Hulk Hogan has been accused of racism once more, this time by an influencer let go by Actual American Beer.
The WWE Corridor of Famer lately launched his personal line of beer. Actual American Beer launched final month, taking its identify from Hogan’s iconic WWE theme music.
Nonetheless, they’re now in sizzling water with accusations of racism by a TikTok influencer.
Accusations in opposition to Hogan
In a single TikTok video, Essence Jenai claimed that Hulk Hogan canceled her position as a model ambassador for his Actual American Beer after discovering out she was Black.
“POV: Hulk Hogan paid you to be a model ambassador and cancelled your contract the following day as a result of he realized you have been a BLACK model ambassador”, she wrote.
In a second video, she revealed that they’d changed her with two white influencers as a substitute. Essence Jenai additionally posted a screenshot of a dialog in regards to the firing. She was advised all her occasions have been canceled, though she did nothing fallacious.
“Hulk Hogan paid me to be a model ambassador and this occurred” she wrote. “My contract was for every week. After someday of selling his model, he cancelled my contract as a result of? IDK why… however these are the brand new model ambassadors he employed…”
This isn’t an excellent search for Hogan. It’s unknown how a lot affect he truly has on the day-to-day working of the corporate. Nonetheless, it’s not an excellent look, given his historical past of constructing racist feedback towards Black folks up to now.
In 2015, Hogan was caught on tape saying the n-word in a racist rant that was beforehand recorded in 2007. On the time, WWE terminated their contract with him. Hogan additionally apologized and requested for forgiveness. WWE later reinstated him into the Corridor of Fame in 2018. Since then, he has made a number of appearances for the corporate.
Actual American Beer Denied Any Racism Or Hulk Hogan Involvement In The Choice
Actual American Beer was fast to disclaim any rumors of racism within the choice. The corporate additionally denied Hulk Hogan had something to do with the choice.
A spokesman for the model issued a press release to Fightful to clear up the state of affairs. They claimed that race wasn’t an element and Hogan had no enter. As they inform it, this was a choice made with a third-party advertising company.
“We’re deeply troubled by the false rumor circulating on social media {that a} model ambassador employed by a third-party advertising company was terminated by Hulk Hogan for racial causes. Actual American Beer merely terminated its short-term relationship with the third-party advertising company. Hulk Hogan was not concerned in that call, and race was not an element. We’re in communication with the company in an try to clear the misunderstanding and incorrect info, and consider that this false assertion can be withdrawn.”
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