Hogan jail tapes?
By chicospagal
@chicospagal (180)
United States
May 28, 2008 10:43pm CST
Unless you live under a rock, you have seen and heard about Nick "Hogan's" recorded conversations with his parents while in jail. He is behind bars for racing his car and wrecking it, rendering his passenger nearly comatose. In the recordings, we hear what sounds like the Hogan family basically blaming the victim for his misfortune...because he is a "negative person."
In another clip we hear Nick complaining about his accommodations and hoping for leniency, such as house arrest, from the judge. He also asks his dad to look into a "REAL-ality deal" for him. That's not a typo, that's how the genius pronounces reality...almost as if he's trying to read a script.
Anyway, the news has their spin on the whole thing, of course. My question is, how did these tapes get made public? From what I understand the possibility of recorded convos in jail are posted pretty much all over the place. I can't vouch for this myself as I've never visited anyone in jail. Even if it is stated that convos are recorded, does that automatically mean they can be made public? Why do we not hear of juicy jail convos more often?
3 responses
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
5 Jun 08
well I do not live under a rock, and I know a lot about a lot of things but I do not know hogan or what he did or what these tapes are about.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
5 Jun 08
no offense taken hon,
internet has trillions of things and so does news, each and everyone of us listens to what we want to or have interest in. Frankly Ihave not heard of the hogan trial.
@chicospagal (180)
• United States
5 Jun 08
My apologies, winterose. I did not mean to offend. That's just a facetious way of saying it's been all over the TV and internet.
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@twallace (2675)
• United States
29 May 08
I watched and listen to the discussion of the mother on CNN yesturday. I though that it was more information that needed to be on tv. At times when it comes to people that are famous they have it hard when it's something that their family does. How they got public; the person that was listening didn't like what they hear.
@chicospagal (180)
• United States
29 May 08
Good point about them being in the public eye. One of the "Hogan Knows Best," episodes portrays the family dressing up in disguise for a day at an amusement park so that they wouldn't be recognized. They thought they would have a better time that way. About halfway through the day, they were all so fed up with looking ugly and not getting special treatment for their celebrity status. I know that "reality shows" are really less than "reality," but this situation with the jail tapes just magnifies the entitlement mentality that comes with celebrity status.
@chicospagal (180)
• United States
29 May 08
Thank you, kassdaw! That's what I thought. That part is almost as outrageous as the conversations themselves. The other thing I have to wonder is how much of the convo was taken out of context? The media conveniently only plays very specific clips.
