The matter of the racist comments and the multiple videos stayed out of the public eye until recently, when Gawker sued the FBI to obtain records of their investigation into an attempt to extort $150,000 from Hogan to prevent the release of the videos.
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Around April of 2012, gossip website was the first to confirm the existence of the tape and Heather Cole's participation by publishing stills of it, but they also claimed Hogan went on a "racist rant" full of "N-bombs." In October, days after Gawker posted an article accompanied by their edit of one of the Hogan/Cole videos, Philadelphia Daily News gossip columnist Dan Gross wrote that "Our source, who heard the video with racist language, believes Hogan is not involved in any way as he wouldn't want that material getting out there." Radar and The Enquirer noted in their articles that they had learned that "transcripts of the loathsome conversation have been filed in a Florida court, under seal, in a bid to prevent them from being publicly released." This is no surprise in light of what's been going on in the related lawsuits (Hogan's against Gawker and Gawker's against the FBI), but it goes back further than that. The apology seems more befitting to the incident that got Michael Richards in trouble several years ago, a weird outburst where nobody, including Richards himself, had any clue what he was even trying to do.
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As a result I am resigning from my contractual relationship with the WWE.Īs this type of apology goes, it feels flawed, not really befitting the type of aggressive, personal racism expressed on the tape. I continue to work every day to improve as a person, and this matter is an important learning experience for me in that regard. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.
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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. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language there is no excuse for it and I apologize for having done it. Hogan issued an apology to both People and Us:Įight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. He repeatedly used the N-word while talking about an African-American guy she was dating." Hogan's attorney told TMZ and People that Hogan voluntarily resigned from WWE, but WWE's statement and TMZ's sources said otherwise. Later, when picking up the story, TMZ confirmed the authenticity of the report, saying that "TMZ has seen the tape.and on it, Hogan is discussing his daughter Brooke's music career.