Dog The Bounty Hunter denies racism allegations, compares himself to Eminem.
The TV Personality Duane Chapman, also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter was recently accused of racism and homophobia by his 22-year-old daughter Bonnie Chapman. She also accused the 68-year-old of cheating on her late mother Beth Chapman. Dog the Bounty Hunter sat down with ET‘s Kevin Frazier for an interview where he denied all the allegations while comparing himself to Eminem.
“I have never been a racist,” Hunter insists. “I’m 33.5 percent Apache. But because of over 15 years ago, I have an Achilles’ heel because I used the wrong word.” When the host asked him about using the N-Word 15 years ago, he says, “I thought I had a pass in the Black tribe to use it, kind of like Eminem.”
“I had just gotten out of prison in 1979 after spending time, 18 months in Texas and it was probably three-fourths from the Black tribe. So that was a word that we used back and forth, as maybe a compliment,” he explains. “My pass expired for using it but no one told me that.”
“To say a racist name doesn’t qualify to make you a racist. I have more Black friends than Eminem.”
Dog The Bounty Hunter once again tied the knot as he married on Thursday to Francie Frane, where they did not invite Bonnie Chapman. “As hard as it is and as heartbreaking as it is, we had to make a decision that was very difficult for us,” Francie says of not inviting Bonnie to the wedding. “We’ve been through hell, him and I, in the past three years. …And I am not going to allow our day to be ruined by this nonsense.”
Chapman was previously chastised for using the N-word during a phone chat with his kid in 2007, which was leaked to the National Enquirer. He used the racial epithet more than six times during the conversation.
During a House hearing, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn recalls being called the N-word by rioters. Chapman apologized for using abusive language after the call was made public, saying he was “very disappointed in myself” for “speaking out of anger to my son and using such a nasty slur in a private phone conversation.”
His A&E show was put on hold as a result of the backlash, but production resumed the following year. The show was canceled in 2012 after eight seasons.
Watch the interview below.
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