Hulk Hogan to appear tonight on 'Larry King Live'

Hulk Hogan is scheduled to appear on Larry King Live at 9 p.m. tonight to discuss the case against his son, Nick Bollea, now serving an eight-month jail sentence, according to CNN.

The cable news network's Web site is promoting King's interview with Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, as Hogan's first interview since Nick Bollea was jailed for injuring John Graziano.

Graziano, 23, has been in a semiconscious state since Aug. 26, when Bollea's speeding Toyota Supra slammed into a tree. Bollea pleaded no contest May 9 to reckless driving with serious bodily injury.

CNN's Web site also is touting "shocking jailhouse tapes." At the request of a news organization, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office released 26 hours of recorded conversation between Nick Bollea and his family. Graziano's father recently said he was outraged by the conversations.

In one, Nick's mother, Linda Bollea, said she knew John better than his own mother did.

"She's not sad. She's just acting angry like she just wants the money," Linda Bollea said of John's mother, Debbie Graziano. "John never meant anything to her or Ed. It's just sad because I really appreciated you kids, and I just miss John. I miss you, too. She's not suffering. I am. I have the loss."

Graziano's father, Ed Graziano, has said he found those comments offensive and said his wife "lives for her children."

In another recorded call, Nick Bollea told his father that John was "a negative person."

Bollea also asked his father to line up a reality television show about him getting out of jail and back on his feet.

"I want to do it where I'll make the most money," he said.

Hulk Hogan said he'd produce the show and make his son an owner.

Bollea's attorneys have since gone to court to block the release of Nick's conversations with his parents.

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