Shortly after audio surfaced from a 2012 radio interview where Hulk Hogan uses the n-word, World Wrestling Entertainment decided to cut all ties with the legend.
“WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (a.k.a. Hulk Hogan),” the network and organization told ABC News in a statement. “WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide.”
Hogan’s comments and racial slur came on the DJ Whoo Kid radio show when he was asked about Hogan’s past use of the word “brother” for years while in the WWF, now known as WWE.
The conversation turned to other wrestlers like Booker T using the n-word at Hogan in the past on live TV. Hogan then repeated what he, and even rap artists like The Game and Lil Wayne would say to him, when he lived in Miami.
Hogan, 61, uses the n-word over and over on the surfaced audio. He admitted than he started saying it back to them, confused as to why he would get flack for saying it back if they were calling him that.
“I get heat when I say it, and they say, ‘Hogan, you can’t say that,’ so I say, ‘Why can they say it to me then?’” he says in the audio.
DJ Whoo Kid tweeted about the situation, writing “nothing racist about that @HulkHogan 2012 interview I did. He was just explaining the usage of the Nword amongst his rapper friends and WWF … to me @HulkHogan is the coolest and will always be the reason why I watched professional wrestling #legend.”
Hogan himself tweeted, unclear if referring to the situation, writing, “In the storm I release control, God and his Universe will sail me where he wants me to be,one love.”
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Source: ABC News