Brooke Hogan breaks silence on dad Hulk’s tragic death: ‘Our bond has never broken’

Brooke Hogan has finally spoken out after her dad, Hulk Hogan, died at the age of 71 on Thursday.

“My dad’s blood runs through my veins,” she said in a statement shared via Instagram Tuesday.

“His eyes shine through my children. And our bond has never broken, not even in his final moments. We had a connection deeper than words, one that spanned lifetimes. I am so grateful that I knew the real version of him. Not just the one the world viewed through a carefully curated lens. We shared a quiet, sacred bond, one that could be seen and felt by anyone who witnessed us together.”

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“When he left this earth, it felt like part of my spirit left with him. I felt it before the news even reached us,” she continued. “He used to remind me, ‘All of this is temporary and I’ll always find my way back to you.’ I truly believe that — we will find each other in every lifetime.”

“I know he’s at peace now, out of pain, and in a place as beautiful as he imagined. He used to speak about this moment with such wonder and hope. Like meeting God was the greatest championship he’d ever have.”

“His hugs were my home. Wrapping my arms around him always made me feel like his little girl, even as I grew up,” she also wrote, adding that she named one of her twins, Molly Gene, after the late wrestler.

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“I feel his presence in my children. He lives through me, and through them. The greatest gift a father could ever give — A love that goes on… long after we’re gone.”

Before she closed, she cleared up misconceptions regarding her and her father’s relationship amid reports of their estrangement, saying that the two “never had a ‘big fight.'”

“My father and I never ‘fought.’ It was a series of private phone calls no one will ever hear know or understand,” she said.

She shared that after she and her husband, Steven Oleksy, moved to Florida to be closer to her dad, Hulk decided he no longer wanted Brooke around while he battled his health issues in private.

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“Everything started getting covered in a thick veil,” Brooke wrote. “It was like there was a force field around him that I couldn’t get through.”

“All I ever wanted from my father was love, honesty and a deep connection,” Brooke wrote. “And for a few special years, I had that — with memories that will last a lifetime. My world is forever changed. But I’m deeply blessed with a loving husband and two beautiful children who remind me every day of life’s greatest gifts.”

“I’m deeply grateful for the love, tributes, and memorials from his fans and friends. His life was one worth celebrating — and always will be,” Brooke closed.

The news comes shortly after Brooke’s husband shared a message of his own via Instagram Stories, telling his followers that their family is privately “grieving and processing” the wrestling legend’s death.

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“We are grieving and processing privately and ask for the respect to do so,” he said. “If you see or hear something it did not come from us. There are many disturbing AI videos circulating that do not represent our family, feelings or opinions,” said the former NHL player, who married Brooke in 2022.

Hulk shared Brooke, 37, and son, Nick, 34, with his first ex-wife, Linda Hogan. The two were married from 1983 to 2009.

Back in 2023, Brooke publicly admitted that she had distanced herself from her family. She made headlines at the time for skipping her father’s wedding ceremony to Sky Daily in September of that year.

“For my own journey to healing and happiness, I have chosen to create some distance between myself and my family,” she shared via Instagram, telling fans that she would be “focusing on people and things that heal my heart and align with my own personal beliefs, goals, and values.”

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She added, “I’ve had to learn how to best navigate those changes as they come, which has been difficult to say the least.”

It’s unclear whether Hulk attended Brooke’s wedding to her now-husband in June 2022.

Linda, meanwhile, often talks about the WWE star via social media, previously reflecting on their “good ole days.”

As for Nick, Us Weekly reported in April that he is “caught in the middle” of his sister and mother’s drama with Hulk.

“[He tries] to stay out of it as much as possible to make sure he’s in good graces with as many people as he can be,” the insider noted.

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Prior to Sky, Hulk was married to Jennifer McDaniel from 2010 to 2021.

Page Six confirmed that the wrestling legend died on Thursday. First responders were dispatched to his home in Clearwater, Fla., after paramedics received a call about someone going into “cardiac arrest.”

Emergency responders were stationed outside of Hulk’s estate, where he was carried out on a stretcher.

“Unfortunately, we must confirm that Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, passed away this morning,” Hulk’s reps told Page Six in a statement. “We are heartbroken. He was such a great human being and friend.”

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Hulk’s tragic passing comes after his wife shared on July 12 that he was in recovery after undergoing an “intense surgery.”

At the time, Daily took to her Instagram Stories to respond to a fan asking if the athlete was dying and in a coma, per PennLive.com.

“No, he’s definitely not in a coma!” she claimed. “His heart is strong, and there was never any lack of oxygen or brain damage. None of those rumors are true.”

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Daily explained that Hulk was “recovering from a major four-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusin (ACDF), which is an intense surgery with a long and layered healing process.”

“If you look it up, you’ll see what the last six weeks have involved … not just for his spine, but also for his vocal cords, and the eating/breathing tubes that are clamped over during surgery,” she said.

Daily reassured fans at the time that there was “no need for the drama or panic some people try to stir up.”