Paul Hogan dislikes the ‘hypersensitive’ modern culture and political correctness

Paul Hogan made a name for himself making sometimes racy and not at all politically correct comedy in the 1970s and 1980s. 

And now the 80-year-old says that while he feels people are too ‘hypersensitive’ these days, he nonetheless supports many progressive causes. 

‘I am the livin’ picture of political incorrectness,’ the Crocodile Dundee stars told The Weekend Australian this week. 

However the Australian icon adds that he abhors racism, particularly as he’s observed it in his adopted home of the United States. 

‘Racism’s for cretins. I’ve seen it all right here, and I say it’s for cretins,’ Paul tells the magazine. 

‘How do you go through life judgin’ people on how they look? It’s just absurd. The majority are startin’ to sit up and say this is not right.’

Paul admits that he has had accusations of sexism leveled at him in the past, but insists it’s not something he supports. 

‘I know what people might be sensitive about. Sexist is the most common [accusation] against me. But I don’t think I ever did anything with any sort of malice. 

‘Some people are hypersensitive but it’s understandable I guess. Everything changes as time goes on and we are in the politically correct era’. 

Paul lives in Venice, California these days, and is close to his former wife, Linda Kozlowski, 62, and their son, Chance, 22. 

Since retiring from acting, Linda has made money by flipping properties.

Linda was Paul’s second wife after he divorced his first wife, Noelene Edwards, in 1986 after 30 years of marriage.

The pair met while filming Crocodile Dundee, in which Linda played Paul’s love interest Sue Charlton.

In 1999, Linda gave birth to their only son, Chance. Paul has five more children with his first wife.