Dennis Rodman defends Hulk Hogan: He's not racist

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Updated: July 25, 2015

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Dennis Rodman and Hulk Hogan team up in 1997.

An old tag-team partner is coming to Hulk Hogan’s defense.

Dennis Rodman backed up his onetime WCW partner Friday after he was fired from his WWE gig following the release of court documents showing the 61-year-old using the n-word with abandon.

“I’ve known @HulkHogan for 25 years,” Rodman tweeted. “… There isn’t a racist bone in that mans body.”

“Lets lend our support to the Hulkster @HulkHogan who most certainly is not a racist,” Rodman tweeted at Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Mike Tyson.

Rodman teamed up with Hogan 1997 during his suspension for kicking a cameraman in Minnesota. Wrestling for WCW, Hogan and Rodman were paired for a few matches against Karl Malone — who Rodman routinely frustrated in back-to-back NBA Finals matchups between the Bulls and Jazz — and Diamond Dallas Page. Rodman was a member of Hogan’s nWo —New World Order — gang and wrestled on-and-off for parts of three years. Rodman also appeared as a contestant on Hogan’s 2008 reality show “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.”

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Rodman is no stranger to supporting controversial figures, of course. The 54-year-old Hall of Famer has visited North Korea multiple times and considers the country’s supreme ruler, Kim Jong Un a friend.

“Guess what, I love him,” Rodman said during a 2013 trip to the country. “The guy’s really awesome.”

Kim Jong Un ordered his uncle’s execution later that year and had his aunt killed in 2014.

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