Hulk Hogan’s daughter bemoans sudden change in relationship with father

By Isa Isawade

Brooke Hogan, daughter of the late wrestling legend, Hulk Hogan, has bemoaned a sudden change in relationship with her doting father towards the twilight of his last stage in life.

Broke expressed this in a heartfelt tribute she posted on her Instagram page in honour of her legendary father, Hulk.

She, however, denied any strain in her relationship with her father.

The 37-year-old loving daughter of a legend maintained that she had an unspeakable spiritual connection with her father.

“We 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. My father was confiding in me about issues weighing on his heart, both personal and business. I offered to be a life raft in whatever capacity he needed. I told him he had my support. I begged him to rest, to take care of himself. He had nothing else to prove to the world or anyone.

“My husband and I moved down to Florida to be near him. He was getting older. I wanted to be there as much as possible. We had been though almost 25 surgeries together, and then all of a sudden he didn’t want me at surgeries… everything started getting covered in a thick veil. It was like there was a force field around him that I couldn’t get through.

“He was telling me these things, being so vulnerable with me and heard my pleas, then suddenly something shifted, and he made a choice to walk the path that clearly tore at his spirit. I felt a disconnect. What followed were respectful disagreements that took an emotional toll on me. You have to imagine, along with this, everybody inserts their opinion, never really knowing the truth or walking in our shoes. I also got pregnant with our twins shortly after and had a very complicated and scary c section with a hard recovery. I actually feel it was my daddy’s thick Bollea blood that kept me alive to be honest.

“Prior to this, I was by my father’s side for nearly every surgery. I knew his medical history like a roadmap. When I heard about the valve surgery, which was in a conversation I was part of with his doctors a few years back, I had my husband send over detailed notes from past hospital stays. I knew, deeply, what that procedure meant-it was a final option, one that might buy time, but not much more.

“During the last two years, I had to step away to protect my heart. My husband stayed open, quietly reaching out to my dad without me knowing, trying to find a safe way back in for me. After my father passed, I read those messages, some answered, some ignored… but all of them broke my heart.

“In the end, he continued to be a financial success for many. This was the last thing I wanted for him he’s been working and tearing his body apart his entire life.

“I know in my heart I did everything I could. He knew I would run through a burning building for him. And in many ways, along the path of life, I did. He knows how deeply, how hard and how purely I loved him. I am at peace knowing this.

“All I ever truly wanted from my father was love, honesty, and a deep connection. 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 Hogan wrote.