Hulk Hogan‘s daughter Brooke says that members of his camp have been spinning lies about her since his death, and she calls those stories “pathetic and disgusting.”
In a TMZ Live interview that aired on Wednesday (Aug. 6), Brooke had harsh words for those who she says are spreading false narratives about her relationship with her dad.
She denies reports she returned gifts from him unopened, and that he was “begging” her to forgive him in the weeks leading up to his death.
Brooke also says she’s not afraid to pursue legal action against the members of his inner circle who she says are “spewing lies.”
“If they want to keep going, grab your best hold, grab your best lawyers, because I’m ready to go,” she continues. “I’m done. This is ridiculous. I know too much. I’ve been through too much. I’m not to be played with.”
“I’m done, so it better stop,” she stresses.
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- Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Gene Bollea) died on July 24. He was 71 years old.
- His cause of death was revealed to be an acute myocardial infarction, commonly known as a heart attack.
- Brooke, who had been estranged from her father in the two years before his death, raised questions about why he was cremated so quickly, without an autopsy to investigate the root cause of his heart attack.
Why All the Lies About Hulk Hogan + His Daughter Brooke?
In her new TMZ interview, Brooke claims that she was one of the only people in the wrestling legend’s inner circle who didn’t depend on him financially.
“I have my own job. My husband has a job. We do not have any money coming in from my father since I was 18,” she states. “Everyone else relied on him for a paycheck, and now that golden goose is gone.”
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The wrestler’s daughter reportedly asked to be removed from Hogan’s will back in 2023, with anonymous sources stating that she “didn’t trust a single person” around him.
“I’ve seen how certain members of my family go after money, and how they turn on each other over money,” she told TMZ. “And I said, ‘If and when my dad dies, this is going to be — pardon my French — a s–tshow, and I want no part of it.”
But she speculates that those family members might be interested in silencing her — and twisting the public narrative about her — because of what she knows about the inner workings of the family.
“I don’t know if I’m their emotional, guilty punching bag or if they are afraid of what I know — because I know a lot that I don’t talk about,” she continues.
“It’s pathetic and disgusting, to be honest,” she emphasizes.
A Tumultuous Relationship, But an Unbreakable Bond
Though Brooke and Hogan had a strained relationship in the later years, she has said that their bond was unshakeable, and that neither family conflict nor death itself could snuff out the love they had for each other.
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“He used to remind me, ‘All of this is temporary, and I’ll always find my way back to you,'” she wrote in an emotional statement after his death.
“I truly believe that,” she added, “We will find each other in every lifetime.”
Brooke Hogan Skips Hulk’s Funeral
On Tuesday (Aug. 5), Hogan was laid to rest in a memorial service in Largo, Fla., but Brooke didn’t attend.
“My father hated the morbidity of funerals. He didn’t want one,” she explained at the time.
She shared the way she privately honored Hogan instead, with a trip to the beach with her family, including her two infant twins, in a series of photos posted to social media.
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