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'TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan' Explores How Racist Comments Play Into Legacy

Related Topics: Hulk Hogan, TMZ, Hulk, Harvey Levin

Hulk Hogan's life and legacy are complex ... he did lots of great things on his way to the top, but he made lots of mistakes along the way -- including using racial slurs that hurt fans and friends alike.

Hulk once admitted he was a racist and later walked back those comments ... and we look back on the consequences of his well-documented instances of racism in "TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan."

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Hogan was fired from the WWE in 2015 after a sex tape emerged of him using a racist slur in 2007 to describe one of daughter Brooke Hogan's exes.