Dog the Bounty Hunter claims he was given a ‘pass’ to say the N-word

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Dog the Bounty Hunter is excusing his use of the N-word because he claims he was given a “pass” by his prison “brothers.”

The 68-year-old reality star, born Duane Chapman, dismissed his daughter Bonnie’s recent claims that he’s racist and homophobic while reflecting on the time he spent behind bars in the 1970s for first-degree murder.

“I have never been a racist,” he insisted to “Entertainment Tonight” in an interview published Wednesday. “I’m 33.5 percent Apache. But because of over 15 years ago, I have an Achilles’ heel because I used the wrong word.”

Chapman’s A&E show “Dog the Bounty Hunter” was put on hiatus in 2007 due to a leaked phone call featuring him using the N-word more than six times when referring to his son Tucker’s black girlfriend.

“I thought I had a pass in the black tribe to use it, kind of like Eminem,” he told the outlet.

When asked who gave him the so-called “pass,” Chapman responded, “The brothers” and clarified they were his “black tribe” behind bars.

“I had just gotten out of prison in 1979 after spending time, 18 months in Texas, and it was probably three-fourths from the black tribe,” he explained. “So that was a word that we used back and forth, as maybe a compliment.

“My pass expired for using it, but no one told me that.”

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