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John Graziano’s family has just released a 40 second video showing a snippet of John’s day. Apparently because of the assholish, asinine, and massively insensitive comments made by Hulk Hogan on Larry King’s show last week (Hogan said the accident that caused these massive injuries was “God’s will” and would “make John a better person” – ignoring that it happened because his drunk, idiotic 17-year-old son drag raced and slammed into a palm tree) the Grazianos felt they needed to show just how irreparably harmed John is.
I have to say that I don’t think they needed to release the video to defend themselves – I think nearly everyone - except for the Hogan’s small little circle – has been completely on their side. I have yet to read anything defending the Hogans. That said – to actually SEE John’s injuries is absolutely astounding. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe what you feel looking at just 40 seconds of this poor young man’s face.
Be cautioned before you watch the video – it’s incredibly upsetting.
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151 Responses to “Heartbreaking video of what Nick Hogan did to John Graziano”
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OMG! I didn’t realize until now, after seeing the video, the amount of damage that was done due to an act of carelessness on the part of another human being. Although choices were made by all those involved - I doubt that John would have chosen to be in this state for the rest of his life nor could I see how this would make him a better person.
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I don’t think they released the video to defend themselves, I think they did it to end all speculation about Nick’s culpability, the damage done, and Hulk’s absurdly offensive comments. It’s the noose at the end of rope removing all doubt.
I hope now that it’s been documented, JG’s mother can be strong and let him go, as per his father’s wishes.
He’s missing more than half of his brain. He’s never coming back, why keep him trapped in that body for the next 60 years? -
I couldn’t watch this video, but even looking at the photo my heart sinks a little. Even Brooke deserves to have her career tank after the things she said about this poor family. I try not to wish bad things on people, but I hope that the Hogans have to work menial backbreaking jobs to make ends meet for the rest of their lives. Please let the Grazianos have every penny they’ve ever made.
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God Bless John Graziano, I am Just shocked and speechless, No amount of money can replace what was taken from that young man and his family!And this jerk is crying about serving eight months, he got to keep all his body parts!
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I saw pictures of him when he went to war and seeing him now made me cry.
It’s frustrating to see how spoiled rich kids always get away without a severe punishment.If my child caused such harm and suffering to another human i would feel ashamed and i would be the first to recognize that i failed as a parent and i would not defend the undefendable.The judge should ask Vh1 for the tapes in which Nick Hogan raced all the time!!!
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My God… I’d never seen it before. Believe it or not, I have no point to make or snide comment to leave. God be with you soldier.
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This is heartbreaking! And keep in mind that Nick wanted a reality TV series showing how he’s recovering after the accident….Doesn’t look like John will recover but we need to see how Nick is handling it all after his release from his 8 months in the pokey…I’m going to go puke now!
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The Hogans show what it means to be ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. I do not understand how they can still sleep at night and look into the mirror and like what they see.
To have no feeling of guilt and sympathy, regret and shame takes out the last little bit of a human trait that they might have had left.
Now there are hollow souls who think they are allowed to act this way because they are holding on to the only means of power they have: money. It is such a disgrace. -
I agree, Sol. The fact that the Hogans tried to help their idiot son escape culpability, instead of insist he stand up and apologize like a man, is the reason both their kids are total failures in every possible way.
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I am just horrified by the picture, I tried to watch the video, but couldn’t get through it. I feel so badly for John Graziano and his family. To have to sit by and hear the things said by the entire Hogan family. It’s disgusting! One can always hope for the old Karma payback.
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I know - I had such a jolt when I realised that it wasn’t a glitch in the photo above, but his skull. All I can say is I agree with CB’s senitments.
And the Graziano family are true heroes.
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God be with John & his family. I never
realized the extent of his injuries.
This video is hard to take and makes
me cry. The Hogan family should be ashamed!:( -
I pray to GOD that JG is released from this life, this is no life for him. I think Nick & the Hogans should be forced to care for him everyday of his life and pay all costs. Nick has gotten a slap on the wrist for this, for me this video was an eye opener, and it should be played for those kids who think drag racing & drinking & driving is fun.
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Wow. How horrid.
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omg, may god be with him and his family what a terrible tragedy.
