WWE boss Vince McMahon once prominently used the N-word on national TV during a 2005 event, and people are now labeling him as a hypocrite for firing Hulk Hogan for saying the same thing.
On TV, McMahon said the word to John Cena in front of black wrestlers Booker T and Sharmell, leaving them stunned. Hogan supposedly is furious that the WWE fired him for saying the same thing he has said.
However, the WWE says there is a big difference between the two; McMahon said the word as part of a scripted event.
A spokesperson told TMZ that everyone recognizes what McMahon did “was an outlandish and satirical skit involving fictional characters, similar to that of many scripted television shows and movies.