Hulk Hogan’s Daughter Brooke Followed Her Famous Father Into Showbiz

Nov 03, 2020 by apost team

Hulk Hogan has been a star since the late 1970s and over the decades he's brought his family into the spotlight with him. That has included his two children, daughter Brooke and son Nick. Now, Brooke is all grown up and absolutely stunning. She's also a celebrity in her own right, working in television, music, and more. Let's take a look at her transformation over the years.

Brooke's father Hulk needs no introduction, but for anyone who's been living under a rock for the last four decades, Hulk was born Terry Eugene Bollea and first came to prominence in 1979, when at the tender age of 22 he began wrestling professionally. He joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that year and became known as Hulk Hogan — the man we all know today. His name was a reference to the popular comic book character The Incredible Hulk and soon enough he was the most famous wrestler in the world, becoming a blockbuster product.

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After becoming a household name, it only made sense for Hulk Hogan to expand his popularity into other forms of media, including branching out into acting. However, by the end of the '80s, Hulk's popularity began to wane as he was expelled from the WWF for drug abuse. This meant his wrestling and his acting career were put on hold. 

But a silver lining was that Hulk could focus on his new family in this period, as he'd gotten married to Linda in 1983 — daughter Brooke was born in 1988 and son Nick in 1990. By 1996, Hulk made his wrestling return, this time reinventing himself as "Hollywood Hogan." Then, years later in 2005, the whole family would become famous thanks to their reality TV show Hogan Knows Best. This provided the catapult to Brooke's own career.

Born Brooke Bollea, the daughter of Hulk Hogan uses her father's stage name as well and is known to the world as Brooke Hogan. Describing that as a little girl she didn't understand her father's career, she said in an interview with CNN's Larry King:

“When I was little, I was terrified. We’d watch TV and I’d see my dad like my mom said, gushing blood, and I’d cry and I’d run out of the room and I’d throw a tantrum and I’d want him to come home. But my mom just sat me down one day and said Brooke, your dad’s OK. He does this for a living. He’s going to come back home fine.”

As Brooke grew up she would also get the showbiz bug, beginning a career in music at the tender age of 14. Her first single, About Us, entered the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and she was soon touring in support of Hillary Duff and the Backstreet Boys. 

It was around this time that the family's reality show, Hogan Knows Best, came to be. Hulk revealed that initially he and his wife Linda weren't interested in having camera crews inside their house, but they thought it would be a good way to kickstart Brooke's career. Hulk revealed in the same interview with Larry King:

"We thought this would be a great way to give Brooke an awareness, to make people know who she was. It started as that, and it's shoe-stringed through the whole episodes, her music career, but it's basically about the whole family now."

After releasing a number of albums that saw some fanfare but didn't skyrocket her career, Brooke took a step back from the music biz for a while, but stayed active in entertainment, trying her luck at acting and even wrestling! In the late '00s however, problems would plague the Hogans. Linda filed for divorce from Hulk, while allegedly Brooke's best friend came out as having had an affair with him.

Despite the hardships they've faced, Brooke's relationship with Hulk seems to be as strong as ever, with Brooke often posting photos of them together on Instagram. However, unfortunately, it seems the same can't be said for her relationship with her mom Linda, according to a 2017 interview with People magazine. 

Brooke has taken everything in her stride and is thriving regardless. She recently had her own show on Amazon called The Fashion Hero, and even returned to music in 2019, with a new album titled So Many Summers. In an interview with The Blast in 2018, Brooke said:

"I needed a little time out of the spotlight but I am ready to handle the pressure that comes along with this world. Kids need positive things to be inspired by. Follow your dreams and be proud of what you accomplished."

At 32 years of age, Brooke has really come into her own. The gorgeous star has a career spanning nearly twenty years in showbiz already and is a seasoned entertainer, but also has a lot of her life ahead of her. We're sure Hulk is incredibly proud of the woman she's become.

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