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Nick Hogan is such a self absorbed spoiled child, just like his sluty sister. Hulk and Linda should be ashamed of themselves for raising such people. That poor guys life is now ruined because of the arrogance of a celebrity who thinks John was hurt because he was “into some shit”. Nick needs to be in jail with the tough criminals where his daddy cannot bail him out. They would teach him a lesson. And for the love of God…tell his sisiter to put some clothes on…every picture I see her in she looks like a street walker…a cheap one!
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poor man.
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I heard the Nick’s recorded jail conversations with his mother an and father. Linda had the nerve to say that she is the ONE who is suffering! Not John’s mother!and she was crying because she was at the BEACH all by herself!Let’s not forget the part when Nick said that John was a negative person.
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Oh my God!
How can he still be alive with half of his skull missing? Oh the pain he and his family must go through.
They’re in my prayers.
I think the judge had to sentence Nick to spend at least an hour every day for as jong as John lives with John so he can NEVER forget what he had done to him and his family!
I mean, what will Nick learn from a few months in Jail? He’ll be in there feeling sorry for himself and never has to face what he did to John. -
wow! that was disturbing. but look on the bright side, Hulk Hogan says this all happend to make John a “better person” what a load of garbage! that whole twisted family should be locked up. and to think they are trying to capitalize on this tragedy. i bet they havent even visited John and seen exactly how Nicks actions have affected this man and his family!
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I don’t understand why his family is keeping him alive. He’s never going to come back, and it seems that letting him have peace would be the best thing his family could do for him at this point.
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JayBird you don’t have to wish bad things on these people or feel guilty about it.. karma will take care of that. It happens, and will when they least expect it.
I too could not watch the video. The photo alone is too much. This is devastating and I could not handle a loved one living like this. No one should live like this.
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That video made me start to tear up. I hope Nick rots in Hell for the rest of eternity.
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Jessie, I’m with you! Nick’s sentence should have been to spend part of every day with John, and help care for him. Screw jail. That’s a walk in the park compared to seeing your son like that.
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Dingle I have to agree with you. Keeping someone alive in that state is WRONG. At this point I’m past being upset at the Hogans, but now I am upset at JG’s family. Why would you do that to your son? I don’t get it. Its not like he’s ever going to recover, its not like he’s ever going to be the same, you’re just imprinting this picture of him in your head, why not just let him have his peace and remember him the way he was?
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Just a thought: what if Nick Hogan put on his own seatbelt before he started drag racing and either took off immediately as a “joke” before J.G. could get his belt on or because Nick is totally narcissistic and only thought of himself and his own safety without any regard for John’s? Regardless, it is the driver’s responsibility to check that his passengers are belted, to be sober and to drive within the speed limit. Whichever way you look at it, Hogan is culpable.
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If it were my family, I wouldn’t rest until the Hogan family was collectively living in a box under a bridge, selling their blood and recycling aluminum cans for spare change to scrape by.
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OMG I thought there was a glitch in the video too, but there’s pretty much a hole in his forehead. I feel awful for him and his family.
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As a student nurse I’m actually amazed that he’s still alive and can even use basic skills like flickering his eyes or responding to moisture on his skin. It didn’t really horrify me as I see a lot of stuff like this every day, sometimes not as extreme, sometimes moreso.. but I do think that something should be done. I think the Hogans should pay for his care for the rest of his life as a punishment and Nick should do a lot of community service as a penance. I think that would be fair enough. My husband is a police officer and he has no forgiveness for drunk drivers. Bless you, John, for holding on.
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If this were my child, I’d be suing the Hogan’s for every last dime they have. For them to make the comments they have, and for Nick to have the balls to whine about how his life is so hard in jail, shows they have no shred of human integrity. I hope the courts award every cent the Hogans have to this poor mans family. It’s a much better use of their money than for Brooke to go tanning or something.
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I saw a photograph of John Graziano and his heartbreakingly mutilated forehead a few weeks ago, on WWTDD I think - I’m glad this image of him and his irreparable suffering is circulating more now around the information superhighway; those utterly useless sacks of shit known as the Hogan family have gotten far, far too much press and blog-gossip write-ups and all around attention lately, while this completely innocent, once beautiful, young and strong war veteran has been quietly suffering in the background, receiving hardly any press or media attention at all.
