Bounty hunter Chapman explains "nigger" remarks

November 7, 2007

Duane "Dog" Chapman is claiming he never used the word "nigger" out of hate, insisting he has always felt close to the black community.

"There's a special connection that I thought I had between me and black America"

HONOLULU -- U.S. bounty hunter and TV star Duane "Dog" Chapman says he never used the N-word out of hate, insisting he has always felt close to the black community.

Chapman defended himself on the Fox News program, "Hannity & Colmes," marking his first television appearance since an 8-month-old tape of him uttering the racial slur was recently made public, E! News reported.

"There's a special connection that I thought I had between me and black America," Chapman said. "And I used to say, 'I'm black, too.' In other words, my whole life I've been called a half-breed, a convict, king of the trailer trash, this and that.so when I stood there and said, 'I kind of know what you feel like, because I've been there, too,' that I felt that I could embrace and like, as brothers. say the word. I now learned I'm not black at all, and I never did it out of hate."

Chapman admitted he took this perspective too far.

"I will try never, ever, ever to use that word again," he said. "I'm guilty, and I will take my punishment."

A&E has taken "Dog the Bounty Hunter" off its schedule indefinitely.