Host Harvey Levin asked Hogan straight if he would use the n-word when he is angry in the future, had the tape not been leaked. Hogan replies:
“No. I tried to clean up my whole life. I made a whole switch, almost a shift from being negative… I moved forward so I’m in check with myself.”
Hogan answers how he came to say it and the response from the black community:
“As far as the black community and using that word, it’s not part of who I am now. It’s not part of my language because I understand how powerful words are. You know, growing up in South Tampa where we came from, it was a situation where when you played baseball and basketball and ran around in South Tampa, it was just common knowledge 45 – 50 years ago [that people used the term], but it’s not that way anymore.”
You can also read about Hogan’s comments on his thoughts when WWE fired him here.
If you would like to hear Hogan comment on the incident in more depth, we highly suggest watching this video segment from OBJECTified.
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