Why in the world are these ridiculous, disgusting Hogan people “famous” anyway, I mean - what makes these ugly idiots so interesting that they’re always getting attention in the gossip magazines and online blogs and so forth? What, Hulk Hogan was a big famous fake wrestler back in the day, like twenty years ago or something, and that was that. How the fuck do these unattractive, uninteresting, talentless, amoralistic shitheels merit any kind of public interest??? And I’m talking about even before Nick Hogan destroyed John Graziano’s life; the Hogans were always in the media even before this horrific incident.
These Hogans crave and greatly enjoy all the media attention they get, the Larry King interviews, the gossip-blogs, the newstand magazines, all of it. Why do we continue to make these sick worthless twits happy, showering them with all this pointless attention in the media? What would REALLY get the lot of them suffering and depressed and unhappy, states of existence which all of them truly deserve, would be if they got NO media attention at all.
No photo-ops, no interviews, none of that - just a bare minimum of newsbites here and there so that we the public can see how John Graziano is faring and if his family is getting the justice and the comfort that they deserve. The Grazianos should be the ones getting showered with media attention, in a positive way, interviews and so forth - and the Hogans should be coldly cut off, no more attention for them. Starve the piggish bastards of their favourite drug, so they can slip into anonymity forever, where they all be-fucking-long.
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When I think of Linda Hogan moaning about the size of Nick’s cell I now want to vomit. I set aside the fact that his jail cell is reportedly bigger than my bedroom because now, dear Lord, I have John’s situation permanently etched in my brain. Lord, lord, lord, give him relief.
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I believe that the comments here are not coming from a place of negativity, but from humanity, People make mistakes every day What we want to see is humility, responsibility and redemption from Nick and his family.
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I also thought there was a glitch in the video. This is a terrible thing to see your son in this condition and see him go thru the daily struggles. My heart goes out to them. As for the Hogans I have nothing but disgust for them. They are so selfish in thinking that anyone should pity them and their
irresponsible son and to go on tv and say the horrible things they have said about John and his family. I like to see how they would handle it, if the tables were turned and that was Nick laying in that bed. Shame on them!!! -
The disgusting Hogans have the nerve to say that they r the victims. John, his family and loved ones are the true victims here. I pray that god ends the suffering and releases the family from the hell they are in, yes hell, physically there is the shell of John but he is not there and they are faced with that daily, you can not grieve while the person is still around. I know this from expereience the Hogans if they has any feelings should be ashamed of themselves.
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Can’t they repair his skull? Not that that would fix the damage that’s been done to his brain, but isn’t what remains of his brain made vulnerable by having the skull compromised like that? Also, I’d think that restoring his outer appearance might comfort his family at least …
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I just watched the video and… wow. The waterworks started; like many others I had no clue just how badly Mr. Graziano was injured… I feel so awful for John and his family. Immediately after viewing said video, however, I became enraged- Nick Hogan needs to shut his effing piehole and stop whining about “how rough [his] life is in prison”. Fuck you, Nick Hogan. You should be thankful, you sniveling little shit, that all you got was a slap on the wrist despite the fact that you have essentially gotten away with manslaughter. You should be beyond grateful that you are even alive after the irreperable damage you’ve done. I hope your days are filled with dropping the soap in front of Bubba and the guards looking the other way, you pathetic waste of oxygen.
I hope the Graziano family can find the peace they so truly deserve, and I hope doing so costs the trashy-ass Hogans every single red cent they have. Money of course cannot even come close to bringing John back, but I believe that the Hogans deserve to have the misery they’ve caused reflected right back onto themselves.
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I never knew the actual condition he was in. I knew he was never going to recover but I did not know he had that hole…
I have been behind John’s family 100% since I first heard of the accident. I never liked the Hogans. Today VH1 showed what I think was a mini-marathon leading up to Brooke’s new show, Brook Knows Best. I do not understand that after the accident and the bad-mouthing from the ignorant family she gets a spin-off.
Is anyone with me when I say we should flood Vh1’s email or whatever to revolt against his[Brooke] show and any possible show coming from them?
To me, they have pretty much hit rock bottom. Nick deserves to be woken up in the most inappropriate way by another inmate everyday and then tend to John as a caretaker. Brook must watch and help.
I am disgusted with this family.
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It sounds to me like two kids were acting like idiots. One was drag racing and the other chose not to wear a seat-belt. The Hogan’s are being rude to the Graziano’s, but in their defense, everyone is making it seem as if it’s all Nick’s fault, like he forced John to avoid wearing a seatbelt.
