Brooke Hogan has been trying to put the past behind her as she mourns the death of her father Terry, better known to his millions of fans as Hulk Hogan.
The About Us singer, 37, was estranged from the professional wrestler who died of a heart attack at age 71 on July 24.
The former Hogan Knows Best star still recalls some of the final words she spoke to her father before the rift.
In an interview with TMZ, Brooke said she was uncomfortable with some of the people in Hulk’s entourage, but pointed out that did not include his wife Sky Daily, 46.
‘The estrangement is a boundary,’ she explained, ‘So I didn’t like certain people he was around. It wasn’t Sky, it was a number of people that I did not trust, that I had seen behavior in, and I said, “Dad, flashing yellow signs.” Like, “Hey, this is messed up. Are you going to do anything about it?”‘
She explained that the six-time WWF champion was ‘never alone. He was always with someone.’
Brooke Hogan, 37, has been trying to put the past behind her as she mourns the death of her father Terry, better known to his millions of fans as Hulk Hogan; Pictured in Nashville in June 2019
The grieving daughter said during one of their last conversations ‘he gave the sentiment of like, “Well, I guess you have to live your life and I have to live mine.”‘
‘That was kind of how it was left,’ she said.
In another part of the interview she described a harsh interaction with her father witnessed by a contractor working on a house for them.
‘The contractor texted me — and said, “Are you OK, kid? That hurt me watching what I saw.” My dad had become a little bit callous in his old age, and that’s OK,’ she explained.
Brooke reiterated several times that she had no issue with Hulk’s widow, Sky, but did reveal the Thunder in Paradise star had some reservations about marrying again.
‘If I broke up with her, it’d be bad,’ he reportedly told Brooke, but when she asked why, he only answered ‘I don’t wanna get into it.’
She said they had respectful disagreements via text regarding whether he should break up with Sky at one point telling her ‘Well, I haven’t approved of who you’ve dated.’
Brooke revealed she thought his behavior was ‘childish’ and would make her cry. ‘There were hurtful things that he kind of said,’ she explained.
Hogan died of a heart attack on July 24 at the age of 71; Pictured in Las Vegas in October 2004 with Brooke and her mom Linda Hogan, 65
In an interview with TMZ, Brooke explained she wasn’t comfortable with people in her father’s entourage and did not approve of their behavior; Pictured in Tampa, FL in December 2023
The grieving daughter said during one of their last conversations ‘he gave the sentiment of like, “Well, I guess you have to live your life and I have to live mine.” That was kind of how it was left,’ she said; Pictured in Miami in August 2004
To honor her father’s memory, Brooke and her husband, former NHL star Steve Olesky, 39, took their seven-month-old twins, Oliver Andrew and Molly Gene, to the beach.
Gene was the late wrestler’s middle name.
‘Daddy, we honored you in the simplest way that agreed with my soul. We took our babies to the beach, and put them in the same salty waters you loved,’ she shared in an emotional post on social media.
Brooke and Olesky married in a private ceremony in Orlando in June 2022. Her father was not in attendance.
Brooke did not attend the Hulk’s funeral, but instead went to the beach with her twins Oliver Andrew and Molly Gene (who shares Hulk’s middle name) to honor her late father
She shares her children with her husband, former NHL star Steve Olesky, 39
Brooke posted a video of her dad walking her down the aisle for a wedding skit, something he did not do at her 2023 ceremony due to their estrangement. ‘I can officially say. “My dad did walk me down the aisle one time…”‘ she wrote
In a separate Instagram post, Brooke shared a clip from a ‘wedding’ that was part of a WWE show.
‘I remember this moment like it was yesterday…. I actually teared up when I saw my daddy emerge in suit to walk me down the aisle – into a wrestling wring of all things,’ she wrote.
Recalling the moment she explained, ‘I actually got nervous and emotional, as if it were real… then he whispered to me “chill out, it’s a work.”‘
‘So although I didn’t get to achieve this experience in real life unfortunately, I can try to fuse two happy memories into one…,’she penned, adding, ‘I can officially say. “My dad did walk me down the aisle one time…”‘
