Hulk Hogan's Daughter Made Heartbreaking Family Admission
Hulk Hogan was best known as one of professional wrestling's true superstars, and the driving force between the then-WWF transitioning into a national and then global company.
Hogan headlined the very first "WrestleMania" event at Madison Square Garden and defined the art of professional wrestling in America during the 1980s. Hogan would then reinvent himself in the mid-1990s with a darker, edgier persona.
He began the villainous "New World Order" group in World Championship Wrestling with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, forming one of the most popular and influential stables in wrestling history.
After the peak of his wrestling career, Hogan's personal life was the subject of great interest. Recordings of intimate videos and private conversations damaged his public reputation, but he was able to claim victory in a massive lawsuit around the distribution of that material.
Hogan passed away this week at the age of 71, and it seems that he died before he was able to mend things with some members of his family - including his daughter Brooke.
“There was a recent video posted by my Mother that was concerning enough for people to send to me,” Brooke said back in March on social media.
“that has made me feel the need to address the tip of a very large iceberg that is my immediate family. What little I am addressing does not even scratch the surface of what I've dealt with my entire life.”
The 36-year-old has not been in contact with her mother for several years, a fact that Brooke's mother Linda Hogan attributes to her ex-husband.
Brooke then noted that she has not been in contact with either of her parents, and that the situation and the controversy around it has affected her own family. Brooke has two young children with her husband, Steve Olesky.
"No contact with my Mom has nothing to do with my Dad, and no contact with my Father has nothing to do with my Mother," Hogan explained.
The 36-year-old then said that she had been "EXTREMELY verbally and mentally abused since childhood. Sadly, it would frequently turn physical."
Hogan added that she still loves her parents despite the abuse she says she was objected to, and that she's “been to therapy” and is "doing the work" to ensure the cycle doesn't continue in her own family.