I do think the Hogan family is being incredibly mean and inconsiderate though…..just so no one thinks I’m totally defending them!
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OMG, I know almost everyone probably said this already, but this was heartbreaking to say the least. Just looking at the pictures I almost cried, but actually looking at the video… I just couldn’t get through it. You hear about what happened, but I doubt anyone imagined it was this bad. I can’t imagine the pain his family is feeling right now and to think that the Hogans are acting this way. Wow… just wow. I wish the best for he and his family.
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God be with John and his family, and help guide them in whatever decision they make about his welfare.
The video, while hard to watch, is necessary to fully feel the impact of what the actions of one arrogant young punk had on not just one man, but on his entire family, extended and otherwise. That includes his fellow Marines, who all view each other as brothers (and sisters).
Nick and his fame hungry family should learn that, if it was God’s will to allow the accident to happen in order to “make John a better person” (as if having half a head somehow makes him “better”), then so be it God’s will when every single fan turns against them, they lose everything the own due to a lawsuit, and their value to society as a whole is deemed less than that of a plague infected flea infested rat.
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People claim that had he been wearing his seat belt, his injuries could have been less severe - but it’s that Hogan disgrace-of-a-humanbeing who was driving that car drunk…and for that he must pay. His whining about prison is nauseating, and his parents condoning his whining is deplorable. Part of his punishment should be visits with his old “best friend” at the hospital - looking at him and the condition he’s in, feeding him and changing his bedpan. The Hogan family is a disgrace and I can’t believe that the father went on record to say the moronic, insensitive things that he said. They should willingly be paying for all expenses and stress regret at what happened. But they haven’t done that. They’re absolutely despicable. That whole Hogan family should be forced to give daily visits to this poor young man who is missing half of his skull - (I had no idea). I hope that this poor young boy can rest in peace…I couldn’t watch the video, the picture is hard enough. I hope he isn’t suffering.
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i cannot believe all that little bastard got was that 8 month sentance for doing that to another living creature, let alone a “friend” but just as evil is his entire family’s cavalier attitude about the whole thing! It’s disgusting!!! How do you think they’d handle it if the shoe was on the other foot? Would he speak of his own son being made a better person??? Rat bastard evil pig!
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A boycott of the show is not a bad idea. I’m so tired of seeing people rewarded for bad behavior– especially celebrities . There is no justice, but if, for example, that Dog guy lost his show for the use of the N word, my god, the Hogans should lose everything for what they have done to this poor, brave man and his name.
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May the Hogan family rot in hell.
I couldn’t watch the video, I didn’t even try. There should be a warning about the graphic content in this thread that is visible without even playing the video. I’m now trying to get the images out of my head. That is the most horrible injury/disfigurement I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen photos of burn victims.
I do believe John should be taken off of life support and be buried to rest in peace. That is excruciating.
Once again, may the Hogans rot in hell!
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Kimmy there is a warning about the video that is visible without playing it directly above it.
I debated a bit about posting this, not just because it is graphic but because it’s upsetting on a level I don’t normally experience through the internet. As many commenters have noted, we’ve always heard that John is a vegetable for life, has extensive injuries, etc - but it was always very generalized.
No one ever said just how horribly, shockingly disfigured this poor man now is. And I think everyone KNEW how terrible the Hogan’s behavior was before, but now we all FEEL it on a much deeper level. There truly aren’t words for how atrocious the family’s response has been.
This video was shown on Nancy Grace’s show, but they had to pixelate and block out a lot of it. Which I understand, but the only way for people to truly understand just how awful the Hogans are is to see the video. For those of you who weren’t able to watch - which I totally understand - the picture I posted on top is the easiest one to look at. There are several shots of the right side of John’s head that show his injury is significantly, shockingly worse than even the photo.
The thought that this man and his family have to live the rest of their lives this way because of some snot-ass teenager is unbearable.
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He’s in Florida right? Aren’t they against euthanasia? I think the Shiavo thing was there or whatever. I sure they want to him to remain a vegetable for the publicity and to teach those jackass Hogans a lesson about being assholes!!!!
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1. The car had too much power for him to control.
2. Regardless of power, one should never drink & drive.
3. Drinking & driving is even lamer when one is racing.
4. He should own up to the harm he caused this man. I hope it will haunt him forever.
5. All that said… John is an adult. He also made horrible decisions that day. He decided to get in a car whose driver had been drinking. He decided not to put his seatbelt on. He decided to stay in a car while the driver was racing, perhaps he egged Hogan on. Perhaps he had a few drinks himself that day.
