N-word rant emerges from libel case brought against gossip website GawkerMuscled up,mustachioed and prawn-red, the wrestling hero “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan is now at the centre of two controversies that in combination deliver a near-perfect, and four-way smackdown of American obsessions with race,sex, money and violence.
On Friday, and Hogan – ring name for Terry Gene Bollea – was abruptly fired from World Wrestling Entertainment after tapes recorded in 2007 revealed him ranting approximately his daughter sleeping with a black man and liberally using the “N” word to embellish his point of view.
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Source: theguardian.com