I think that’s pretty dismissive. For an “'80s entertainment curiosity” you’d be pretty hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know who he is, what he looks like, or what he’s famous for. He has managed to be active in the world of professional wrestling well past his prime up until he was fired by the WWE.
As for the “it’s hard to feel bad about him” aspect – yeah, the guy is a certifiable scumbag. Any self-respecting professional wrestling enthusiast will have a laundry list of reasons to dislike him that date back decades. He’s been outed as a racist. He is the man responsible for giving us Brooke and and Nick hogan. One is criminally untalented, while the other is an untalented criminal. There’s really little reason to like the guy.
Strip away the celebrity, the scandalous aspects like the cuckoldry, and the racist remarks what you really end up with this at its most distilled: two consenting adults had a rather conventional sexual encounter, someone videotaped it without their knowledge, it was then “leaked” to the press. That’s just terrible – and Gawker deserves to get punished for perpetuating this.
