Television bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman’s son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for “a lot of money,” Chapman’s lawyer said Thursday.

“I guess because of whatever level of anger he had of his father, he felt the need to express it in that manner.”

The National Enquirer on Wednesday posted on its Web site a clip of a conversation in which Duane Chapman, star of the hit A&E series “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” repeatedly used the N-word in reference to Tucker’s girlfriend.

Chapman later apologized to his son and the woman, then learned about how the tape got into the tabloid’s hands, the lawyer said.

A&E has suspended production of the series, saying the network takes the matter seriously.

Dog Chapman has been captured spewing racist slurs on a tape originally obtained by The National Enquirer.

The star of the A&E reality show Dog, The Bounty Hunter directed his racist hatred at his son Tucker’s girlfriend Monique Shinnery, who is black. Dog’s tirade is littered with profanity and the N-Word.

Now civil rights leaders are calling for A&E to remove his show from the airwaves. In my opinion this is about 10 million times worse than what Don Imus lost his radio program for.

It’s a real disappointment to hear Dog talking like that. I would never have imagined him to be like that, but it proves once again that TV is just an illusion.

TAKE A LISTEN!!

UPDATE:  A&E has officially suspended the television program Dog The Bounty Hunter while this incident is under investigation.