{"id":60163,"date":"2018-05-18T13:55:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=60163"},"modified":"2018-05-20T23:04:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T04:04:27","slug":"hogan-says-he-forever-sorry-to-the-few-fans-who-feel-hurt-by-what-he-calls-misspoken-racist-words-ten-years-ago-wants-back-in-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/18\/hogan-says-he-forever-sorry-to-the-few-fans-who-feel-hurt-by-what-he-calls-misspoken-racist-words-ten-years-ago-wants-back-in-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan says he is forever sorry to the &#8220;few fans who feel (hurt)&#8221; by what he calls &#8220;misspoken&#8221; racist words ten years ago, wants back in WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2385719322\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Hulk Hogan attempted to rebuild his image<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0d<\/span>uring an interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2018\/05\/15\/hulk-hogan-on-hulkamaniacs-buffalo-and-his-biggest-comeback-yet\/\">Buffalo News<\/a>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<p>WWE disassociated with Hogan and deleted references online to him being a Hall of Famer when, in 2015, stories surfaced of racist comments by Hogan when he was in his mid-50s. He is now 64.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/hulk-hogan-bigoted-rant-revealed-new-sex-tape-audio-article-1.2601524\">New York Daily News<\/a>\u00a0characterized his comments as &#8220;abhorrent racial slurs.&#8221; They were uttered when his guard was down in 2007 during what he thought was a private situation. He said to friends during a sexual situation in a bedroom, &#8220;I am a racist, to a point, f&#8212; n&#8212;&#8212;.&#8221; When discussing his daughter&#8217;s boyfriend, he said:\u00a0&#8220;I don&#8217;t give a f&#8211;k if she (INAUDIBLE) an eight-foot tall basketball player. If we&#8217;re gonna f&#8211;k with n&#8212;&#8211;s, let&#8217;s get a rich one!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another instance of racially charged comments came out when a transcript was released, also in 2015, of Hogan telling his son Nick in a 2008 conversation when his son was in jail that if he and his son were reincarnated, &#8220;I just hope we don&#8217;t come back as a couple, I don&#8217;t want to say it, blizz-ack gizz-uys, you know what I&#8217;m saying?&#8221; A more detailed transcript\u00a0was reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2015\/7\/28\/hogan_jail_calls_.html\">BayNews9<\/a>\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan characterized those two incidents in a Buffalo News article this week as &#8220;misspoken words&#8221; and claimed only a &#8220;few fans&#8230; feel hurt&#8221; by what he said.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m human being like anybody else, and sometimes, people make mistakes,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen they do, you watch that person a little bit more closely than you did before to see what kind of person they really are. I just want people to judge me by my actions, not a few misspoken words. To those few fans who feel (hurt), I\u2019m forever sorry, and I\u2019ll do whatever I can to make them feel comfortable with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has made it clear he is seeking a full embrace by WWE which has kept him at more than arm&#8217;s length since the racist comments surfaced. He said it\u2019s not done until it\u2019s done. \u201cUntil you hit a home run, it\u2019s not a home run,\u201d he said. \u201cAll these things say it\u2019s imminent or rumors, that\u2019s like saying \u2018maybe, possibly, could be.\u2019 Until I\u2019m back home with the WWE, I\u2019m not home. Hopefully some day I can go back home and be with my family, the wrestlers and all the people I love. 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