Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on Hulk Hogan’s Racist Rant: ‘I Was Pretty Disappointed’
TCA 2015: “Ballers” star adds that he “had not known the man to be racist”
Tony Maglio | July 30, 2015 @ 5:26 PM
Last Updated: July 31, 2015 @ 8:03 AM
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson spoke about Hulk Hogan’s racist rant during the “Ballers” panel at Thursday’s Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour.
“Yeah, I saw that. I was pretty disappointed with what I heard, like all of us, by the way,” Johnson told reporters when asked by TheWrap. “I was really disappointed in him.”
“I’ve known Terry for a lot of years,” The Rock said, referring to Hogan’s real name, Terry Bollea. “And my dad helped train him in Florida in the ’70s, with my uncles.
“So I had not known the man to be racist,” he continued. “It’s funny, it’s one of those things where — and not justifying what he said — we’ve all talked trash, especially in private.”