Hulk Hogan reflected on his life and career in what turned out to be his final sitdown. The wrestler got candid about his highs and lows.
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That included using a racial slur in a leaked 2015 audio clip. The wrestler used the N-word. When the video leaked, it led to a lot of backlash for Hogan. He expressed regret for the incident in the documentary, Hulk Hogan: Real American.
"I'm a person that got very mad over a personal situation. I used a word. Yeah, I regret it, because even under that heavy, crazy fire, I should have remained still and kept my mouth shut," Hogan said. "But what I said resonates and has an echo effect. It keeps vibrating for years."
Hogan continued, "Bro, I've driven the car, keep hitting the wall, crashing and burning, saying stupid stuff and messing up. Whenever I say I have regrets, it's because I didn't man up when I said it."
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"I never should have said what I said," Hogan said. "It was wrong. I'm embarrassed by it. But a lot of people need to realize that you inherit things from your environment."
It's not the first time that Hogan has apologized for the incident. But in the past, he's tried to make excuses for why he said what he said. He said something very similar at the time.
"We are all products of our environment," he said previously. "If you lived in South Tampa then, you greeted your friends with the n-word, or if you were mad at your friends, you used the n-word. It was a part of my daily environment."
Hogan also added then, "When you inherit something that is passed on generation to generation to generation, it becomes a practice. You have to be aware of it. I realized this behavior and this type of verbiage is unacceptable. So for me to digress and say something so foul is devastating."
Hogan proved to be controversial until his death. During one of the wrestler's last appearances in the WWE, the wrestler was booed by fans. The occasion hurt Hogan's feelings.
But he said he made peace with his legacy.
