Hulk Hogan claims he’s in the dead of night as to why daughter Brooke Hogan has distanced herself from him following her estrangement from her mom and his ex-wife, Linda Hogan.
“Terry not talking to Brooke is [a] rather more latest factor,” a supply completely tells Us Weekly, referring to Hulk, whose actual identify is Terry Gene Bollea.
The insider claims that the well-known wrestler, 71, “tells individuals he doesn’t particularly know why Brooke received’t converse to him.”
The stress may stem from Hulk’s break up from Brooke’s mom, Linda, 65, in 2007, in keeping with the supply. “Numerous injury was accomplished throughout their divorce,” the insider shares.
Via all of it, “Terry has for positive tried to be a very good dad,” the supply provides, claiming that Hulk is “very shut” to Brooke’s brother, Nick Hogan.
Linda filed for divorce from Hulk in November 2007 after greater than 20 years of marriage. Practically two years later, the exes finalized their divorce in July 2009. (The previous couple share Brooke, 36, and son Nick, 34.)
“Hulk is wanting ahead to shifting on along with his life and may be very hopeful that he and Linda can keep a friendship and work collectively as mother and father to their two youngsters,” Hulk’s rep instructed Us in an announcement on the time.
Within the years that adopted, Brooke tried to remain out of the limelight as a lot as attainable. Nevertheless, when she returned to actuality TV — she beforehand appeared on Hogan Is aware of Finest from 2005 to 2007 together with her household — she turned to her dad for assist.
Brooke completely instructed Us in April 2018 that two days into filming MTV’s Champs vs. Stars, “I known as my dad and I’m like, ‘I ought to have by no means accomplished TV once more. It was higher being regular.’”
She recalled her dad giving her nice recommendation. “And he was similar to, ‘Stick it out, child. You’re gonna be nice. Simply give attention to the competitors. Keep optimistic,’” Brooke stated.
Their father-daughter relationship has since splintered. Brooke raised eyebrows when she skipped her dad’s third marriage ceremony in September 2023 to Sky Day by day. (Hulk was additionally married to Jennifer McDaniel from 2010 to 2021.)
“For my very own journey to therapeutic and happiness, I’ve chosen to create a ways between myself and my household,” Brooke wrote through Instagram on the time. “And am specializing in individuals and issues that heal my coronary heart and align with my very own private beliefs, objectives, and values. I want him nicely. 
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Brooke secretly wed hockey participant Steven Olesky in June 2022, however it’s unknown whether or not her father or mom was in attendance. Brooke lately turned a mom, welcoming twins Oliver and Molly, in January, which her mom, Linda, claims is information the household wasn’t privies to.
“It’s been 15 — or longer — years since I left Hulk Hogan and my household is within the worst mess,” Linda alleged in a since-expired Instagram Story video obtained by a number of retailers on Wednesday, March 26. “Brooke doesn’t discuss to us. She’s had twins. She bought married, she didn’t inform us. She had an enormous battle with Terry. I don’t understand how that mirrored onto me, however she reduce me out too.”
Brooke responded to her mother’s put up through her personal Instagram assertion on Thursday, March 27, writing, “I attempt very onerous to disregard points surrounding my household in hopes I might need peace in my life. Sadly, I’ve deliberately made myself smaller in my skilled profession in music and TV merely to dodge the general public negativity surrounding my household that has repeatedly and relentlessly overshadowed something I do.”
She continued, “If it had been simply me, I might proceed to take the hits and shrink even smaller to keep away from the risks of talking publicly. However I’ve my family now and it’s affecting extra than simply me at this level.”
Brooke went on to clarify that she has “utterly separate causes for going no contact” together with her mother and her dad. “No contact with my mother has nothing to do with my dad, and no contact with my father has nothing to do with my mom,” she wrote. “This determination was made based mostly purely on how they’ve every handled me my total life.”
Brooke then alleged that she was “extraordinarily verbally and mentally abused” all through her childhood. She didn’t determine her alleged abuser, however stated issues “incessantly flip[ed] bodily.”
She revealed, “I longed for a standard household, but it surely by no means got here to fruition. I’ve repeatedly held my hand out to assist them, solely to have them pull me into the darkness with them. I’ve set boundaries that weren’t revered, and at this level, I can really do no extra.”
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Brooke stated she has tried to “break the chain” together with her family and has turned to remedy for assist. She insisted, “I completely LOVE them with each fiber of my being,” whereas speaking about her mother and father, however for her personal peace she had reduce off communication with them each.
In a separate Instagram assertion posted on Friday, March 28, Brooke denied her mother’s declare that she has “by no means met” her husband, sharing a photograph of them collectively from 2023.
Brooke added that her earlier put up “didn’t immediately accuse anybody” of the poisonous behaviors she skilled in childhood. She acknowledged that if her mother was “triggered” by the put up, then that “speaks volumes.”
“I’ve loads of individuals who know the reality, and I do know the reality, so I’m not afraid,” Brooke concluded.
Us Weekly has reached out to Hulk and Linda for remark.
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