Hulk Hogan GMA Recap: Why He Made Racist Remarks, Brooke Hogan, And WWE

WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan broke his silence on Monday morning when he appeared on Good Morning America to speak with Amy Robach. Down below is a recap of the interview.

“Out of everything that i’ve been through, this one hit me probably the hardest.”

“I was at the lowest point of my life. To the point where I wanted to kill myself.” This is something that Hogan has said in past interviews. In past interviews he noted that he was at the lowest point of his life because of the impending divorce with his then-wife Linda Hogan.

“I was very mad at my daughter…for really, no reason. I was upset over a situation that happened between her and her boyfriend and I had no idea I was being taped.”

“I’m not a racist. I never should have said what I said. It was wrong. I’m embarrassed by it but a lot of people need to realize [that] you inherit things from your environment. Where I grew up was south Tampa and it was a really rough neighborhood [with a] very low income and all of my friends…we greeted each other saying that word. The word was just thrown around like it was nothing.”

On if he may have inherited a racial bias:

“I would say that is very fair. The environment I grew up in…all my white friends, all my black friends they hear the word on a daily basis. When they greet me in the morning that’s what they say…’good morning so and so.’ I think that was part of the culture and environment I grew up with.

“Please forgive me. I’m a nice guy.”

On his release in WWE:

“Everything i’ve done in my whole career, my whole life, it’s like it never happened.” 

On his comments about his daughter Brooke and her boyfriend at the time:

“If anyone should have disowned me it should have been her. She should have been the one to throw me out like the trash but instead she showed me more love than anybody. I was not so mad at her boyfriend, I was mad at her. I don’t need to forgive you because i’m not mad at you.”

On looking back at his mistake:

“Just because a person makes a mistake you don’t throw them away. You don’t throw good people away. If everybody at their lowest point was judged on one thing they said and all of a sudden your whole career was wiped out today because of something you said 10 or 20 years ago, it would be a sad world.” Hogan added, “people get better everyday. People get better.”

Hogan ended the interview by saying that he would love a second chance with WWE.

The video of the interview is below:


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