I’m not defending the Hogan family’s actions or their mouths. But Nick Hogan isn’t the only one that contributed to this tragedy. It’s rather close minded to place ALL the blame on Nick Hogan.
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^^ I think those “perhapses” are waaaay out of line and incredibly irresponsible. That’s beyond reasonable conjecture.
Once Nick started racing, it’s not as though John could have gotten out of the car. And we don’t know if John was aware that Nick had been drinking.
Why in the world is it that when a non-famous drunk driver kills or maims someone, everyone completely condemns the driver and that’s it. But when Nick Hogan does it, there are (luckily only a few) terrible people who try to vilify the victim?
Point is, if Nick Hogan hadn’t chosen to drag race, he wouldn’t have slammed into a palm tree at upwards of 100 mph. He had no right to decide that his thrills were more valuable than John Graziano’s life - which is exactly what he did.
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Jails have a way of equalizing things like this. When the inmates hear from their relatives what Nick has done, he is going to be visited in the night, or the shower, or the yard by monsters he can’t even begin to imagine.
And after what he and his family have said, I sadly have no problem with that at all.
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I was appalled when I heard what the Hogan family was saying but now I’m just completely and utterly disgusted in these people. How could they EVER say this man deserves to be in his condition? Absolutely disgusting!
Karma had a day off the day Nick walked away from that accident without a scratch.
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I hope the Hogans have seen this footage. How dare they whine about how hard their brat is having it behind bars. This existence is worse than death so his sentence should have reflected that. He should have got 15 years. A pity public stonings are not an option - for the entire Hogan family.
I’m with the other posters who feel this poor man should not be kept alive. And I applaud you for showing this, Jaybird. People need to know what really happened in this appalling case, even tho it is distressing.It is certainly NOT God’s will.
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I wish I could say I’ve never seen such a horrible thing before, but I would be liying. However, I live in a war zone, so to this type of injury on a man from a wreck of a car. Where there are no bombs and no explosions it’s just unbelieveable. How can this Hulk kid get away with this so easily? What kind of justice system is that?! Here we would have exicuted the kid to death or would order him to become the families new nurse for the rest of this life ( no joke ), so he would in a way share the same fate he inflicted upon this young man he claimed he was friends with.
This disreguard for this man torment is unacceptable and I demand justice for him and Im not even apart of the family so I can only imagine just how heartbroken, betrayed, and utterly furious their hearts have before towards the Hulk family.
This is proof that the American Justice System is broken and hanging on a thred. I’m sorry guys but this just can’t be allowed, people need to do somthing to help taht family. Period.
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That’s so tragic, I would rather be dead than live like that, his quality of life is zero. Like everyone else I hope the Hogan family rot in hell.
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I can`t believe that the son of Hogan wants to get out of jail after an accident like that, I am appalled by the gull of some of these celeberties
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Life like that forever vs. 8 months in prison…..Money makes a big difference. Just goes to show there are 2 types of law in the U.S. I come from a blue collar life and live in the ghetto and If I was in that situation being in Hogans shoes I’d get a noose around my neck and rapped all day long.
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Hogan’s are losers with money. Years ago the neighbors in CA were struggling with them because of their vast array of animals running loose, barking at all hours, etc… This family has no respect or consideration for others.
I hope the Graziano’s can financially ruin this family.
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It is your life, wear a seatbelt. No one stops you from wearing a seatbelt. You have to stop yourself from getting in a car with a punk like Nick Hogan. If you don’t, you can end your life, or worse, end up with half a skull. When I was 17, I knew who was crazy, and never got near their car. Both of these boys were living the high life, and both paid dearly. One paid with his life, the other paid with 8 months in jail. I hope the piece of shit Hogans know this. And as for John being a better person with half of a head, Go To Hell, Hulk Hogan, straight to hell with your whole family.
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Oh. My. Fucking. Goddess!
There’s a fucking hole in the guy’s head! No wonder he’s out of it for life. I remember Maury Povich had someone on his show that also had half his head gone, and while that guy had lots of problems he was doing okay. I don’t see that happening with John. This is just too far gone. Yes, both men are to blame. They were drunk and didn’t put seatbelts on. Hulk Hogan said the wrong things, he’s fucked up too. Having said that, I wanna know what the fuck the doctors were thinking when John was brought in to the ER?
