Vince McMahon defended his decision to bring Hulk Hogan back to WWE in 2018, three years after the company severed ties with him once it was revealed that the pro wrestling icon had used a racial slur.

In a new interview, ex- WWE CEO Vince McMahon argues the late Hulk Hogan, once infamously heard on tape describing himself as “racist to a point” and using the N-word, “wasn't a racist” but “said some racist things.”