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Looks like this Hogan family feud is just beginning…
Linda Hogan started the whole thing with a viral crying video in which she blasted ex Hulk Hogan. She guessed he was the reason she was estranged from their daughter. But Brooke Hogan wasn’t going to let that go. She’s kept quiet about a lot over the years, as it turns out… but not anymore!
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Brooke took to her own social media and accused BOTH parents of “vicious” abuse — mental and physical — in a heartbreaking statement! On Thursday, hours after that hit the internet, it’s clear Linda is nowhere near ready to be held accountable. She accused her 36-year-old daughter of being a “narcissist,” writing on Facebook:
“Seems narcissism runs deep in this family. Brooke is a narcissist just like her dad ..going out .. spewing lies to everyone”
Linda argued Brooke “doesn’t want the truth being revealed to her new” husband, Steven Oleksy, whom she quietly married in 2022, nor to his family. As for the abuse allegations, she brushed those off entirely:
“I think I spanked Brooke once yeah I called her a couple couple [sic] of names, by no means ever treated her the way she’s painting it.”
She also argued her children, including son Nick, 34, “had cell phones” and could have gone public with allegations back in the day. She says Brooke didn’t because “nothing was happening.” So why say all this now? The mother thinks Brooke has taken the wrestler’s side after their split! She continued:
“When she took her dad‘s side after the divorce and wrote the wonderful Mom song, and went to all the tabloids because Terry [Hulk’s real name] was using her as a tool.. her memory is completely skewed about the treatment that she received growing up in our household, and you can talk to anyone. You can ask anybody you can ask Terry.. that none of the stuff ever happened.”
Linda blasted Brooke for being the problematic one, firing off:
“It’s her angle to keep her family away from her now, revealing who she used to be after drinking a half a bottle of vodka. She was so drunk she broke my collarbone and cut my lip and insisted everyone take her to the hospital because she was poisoned and she wasn’t. She was just drunk… there’s many stories like that. I’m not gonna go on, but I’m not gonna defend myself against these ridiculous allegations. I’ll do that in court if she keeps it up.”
Damn.
As mentioned, this comes after Brooke spoke out against her parents, explaining the estrangement from Linda was NOT a mistake or collateral damage or whatever. Brooke claimed she cut contact with her parents for “completely separate reasons” based on “how they have each dealt with me my entire life.” Notice she very explicitly is not taking Hulk Hogan’s side at all.
She also didn’t accuse either of them directly of any instances of abuse but kept her comments more vague, saying:
“I have been EXTREMELY verbally and mentally abused since childhood. Sadly, it would frequently turn physical. And sometimes it’s not by the person you would assume, abuse comes in all shapes and sizes. This vicious pattern has robbed me of any sense of self-esteem or confidence I’ve been trained to pretend to have.”
So upsetting! And as she put it, this is just the tip of a “large iceberg.” That’s already proving to be true…
Despite wanting to be removed from this public drama, Brooke returned to the ‘gram on Thursday to respond to her mother’s fiery post, saying in a new statement:
“First of all, it appears my mother may not have actually read what I wrote. She absolutely did make false claims like she had ‘never met my husband and she doesn’t even know what his name is,’ then deleted it. She says she hasn’t spoken to me for a number of years, yet I have a picture with her and my husband together on a day we did lunch together.”
She included a screenshot with a timestamp of the group out together on June 3, 2023. The Brooke Knows Best star went on to drag the 65-year-old, pointing out:
“My post did not directly accuse anyone of the behaviors mentioned. So if she’s triggered by something, I think that speaks volumes. She is however making a serious accusation against me directly that has zero validity. And THAT I take seriously. I have plenty of people who know the truth, and I know the truth, so I am not afraid. I showed compassion for her in my post. At this point, I think her response says more about her than it does about me.”
Oof! Called out! And frankly we imagine most folks reading all this will see it her way…
See her full response and the photo proof (below):
This really has gotten so messy…
If you have sincere cause to suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
[Image via Chris Connor/WENN & Brooke Hogan/Instagram]
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