Why did they decide to keep him alive? Hey, before some disability activists get down on me for being all “anti-disability” and all “pro-euthanasia” would you want the fuck to live like that? That’s no fucking life, imo. So yeah, I wanna know what brilliant doctor(s) or ethics committee made the decision to keep this fella alive so his family can parade him around as a sob-story in retaliation to a stupid family’s stupid actions.Ugh, this is fucked up.
If anything can be learned from this bloody awful situation is people should run, walk, wheel, crawl, whatever, themselves to their nearest lawyer or notary public office and sign a living will that says if they end up like John to not resuscitate or do anything to keep them alive.
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Sad, shocking and heartbreaking. I usually try not to judge other people, but the Hogans are disgusting for what they’ve said about this family. As disturbing as this video is, I hope it gains wider circulation and will lead to a massive Hogan-boycott.
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Also after seeing this video, I don’t know how Hogan managed to come up with the idea that this has made John Graziano a better person. He’s dead, basically. Death would be better for John than this.
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When i saw the video yesterday I WAS MORE THAN SHOCKED!!!
poor guy.
First off, hulk & hogan should feel ashamed for THEMSELVES!..then ashamed for their children. hulk&linda are what they are, so that’s why their children were raised like THAT and that’s why it happenned.
Plus, the “to make a better person” comment, MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!.How can he become a better person, or how we can see if he becomes a better person when he almost doesn’t live in this world anymore…? that’s just a stupid excuse. and eventhough john didn’t have the seat belt on, he’s not to blame. If Nick hadn’t droven with a high speed, the tragedy wouldnt have happenned.
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Wow why is that guy even being left alive hes a vegetable he’s pretty much better off dead ..
The hogans are very bad people .
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So very very sad. If nothing else, this at the very least will make people condemn every self-justifying word that comes out of the Hogan family’s mouths and see them for what they are - irredeemably ignorant, bottom-of-the-pond scum, with not one ounce of compassion or objectivity between them.
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It is extremely disturbing. I truely do not mean this in an agressive or antagonizing way but, why are they keeping him alive?
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Forget the seatbelt issue.
Never never never get into the car with a drunk driver.
This is no way excuses Nick Hogan from his behavior. It’s just something everyone should remember.
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@Reality- I know what you’re saying. My local radio show in the morning suggested the same thing and everyone flipped out on them too for saying the unpopular opinion. It’s Nick’s fault. 100%. But am I really supposed to believe JG had no idea Nick was drinking/racing/a bad driver? It was his best friend!
That said, more importantly, this is just devastating to see. I hope his family release him from this life. How can they bear to see him like this EVERY day?? Let him rest, please!!
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Thank you mollination. I think we could all learn a lesson from this. I lost 2 friends because they decided to get in a car with a drunk. Yes, I blame her for driving while intoxicated, but I wish my friends had made a better decision that night.
JayBird: “Once Nick started racing, it’s not as though John could have gotten out of the car. And we don’t know if John was aware that Nick had been drinking”.
We also don’t know if John was there drinking with him nor do we know if he told him to slow down or was cheering him on. I am not excusing Hogan’s actions. He should pay for the harm caused to John & the fact that he is crying about it is sickening.But I guess the point I am trying to make is that people should also take responsibility for themselves. No one else can look out for you like you can. Don’t get into a car with someone that has been drinking. Think ahead to what might happen. Realize that you are not invincible.
I understand it’s easier to place the all blame on Hogan than to place any on the victim, but bottom line, he was not held at gunpoint to get into that car.
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I understand what you guys are saying about John having responsibility for himself, and it was his choice to get into the car and not wear a seatbelt, etc, but I think the main point is the insensitive comments that the Hogans have been making regarding what has happened. If they were all devastated and completely apologetic about what had happened, and actually acted like they CARED about John Graziano, then it would have just been seen as a very tragic accident where possibly both parties had some level of blame, ie. teenage boys behaving recklessly.
But the whole ‘It will make John a better person’ comment is just disgusting. And the Hogan’s seem to believe that Nick is an innocent victim, and that God wished for this to happen to John. They just couldn’t be more insensitive if they tried.
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Very well said, Megan. That’s exactly the point that needs to be made, not the circumstances of the accident. Nothing can change that.
