Hulk Hogan’s daughter, Brooke Bollea, defended the embattled wrestling star, whose contract with WWE was terminated Friday. Reports suggest that the audio of Hogan’s leaked sex tape includes Hogan using the n-word and other racist insults.
On Friday, most mentions of Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, were deleted from the WWE website.
There was speculation that a 2012 satellite radio interview where he used the n-word repeatedly was the reason for the WWE’s decision, but a National Enquirer report shows that the transcript of the sex tape also featured racist language. The tabloid claimed that hogan mostly complained about Brooke possibly dating a “black billionaire guy.”
Brooke took to Facebook to defend her famous wrestler dad, but not with a simple statement. She wrote a lengthy poem titled “If You Knew My Father.”
“If you knew the dad I knew/ you'd know his tender heart,” she wrote. “He'd never want to hurt his fans/or family from the start.”
Brooke admitted that isn’t perfect, but if we knew him better, we would know what he’s really like.
“So if you know my father/remember he's a man/and you would crave relief if people judged everything you did,” she wrote. “The lord says to forgive them/ don't be the one to stone...so please remember his strong arms when you were all alone.”
She concluded her poem with, “My father has a daughter/ and I have feelings too./ And if I knew your father, I would do the same for you.”
Here’s Brooke’s full post:
~If You Knew My Father~By Brooke BolleaIf you knew the dad I knew,you'd know his tender heart.He'd never want to...
Posted by Brooke Hogan on Friday, July 24, 2015
Hogan filed a $100 million lawsuit against Gawker for publishing portions of the sex tape.
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