Wrestler Hulk Hogan: 'I contemplated suicide after racial slurs came to light'

American wrestler Hulk Hogan has admitted that he considered taking his own life when his racial slurs came to light.

The 62-year-old was recently dropped by WWE after a video emerged of him using racist language in reference to his daughter's ex-lover in 2006.

During an interview on Good Morning America, Hogan said: "I was to the point where I wanted to kill myself, you know? I was completely broken and destroyed and said, 'what's the easiest way out of this?' I mean, I was lost."

Hogan went on to insist that he is not racist, but was "wrong" to use the remarks that he did.