SHOWBIZ TONIGHT

The Hogan Jailhouse Tapes; An Interview with Sarah Jessica Parker; Denise Richards and Dina Lohan`s Debuts; The Crying Game; A Tribute to Sydney Pollack; "Indiana Jones" Outcry in Russia

Aired May 27, 2008 - 23:00:00   ET

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On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Hogan`s jailhouse rocked. Tonight, the jaw- dropping jailhouse confessions of Hulk Hogan`s son caught on tape. Hulk`s son, Nick, serving time for nearly killing his best friend in a car crash. Tonight, did Nick`s mom really trash the mother of the crash victim? Did Nick really tell Hulk to help him pull a Paris Hilton? You will not believe your ears when you hear the Hogan jailhouse tapes.

But first, the Hogan jailhouse tapes. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has obtained these absolutely remarkable recordings of Hulk Hogan talking to his son, Nick, who, of course, is serving time for nearly killing his best friend in a car accident. And I can tell you, once you hear them right now, you, too, might be saying, Hogan doesn`t know best.

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NICK BOLLEA, HULK HOGAN`S SON: I am ready to accept the punishment -

Hulk Hogan`s son, Nick Bollea, was the picture of contrition on the day he was sentenced to eight months in jail for the street-racing accident that horribly injured his passenger and friend John Graziano. But now, more than two weeks into his sentence, Nick is singing a different tune.

N. BOLLEA: I don`t know what to do, Mom. I`d give anything to get out of this room.

HAMMER: The Florida jail housing Nick has released tapes of his phone conversations with his parents, Hulk and Linda. And SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, they`re unbelievable.

KATIE DARYL, TMZ TV: I just love that it`s 26 hours of tape and he`s only been in jail for about like two and a half weeks. I have not racked up that many minutes in my cell phone and I`m free.

HAMMER: Because he`s still a juvenile, Nick is being kept in the cell by himself and it`s clear from his tearful conversations with his parents the solitude is getting to him.

N. BOLLEA: I would do anything to get out of this room.

LINDA BOLLEA, WIFE OF HULK HOGAN: I know. That`s like just imprisoning you by yourself is almost beyond what you deserve, don`t you think?

N. BOLLEA: Yes.

L. BOLLEA: I mean solitary confinement is what they do to, like, what, "triple-X" criminals? I mean, you know, it`s like - for a car accident?

N. BOLLEA: I want to go outside. I just want to breathe fresh air.

HAMMER: It`s the same son when Nick talks to his dad.

N. BOLLEA: I`m in maximum. I`m going to ask them at least to put me in a cell with, you know, like maybe something with, you know, some bars where I can see people or something. I`m really freaking out.

HULK HOGAN, WRESTLER: OK. All right. Don`t freak out.

N. BOLLEA: I don`t know, like, if you could - is she could call the judge or something. Just please ask him to put me on house arrest so I can get out of here.

DARYL: Nick blatantly told his parents if he knew how horrible jail was going to be, he would not have accepted the deal, he wouldn`t have pled out. He would have wanted the case to go to trial.

HAMMER: But at least Nick is trying to make lemonade out of lemons. We even hear him asking his famous dad to help hook him up with the reality show when he gets out.

N. BOLLEA: Will you work on that reality deal ...

HOGAN: Yes.

N. BOLLEA: ... for me and get that thing line up so the minute I walk out of wherever I walk of?

HOGAN: Can you do it while you`re on probation?

N. BOLLEA: Yes, of course. I want to do it where I`ll make the most money.

HOGAN: We can call it "The New Nick" or something.

N. BOLLEA: "New Nick."

HOGAN: Or something. We`ll have to come up with a good name. Think of a good name.

N. BOLLEA: I`ll be thinking of a good name. It will be reality ... how I`m getting back on my feet and how I`m recovering after this, "Celebrity Out of Jail."

DARYL: His friend is still in a hospital bed. He should be in there reflecting and thinking about how sorry he was and what damage he caused in this car accident. He shouldn`t be thinking about, "Hey, maybe someone will follow me shopping on a reality show."

HAMMER: Most shocking of all, we hear Hulk and Nick apparently blaming Graziano for his heartbreaking predicament.

HOGAN: Well, I don`t know what type of person John was what he did to get himself in his situation. I know he was pretty aggressive and used to yell at people and used to do stuff and ... but for some reason, man, god laid some heavy (EXPLETIVE DELETED) on that kid, man. I don`t what he was into -

N. BOLLEA: John was a negative person.

HOGAN: He was what?

N. BOLLEA: He was a negative person.

HAMMER: By the way, at last report, Graziano was semiconscious and will need constant medical care for the rest of his life.

DARYL: He`s pretty much blaming his friend, John, for him being in jail. I mean it`s disgraceful.

HAMMER: John`s family is blasting the Hogans for what they say on the tapes. Meanwhile, Nick`s attorney is furious that they were released. But TMZ`s Katie Daryl tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT they should have known the risk.

DARYL: These phone conversations are monitored. They`re recorded. But it never occurred to them to think, oh, public record. Someone could possibly ask to listen to them.

HAMMER: And now, the fun-loving family we got to know on reality TV may have permanently damaged that image.

DARYL: At one point it was like, they`re kind of rock and roll. They were fun. They were hip. They were edgy. And now, it just seems like they`re cold, they`re callus and they`re unsympathetic.

HAMMER: It`s hard to believe that`s even real. And this isn`t even over yet. Late today, more fireworks exploded when SHOWBIZ TONIGHT heard from the Graziano family about the tapes.

