. >> hogan talked about the personal impact with fox's diana falzone. >> the judge and gawker tried numerous times to get you to settle on arbitration behind closed doors. why did you want this to go to trial? >> it still makes me cower. you know, i leave my house and meet my people, did they see the tape? what do the kids think? it wasn't about. that it was about this not ever happening to anybody else because i know how it affected me. so all i wanted was to let everyone know what gawker is all about and what they do to destroy the lives. >> joining us now from the new york is diana falzone, reporter for foxnews.com who covered this story. hulk hogan talked about this stap with howard stern and others says he was fighting against invasion of privacy. he also got a lot b. a zillion dollars. do you find he was doing there in the name of cleaning up journalism? >> i wasn't -- he wasn't doing it in the name of cleaning up journalism. he is doing it in a way of cleaning up his reputation. he could have settled behind closed doors n fact, gawker and the judge were insisting on that for about 3 1

. >> join us from new york is diana falzone entertainment reporter who has covered the case from theeginning. hulk hogan talked about this sex tape said he was fighting against invasion of privacy and got about a zillion privacy. >> he was not doing it in the name of clean up journalism but cleaning up his recommend station much he could have settled. gawker and the judge insisted on that for about 3 1/2 years but he and the lawyer said, no, we are going to vindicate hulk hogan's reputation. this is more about him and in the long run it was about the defending of people's privacy. he said he was not hulk hogan in the private moments, with the wife of his friend. >> the evidence that gawk are said could turn the tide involved allegations that his real motivation was to make sure another tape did not come out where he made racist comments and here is what he said to you. >> on top of the horrible decision i made morale, at an all-time low and with the lowest story that goes with it, if i could make people understand that one moment does not dwayne me, also, all the people that really d

diana falzone sat down with the pro wrestler and here is what he had to say. sorry. >> hulk hogan said he really didn't care if gawker was able to appeal, it was really his job to alert really the public of the damage that media companies can do if they do not respect a private person or a public figure's privacy. so really came down, i think we might have the a clip of that. charles: let's take a listen. >> how surprised are you with the dollar amount that you were awarded? >> i really didn't understand it at first, you know, because i was so worried about people believing me for 3 1/2 years, that they have been questioning me if i was in on it or if i knew there was camera and stuff. when the jury finally said we believe you -- if there is appeal, and they win, come what may i'm fine. at end of the day i have done as much as i can to make everyone aware if you're over four years old, like gawker said if you have a social media account you're a public person. anybody over four years old blew my mind. they sand by that statement to this day. that you're in jeo