rant where he referred to “f**king n***ers” was uncovered.
Hogan allegedly unleashed the racist rant in a 2008 sex tape where he expressed his disapproval of daughter Brooke sleeping with an African-American man.
“I don’t know if Brooke was f*cking the black guy’s son,” Hogan said in the transcript to the sex tape published July 24 by Radar. “If she was going to f*ck some n***er, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n***er worth a hundred million dollars. Like a basketball player!”
Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, continued: “I am a racist, to a point. F*cken n***ers. I guess we’re all a little racist.” The WWE reportedly fired Hulk shortly after learning of the racist comments on his sex tape.
In a statement, the WWE said: “On WWE.com, Hogan is no longer listed on the WWE Hall of Fame page, and all of his merchandise has also been removed from WWEShop.com.”
Hulk apologized July 24 in a statement:
“It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it.
This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.”
Hogan Says He Was Secretly Taped
In 2014, Hulk Hogan filed a $100 million lawsuit against the website Gawker for publishing (in 2012) excerpts of the X-rated sex tape featuring Hogan and a woman named Heather Clem.
Hogan, 61, alleged he didn’t know he was being secretly taped during his 2006 extramarital affair with Heather, who was then married to Hulk’s ex-friend, radio show host Bubba The Love Sponge Clem.
Gawker claimed its posting contained “fewer than 10 seconds of sexual activity in grainy black and white footage” from the original 30-minute video.
Gawker also claimed it had a legitimate news interest in publishing the sex tape, while Hogan claimed posting the video was a gross invasion of privacy. The lawsuit is still pending.
Meanwhile, Vince McMahon, the chairman and majority owner of the WWE, himself used the N-word in front of wrestlers John Cena and Booker T (see 2005 video). The stunned looks on Cena and Booker T’s faces are priceless.