WWE legend Hulk Hogan reportedly wanted to commit suicide after the controversial racial slurs in a 2012 recording were revealed in late July. During his first tell-all interview with ABC News' "Good Morning America," he confessed about his true feelings about the lowest point in his life.
In his interview, Hulk Hogan explained that he used the N-word in a moment of anger, which was in reference to his daughter Brooke's boyfriend. According to Us Weekly, Hogan didn't realized he was being taped but admitted that what he did was embarrassingly wrong.
"I was at the lowest point of my life, to the point where I wanted to kill myself," the 62-year-old 12-time world wrestling champ told ABC's Amy Robach during the interview that aired Monday, Aug. 31. "Everything I've done my whole career, my whole life, was like it never happened ... like I never existed. It was devastating."
Hulk Hogan is known for his toughness inside the ring but during the interview, he became the teary-eyed fighter who was asking his fans for forgiveness, Rolling Stone noted.
"Oh, my gosh. Please forgive me. Please forgive me. I'm a nice guy," he said. "I think if you look at the whole picture of who Hulk Hogan is, you can see over all the years that there's not a racist bone in my body."
Meanwhile, in spite of the fact that ex-WWE fighter Hulk Hogan used a derogatory word for her boyfriend, Brooke Hogan still defended her dad through a poem she shared on Facebook.
"If anybody should've disowned me, it should've been her," Hogan emotionally said, as per CBS News. "She should've been the one to throw me out like trash, but instead, she showed more love than anybody."
In line with Hulk Hogan's controversy that caused his WWE termination, World Wrestling Entertainment seemed unmoved by Hogan's emotional apology and even announced they have no plans to reconsider their relationship with him nor they would bring back his legacy as part of their organization, The Hollywood Reporter reported.
"At this time, the WWE remains steadfast in its decision," a rep for the organization said.