The disgust here is solely to do with the Hogan family actively compounding his family’s grief and pain with their grotesquely insensitive and shameful comments in the media.
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Horrific. My heart goes out to all the family and friends of John and John himself.
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If nothing else, I wish everyone could see this video and understand how dangerous drinking and driving, and/or racing cars through urban streets is. Words like “coma” or “critical injuries” or even “life support” do not convey the shocking reality of what a car crash can do to a human being.
The only worse image I’ve ever seen of a drunk driving victim was of a 19 year old girl in Texas who was hit by a drunk driver and her car caught fire and burned over 90% of her body (which she did live through). That, too, was an image I will never forget, and plan to show to my children when they are old enough to drive.
A friend of mine was in a car accident with a boyfriend–they got into an accident where she was badly hurt (and has since recovered). He was charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm and received five years in jail.
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I am so heart broken for this young man and his family. I will not comment on the Hogan’s because I believe in karma and love. I wish for peace for this young soldier and his family. If there is some way for me to contribute to his well being and care - I would love to know how to contribute. He is a soldier and should be decorated regardless of how he was injured. A hero in any terms. Best wishes to his family.
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oh lord…i truly don´t know what to say. i have no words for this…i just hope his pains will end some day…i wish him and his family strength and faith.
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czarina- The girl you refer to is named Jacqueline Saburrido, an exchange student from Venezuela who was attending the University of Texas. I’m from Austin, where the accident happened. She filmed a PSA (not sure if it was shown nationally, but it was aggressively broadcast in Texas, and rightfully so) about the dangers of drinking and driving. I also had the pleasure of going to a symposium in her honor and watching her speak; she is truly an inspiration to all. She prefers to be called a survivor rather than a victim, and her outlook on life is incredibly positive, all things considered. She even met up with the drunk driver who caused the accident which maimed her and killed two others, and forgave him for what he did- she is far more brave than I could ever be.
To anyone who has never heard of her or seen pictures of her and the accident, google her sometime. Some of her videos are also on YouTube, I believe.
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I just hope that this poor kid is not going to live like this for years and years. No one deserves to lay like this and in pain. My heart goes out to his loving family and friends.
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JOhn and Nick had been doing this before. Where was it said that Nick had been drinking? They had both been drinking? I think so. No seat belt means bad damage from an accident. MY heart goes out to John and his family and yes the Hogans have to take care of him until her passes, but I cannot blame evreything on to the kid Nick. People said they saw them earlier driving like this too. I also want to know who got the booze for these 2? They are partly reponsible too.
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I too hope that Graziano’s family will let him go so that he may rest in peace and that they may be able to grieve. I cannot imagine having a loved one linger on in a such condition but I am not the Grazianos and I do not get to decide for them. I hope the Hogan’s are made to pay for his care and medical bills. And if I never hear anything about that group of assholes again it’ll be too soon.
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Seriously, how many more people can jump on the “Hate the Hogans” bandwagon. John knew what he was doing. He chose not to wear a seatbelt. Nick walked away, John didn’t. How is that Nick’s fault?
John was a combat veteran, and as a fellow combat veteran, I can safely say that he knew better.
Not saying the family isn’t insensitive in their reaction and behavior, for they most certainly are, but there is no getting around the fact that Nick is not responsible for John’s stupidity.
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God, I’ve said this before and I’ll try one last time. The seatbelt is a moot point. I spent 2 years cleaning people off the highway for the fire department, and in a crash like that it just doesn’t matter.
If he’d broken his neck or suffered head trauma from flying forward it would be different, but did you see the car? The entire passenger side (which happens to also be the side of his head he’s missing) is completely caved in! How exactly is a seatbelt going to help you avoid a jagged chunk of metal? The space they pulled him out of was barely 18 inches wide.
Seriously, saying this kid is responsible because he wasn’t wearing his seatbelt is like saying a guy who has a fifteen ton steel girder fall on his head from 300 feet died because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Yeah, it was stupid, but it wouldn’t have really mattered either.
