Hulk Hogan ripped off (one of) his tops during the Republican convention in Milwaukee last month, where he endorsed Donald Trump
Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has joked about body slamming Vice-President Kamala Harris in front of a fired up crowd, and questioned her racial identity.
In a video obtained by TMZ, the 71-year-old can be seen asking the jeering crowd: “Do you want me to body slam Kamala Harris?!”
“Do you want me to drop the leg on Kamala?!” he shouts, referring to one of his iconic wrestling moves.
The comments were made during a promotional event for his new beer, and come amid calls to stop violent political rhetoric, following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump nearly six weeks ago.
Hogan continued to make more comments about Ms Harris including one about her Indian heritage.
Kamala Harris is bi-racial – her mother was from India and her father is Jamaican.
“Is Kamala a chameleon? Is she Indian?” Hogan asked the crowd, before using an outdated and stereotypical greeting associated with Native American Indians.
The video stops after he could be heard saying he “was going to get heat for that one”.
“That was not me, that was the beer talking,” he added.
The BBC has contacted Hulk Hogan’s management for comment.
Trump recently attacked the vice-president’s racial identity, falsely claiming she had only ever emphasised her Asian-American heritage until recently when, he claimed, “she became a black person”.
Last month, Hulk Hogan appeared at the Republican National Convention where he gave a speech praising Trump.
He also ripped off a shirt to reveal a vest with Trump’s name and his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance.
The former wrestler’s latest comments come as the Democrats are holding their party’s convention this week in Chicago, where they will formally endorse Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate for November’s election.
