Brooke Hogan seeks forgiveness for Hulkster
Posts poem ‘If You Knew My Father’ after WWE terminates wrestler for racially-charged comments
Brooke vouched for her father’s ‘tender heart’, underlining his efforts to bring a smile to people ‘light, medium and dark’. PHOTO: FILE
LONDON:
Hulk Hogan’s daughter insists he isn’t racist and would “never want to hurt” his fans. Brooke has penned a touching poem, titled If You Knew My Father, in support of the legendary wrestler, and shared it with fans via her Facebook page, shortly after he was ‘terminated’ from WWE for racially-charged comments.
Along with a black-and-white collage of her with the Hulkster, whose real name is Terry Bollea, the 27-year-old reality TV star wrote, “If you knew the dad I knew, you’d know his tender heart. He’d never want to hurt his fans, or family from the start.” She added, “If you knew my father, you’d know how hard he fought ... and the way it brought a smile to people, light, medium and dark.”
Read: WWE cuts ties with Hulk Hogan
The post further read, “We always fight a battle that people never see and, sometimes, when you’re hurting, you don’t think logically. Human isn’t perfect, and perfect is not he, but I can tell you one thing, it’s just not what it seems.” Brooke also urged her fans to forgive the 61-year-old star. “If you knew my father, if you just walked in his shoes ... then you’d know that microscope that comes with yellow boots,” she said.
“If you knew my father, you would see your own in mine. And if he was your father, you could never find divide. Cause me … I bet your father or someone that you love, maybe regrets something they wish they’d never done.” She went on to say, “This life can be so rough ... So, if you know my father, please try not to be tough. My father has a daughter, and I have feelings too. And if I knew your father, I would do the same for you.”
WWE removed any mention of Hulk Hogan from its website, pulled him out of the series Tough Enough, and stopped selling his merchandise after a transcript of audio from the tape showed Hulk repeatedly using the ‘N-word’, while talking about Brooke’s dating life.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2015.
Hulk Hogan’s daughter insists he isn’t racist and would “never want to hurt” his fans. Brooke has penned a touching poem, titled If You Knew My Father, in support of the legendary wrestler, and shared it with fans via her Facebook page, shortly after he was ‘terminated’ from WWE for racially-charged comments.
Along with a black-and-white collage of her with the Hulkster, whose real name is Terry Bollea, the 27-year-old reality TV star wrote, “If you knew the dad I knew, you’d know his tender heart. He’d never want to hurt his fans, or family from the start.” She added, “If you knew my father, you’d know how hard he fought ... and the way it brought a smile to people, light, medium and dark.”
Read: WWE cuts ties with Hulk Hogan
The post further read, “We always fight a battle that people never see and, sometimes, when you’re hurting, you don’t think logically. Human isn’t perfect, and perfect is not he, but I can tell you one thing, it’s just not what it seems.” Brooke also urged her fans to forgive the 61-year-old star. “If you knew my father, if you just walked in his shoes ... then you’d know that microscope that comes with yellow boots,” she said.
“If you knew my father, you would see your own in mine. And if he was your father, you could never find divide. Cause me … I bet your father or someone that you love, maybe regrets something they wish they’d never done.” She went on to say, “This life can be so rough ... So, if you know my father, please try not to be tough. My father has a daughter, and I have feelings too. And if I knew your father, I would do the same for you.”
WWE removed any mention of Hulk Hogan from its website, pulled him out of the series Tough Enough, and stopped selling his merchandise after a transcript of audio from the tape showed Hulk repeatedly using the ‘N-word’, while talking about Brooke’s dating life.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 28th, 2015.