Do you remember when “Dog the Bounty Hunter” got taken off A&E’s television schedule for a while because Dog made a racial slur that got secretly recorded?
The sad truth about that incident is that one of Dog’s sons sold a private phone call recording to a media outlet, creating a worldwide scandal.
Dog The Bounty Hunter’s Racial Slur
Dog had 13 kids at one time. He sadly lost his daughter, Barbara Katie, to a fatal car crash in 2006. The son who sold that recording to the National Enquirer is Tucker Chapman, who is Barbara’s brother.
Dog had no clue Tucker was recording the call when he used an offensive term about Tucker’s Black girlfriend. When the Internet heard that disgusting slur, Dog got temporarily canceled.
After the scandal erupted, Dog appeared on Larry King Live on CNN. Dog claimed he didn’t know why Tucker sold him out, and he revealed to Larry that Tucker would “not talk to me.”
Dog has been married six times, and he told Larry that he was suspicious that Tucker’s mom, Lyssa Rae Brittain, had been involved in betraying him.
Dog said to Larry, “His mother’s in on it with him.” Lyssa Rae was Dog’s third wife, and Tucker was born in 1983 in Colorado. Dog and Lyssa broke up in the 1980s after their third child, Lyssa Rae, was born. Dog told Larry he believed his ex-wife wanted to “get even” with him.
If that sounds like Dog refused to take any blame for making such a tasteless comment about his son’s girlfriend, Reuters reported that Dog was “teary” when he appeared on Larry’s show and that he had “apologized repeatedly” and “promised to make amends” to the public.
Dog Said His Son, Tucker Chapman, May Complete ‘a 20-year Sentence … If He Messes Up’
Dog also confessed to Larry that he had “probably” been interfering too much in Tucker’s personal life, and when you hear what kind of a life Tucker had then, it’s another sad part about this story.
When Tucker was just 18 years old, he got jailed for committing armed robbery. Reuters confirmed that Tucker “served four years of a 20-year sentence.” Then, he was released on parole.
Dog explained that he “tried to take control” of Tucker’s life. He’s not only Tucker’s dad; Dog is an ex-con who managed to pull his life together, so perhaps he was only thinking of the best for his son.
But Dog also alleged that another person negatively influenced Tucker: his girlfriend. He told Larry that he “heard” she was “maybe not being the best for Tucker.” Dog added, “I’ll leave it like that,” but then he admitted, “So, I tried to interfere.”
Dog claimed he didn’t “care” about Tucker’s girlfriend’s ethnicity. He seemed to think she could be a bad influence, and he told Larry that Tucker would have to go back and complete “a 20-year sentence… if he messes up.”
Dog The Bounty Hunter’s Son Sold Private Phone Recording for $15,000
Tucker allegedly sold the recording to the Enquirer for $15,000, but when Dog was asked about it, he wouldn’t comment.
But Dog told Larry that he wanted Tucker to know that “I love him very much.”
Tucker has remained out of the public eye recently. While there’s no confirmation of if or when Dog and Tucker ended this scandal or mended their relationship, Dog posted a message to Instagram in June 2022, and he had something to say.
Dog wrote on Instagram, “Happy birthday to my son Tucker Dee Chapman,” and he concluded with, “Love you, [son].”
