Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan is continuing to plead with fans for their forgiveness after he was caught on tape using a racial slur, insisting the controversial comments were made at the "lowest point" of his life.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, was fired by bosses at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in July after the eight-year-old audio tape, in which he was heard using the N-word to refer to his daughter Brooke's then-boyfriend, was made public.
Bollea immediately apologised for his actions, declaring his language "unacceptable" and insisting there was "no excuse for it", but WWE chiefs refused to let him off the hook and reinstate him into the organisation's Hall of Fame.
The sportsman reveals seeing his legacy wiped from the WWE Hall of Fame was heartbreaking, because he claims he is not the racist he has been made out to be, and admits his remarks were made in the heat of the moment at a very fragile time in his life.
During an interview on US breakfast show Good Morning America, he explained, "Out of everything that I've been through, this one (scandal) hit me probably the hardest.