Joining me tonight in New York, Carolina Bermudez, senior editor for "In Touch Weekly." And from the Tru TV cameras, Ashleigh Banfield, host of Tru TV`s "Hollywood Heat."

Now, Ashleigh, Carolina, I want to take a look at what the Graziano family told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Listen to this, quote, "These tapes clearly show what the Bolleas said in court was calculated to give the court the impression that Nick deserved a break. It was a true Academy Award performance. They spoke of their love for John and they expressed how sorry they were, but their true feelings have now been revealed in the tapes."

Carolina, are you as outraged as the Graziano family. This is unbelievable.

CAROLINA BERMUDEZ, SENIOR EDITOR, "IN TOUCH WEEKLY": Oh, absolutely. But you know what? I think this was a great thing because it has exposed the Hogans for what they really are. They`ve spoiled their son. Now, look at him. He`s in jail and rather than teaching him to take responsibility for his actions and also to have some remorse for his friend who is still in the vegetative state in a hospital. Now, they`re just going to try to coddle him and maybe see if they can get him a little bit of house arrest. I mean this speaks volumes about what their values are and who they are as people.

HAMMER: It`s just sickening to listen to. So we need to go back to the proof here, a phone conversation between Hulk and his son, Nick, about John Graziano who`s Nick`s critically injured friend, of course, still in the hospital to this day in a semiconscious state. Now, I want you to listen to this, the first voice you`re going to hear on this particular bit of tape is Hulk Hogan. Roll that, Charles.

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HOGAN: Well, I don`t know what type of person John was or what he did to get himself in this situation. I know he was pretty aggressive and used to yell at people and used to do stuff and ... but for some reason, man, god laid some heavy (EXPLETIVE DELETED) on that kid, man. I don`t know what he was into ...

N. BOLLEA: John was a negative person.

HOGAN: He was what?

N. BOLLEA: He was a negative person.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

HAMMER: Wow. Ashleigh Banfield, you know, a lot of people are going to hear what Hulk and his son are saying and it`s going to make them sick. Is anybody at all going to have any sympathy for the Hogans after hearing these?

ASHLEIGH BANFIELD, HOST, "HOLLYWOOD HEAT": No, I doubt it. I mean it`s not easy to listen to that stuff. On the other side of the coin, I think their attorney has a point. There should be maybe some privilege between parents and children who are in jail. He was a juvenile.

The truth is the only privilege that really exists is your conversation with your attorney. So if you`re on a phone in a jail, know it can come back to bite you. The Hogans should have known better and they`re certainly not looking like heroes.

HAMMER: Yes. So Ashleigh, I mean, to be clear now, they may have a problem with the fact that these tapes got out. But they have no recourse here because they knew there was the chance that they would get out, again a matter of public record.

BANFIELD: Touchy. It`s touchy. Juvenile system is a very different situation especially state to state. But I think you`re absolutely clear when it`s an attorney, maybe a little bit more muddled when it`s your parents.

HAMMER: Well, one conversation was caught on tape that just blows my mind. Is Nick`s mom, Linda, talking trash about John Graziano`s mom during a phone call to her son Nick? You`ve got to listen to this.

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N. BOLLEA: John never meant anything to her or Ed(ph). It`s sad because I really appreciated you kids and I miss John and I miss you too. And it`s like, she`s not suffering, I am. I have the loss. She (EXPLETIVE DELETED).

HAMMER: All right. Wait just a second here. Nick`s in jail for eight months, John Graziano in a semiconscious state, perhaps for the rest of his life. Linda Hogan dares to suggest she`s suffering more. Carolina, I mean, talk about outrageous.

BERMUDEZ: How dare she. And you know what? If I was John`s mother, I would be just as upset as she was. For her to come out and say that she`s suffering, what does the family of John - what is John`s family doing? They`re absolutely suffering. They can`t even speak to their son. And I think that the Hogans would be singing a different tune if this would have been Nick at the hospital right now.

HAMMER: Ashleigh, I mean this just takes the cake for me. How about you?

BANFIELD: It does. We all have to step back a little bit though and realize this was meant to be a private conversation between mother and son. And who knows? Maybe she was trying to ease her son`s discomfort. Everybody has the right to do that. If your kid is in jail, you have the right to make them feel better.

HAMMER: Sure.

BANFIELD: If it were a public announcement, the outrage without question would be warranted. It`s also what they said. They didn`t say it for public consumption, though.

HAMMER: No. I guess you`re right, but again, now that we have it, now that it is being publicly consumed, the stark contrast to how they appeared in court and the things that they were saying in court, it is just, you know, too massive to overlook.

Looking ahead now to when Nick gets out of jail, as John Graziano lies in that hospital bed, the Graziano family is outraged, understandably, that Nick may do a reality show. Carolina, here`s the thing that first popped into my mind just a few seconds here. But who would be stupid enough to even put a show like that on the air?

BERMUDEZ: Oh, I think he would be. I think he would absolutely think that he has the right to go out there and show people who he really is. Well, here`s the worst part about this - is that we`ve already seen your reality, buddy.

HAMMER: Yes.

BERMUDEZ: Nobody wants to see any more of this.

HAMMER: It doesn`t get any worse than this. Got to wrap it there. Carolina Bermudez, Ashleigh Banfield, thank you both.

Well, Hulk Hogan`s dramatic and shocking jailhouse chat with his son caught on tape. Tonight, I`ve got other star stuff also caught on tape that`s going to blow your mind.