Hulk Hogan Apologizes 4 Controversial Remarks...Nick's 'Mental State Was Unravelling'

[Medusa]

Wow! Hogan thinks that the accident will make the victim a better person, eh? Now that's arrogant! We all, I'm sure, have had difficulty in expressing ourselves the way we'd like to but I can't imagine what he was trying to say. I think it's a case of a criminally indulged son whom his father is weakly trying to make lame excuses for. What must John's family think of that comment? And he feels that they need forgiveness for suing Bollea? They need forgiveness? Wow.

[Jessika]

Must admit, I watched the show and enjoyed it, however even from the get-go I knew Nick was bad news... I mean, what kid can handle the responsibilities owning not one, not two, but THREE Supras before the age of FIFTEEN, to "drive to school and work". Apparently its legal in... what, California? But still, give a teenager a super powered sports car like that and with money mod it... what do you expect to happen???????????

(( well at one point he had multiple supras, I haven't watched the show in a year or two, he probably has other awesome sports cars now... ))

I'm still jealous that he owned some Supras, though, they're my dream car I'll gladly take one off his hands, though....

While I don't necessarily agree with Hogan's comment, I don't see how the conversation was made public. I mean, it was a private conversation between father and son... On a minor scale, if I screw up, my parents would say things to make me feel better too, even if I was in the wrong. Grant it, I've never messed up enough to put someone's life in danger, but I see where he's coming from, and I'm actually kind of upset that a private conversation was made public. Obviously the conversation wasn't 100% private since his son is in jail and they probably monitor conversations for obvious reasons, but I don't think it's right to make them public and put them on the internet...

[Twisterdog]

I certainly understand the inclination to want to help and soothe one's child when they are miserable. Not saying I agree with those comments, but I do understand the motivation behind them.

This is a family that had made some bad choices, IMO. The fact that they gave their children everything that his money could buy, with no responsibilites whatsoever, was going to spell trouble, one way or another. And that they chose to live their lives completely and totally in the public eye couldn't have helped, either.

[RICHARD]

NIck Bollea was a car wreck waiting to happen.

I saw the pics of the car and there are no signs of air bag deployment.

At the least he should stay in jail for some time.
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You just have to play the "what if it were my kid" game. If you had money and more common sense than the Bollea family, you'd keep your filthy mouths shut about the whole deal.

Hogan set his kid up for failure and now he'll do anything to erase the actions of his stupid kid.

For shinizzle!!!!

[Pam]

I didn't read all of what was posted here because I saw the interview. I was sickened by the arrogance of this family pretty early on. My "favorite" comment that the son made on one of the taped phone calls was something along the lines of 'you've got to do something, my cell is smaller than my bathroom at home.'

[Medusa]

I'm still reeling over the fact that Hogan said that the accident would make John a better person. Yeah, he looks much better now, hooked up to the ventilator and all. I'm sure he'd say "Much better, thanks, Nick, buddy!", if he could speak, that is. And Nick telling his dad to get things rolling for the reality show tells me that, not only did he not learn anything from the accident, his intentions since then are purely mercenary. Hogan suddenly talking about God's will is laughable. I watched a few episodes on his "reality" show and I don't recall him mentioning God's will ever. Of course Hogan would want to comfort his son while he's in jail; that's only natural. However, if he had taught his son some values to begin with, perhaps none of this would be happening right now and John's father would be able to enjoy the company of his son, rather than hear Nick say that John was "a negative person" and Hogan say that he didn't know what John did to deserve this, that he must have some kind of negative karma. Kids make mistakes, sometimes brutally costly ones, no doubt about it, and everyone is deserving of forgiveness, but Hogan and his son are behaving as though the victim had done something for which to atone! Some Fathers' Day for the parents of these boys, huh? Still, both Hogans got the better of the deal. They get to say "I love you" to each other, knowing that in a few months, they'll be able to hug each other and get on w/their lives. Instead of hearing "I love you, Dad", all John's father is going to hear is the sound of the ventilator and probably the accusatory words of Hogan and his kid playing over and over in his mind.

[moosmom]

Amen Richard!!!