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boycott vh1, american gladiators, hell even larry king for letting that family be on. i say boycott, write letters to the networks that support this family
god bless the graziano family
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How tragic? I couldn’t imagine being in Nick’s shoes. How is it that his family is being so cavalier about this? Did they not go to the hospital to see how John was doing? How could you see your friend like this, its not like he just broke a leg or something. I would be so devestated that my actions caused harm to another person. What kind of people are the Hogans/Bollea’s? They can’t be that heartless and cruel. Its schocking the way they are behaving. Nick if you don’t like doing 8 months in jail why don’t you trade places with John.
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An amazing being he should be our hero not these vain, rich and stupid celebs.
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If the family decides to let John go, Nick Hogan’s charges should be upgraded to veichular homocide. Becuase there do not seem to be a lesson learned by the Hogan family.
Fame and Fortune can really mess with one’s head.
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I certainly feel bad for this guys family and I feel Nick should be in jail for the rest of his life…HOWEVER…did Nick force this guy to get in the car with him? Was he begging Nick to slow down at any point? Anybody with sense should know NOT to be in a car with a drunk person doing massive speed…DDDUUUUUHHHH!!!! I hope anyone that thinks they are invisible learns a lesson from this and I send my thoughts and prayers to John’s family. God Bless.
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“God, I’ve said this before and I’ll try one last time. The seatbelt is a moot point. I spent 2 years cleaning people off the highway for the fire department, and in a crash like that it just doesn’t matter.”
It’s not a moot point at all. It signifies that he was in no way afraid and behaving just as irresponsibly as the driver. Perhaps you are right, I did not see the car, but whether or not the seatbelt would have saved his life is a moot point.
In the military they teach us Composite Risk Management. He knew the risk he was taking by being in the car and was obviously putting his fate in his own hands - not the driver’s - by not wearing the seatbelt.
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I agree with czarina…words like “coma” and “critical injury” do not even begin to capture the severity of these injuries.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Graziano family. John’s condition is absolutely heart-wrenching. How dare the Hogans see his condition and then proceed to make the callous, self-important comments that they did.
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My heart breaks over and over again for the Graziano family… for John.
I know he got in the car willingly and was having a good time up until the crash, but for John and his family to be seen as second class citizens by the Hogan family, its disgusting.
Nick Hogan ended their life that night and the Hogan family has done nothing but shit on them ever since. There is a special place in hell for the Hogan clan.
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Okay to all the people saying that it wasn’t entirely Nick’s fault at what happened to John, you’re correct. But the reason why so many people are upset (well the main reason actually) is the fact that Nick as well as his family are going public with their opinions. Ah and the type of crash it was makes it even more Nick’s fault. John’s only mistake was not wearing the seatbelt (even though I doubt it would have done him much good).
Hulk stated that he believed God was the one making John a better person through this. No matter who you are, you just don’t say that. It’s from all of the actions the family has committed that the public has problems with. It’s just not right.
Also, even though we all pretty much want it… do you really think Nick is going to get violated in the place he is at? I want it to happen however it is most likely never going to happen.
Anyone want to begin rapidly emailing VH1 about pulling Brooke’s new show?
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A.J.–Thank you for the information on Jacquline Saburrido. I agree, she is an amazing human being. I don’t have as much information as you do (this was a couple of years ago that I saw a presentation on her tragedy), but I understand that the drunk driver at least acknowledged responsibility and apologized.
Some might say it’s not enough, but I think it must be important to the survivor and/or their family, that the person who caused such a tragedy (a never-ending one in the case of Jacqueline and John Graziano), can at least recognize the extent of the damage they have caused.
This is where I feel the Bollea family has been so badly remiss. Crying crocodile tears in court and on Larry King after their real attitudes had been displayed for the world on those jail tapes–to me, this is everything that is wrong with our society.
That someone would be the contributing cause of ending a man’s life (for all intents and purposes), and the first thought is: “Oh no, am I going to get sued?” or “Oh no, will I go to jail?”, or “Oh no, this is going to be a public relations nightmare!”.
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My God. This is so upsetting. I cannot believe the Hogans had the audacity to say that this will make John a “better person”. Either they’re insensitive
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I couldn’ t get through the whole video. My God, I hadn’t realized half of his skull was missing! The Hogan family should be sooooooo ashamed of themselves for the things that they have said about this poor man, the bitching and complaining they have done regarding the “pain” this has caused their lives and for being media whores and opportunistic a-holes. Look what that poor man lives like every day, and that is certainly not living! His poor family! Imagine seeing your son in that condition every single day, knowing he will never get better! I REALLY hate the Hogans even more than before.
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