United Kingdom, Aug. 13 -- Vince McMahon says Hulk Hogan "said some racist things" but "wasn't a racist".

The former WWE boss - who has given his first interview since resigning from the wrestling promotion's parent company TKO amid a lawsuit accusing him of sex trafficking and sexual assault - has reflected on the late world champion's 2015 scandal when he was heard using racist language in a leaked tape.

Speaking about why he brought Hogan back to WWE in 2018 after cutting ties with him over the footage, he told TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan: "I knew he wasn't a racist, I'd been with him for so many years.

"He wasn't a racist. He said some racist things, and he should pay for that, and he did.

"But in the end, I think that every...