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Real reason why Hulk Hogan was estranged from daughter Brooke revealed by her husband

Real reason why Hulk Hogan was estranged from daughter Brooke revealed by her husband

Daily Mail​2 days ago
Brooke Hogan stopped speaking to her father, late WWE legend Hulk Hogan, because of the way he treated her - not because of his new wife, Sky Daily.
That is according to Brooke's husband, former NHL star Steven Oleksy, who has lifted the lid on the estrangement in the years before Hogan's death last month.
The wrestling icon suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away at the age of 71. By then, Hogan had gone nearly a decade without speaking to Brooke, 36.
The family rift spilled into the open earlier this year but now Oleksy has opened up on why Brooke turned away from her dad.
He told PEOPLE that it was 'not the case at all' that Brooke cut communications because she disapproved of his new marriage to Daily and accused Hogan of pushing that false narrative.
'My wife will say it — it had nothing to do with his new wife. It had to do with the way he treated (Brooke),' Oleksy said. 'It was a situation where she loved her dad very, very much.'
But Oleksy claimed that Brooke paid a heavy price for standing by her father, who found himself at the center of several scandals - including when he used racial slurs in reference to Brooke's ex-boyfriend. That support had 'really taken a toll on her,' her husband said.
Oleksy and Brooke tied the knot in June 2022 without Hogan. Oleksy claims that the wrestling legend told him he 'doesn't do weddings or funerals anymore.'
And the final straw, according to Oleksy, was a 'series of phone calls' between father and daughter when 'there were some things said, and a lot of mistruths.'
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