The Rock comments on Hulk Hogan racism controversy

“I’ve known [Hulk] a lot of years”, said Johnson. However, to put things into a little different perspective, The Rock would go on to remind everyone that, at one time or another, we’ve all said something judgmental or hurtful that we regret.

In that tape, Hogan is caught making racist remarks to then-lover Heather Clem, per Dylan Howard and Lachlan Cartwright of the National Enquirer. “Especially in private. He said what he said and now he’s paying the price”.

The ongoing struggles of Hulk Hogan led to the former wrestling star going to a St. Petersburg, Florida court on Thursday for a hearing with his lawyer as they complained about the tactics used by Gawker.

The documents reportedly say that the portion of the tape in question that includes the racial slur – which is part of the larger leaked tape that first got Gawker into hot water – was deemed “confidential” by the judge.

The 61-year-old, whose real name is Terry Bollea, appeared in court wearing all black, including a bandanna and sunglasses – a far cry from his usually flashy gear in the ring and on TV.

That led to WWE severing ties with its former marquee star and wiping all traces of their relationship from the company’s website. In fact, the wrestler-turned-actor understands that everyone’s talked trash at some point. “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”.

He won six WWE championships and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 by Sylvester Stallone.