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“Made the Anger Come Out”: Hulk Hogan’s Daughter Brooke Once Detailed the Impact of Their Reality Show on the Family

Published 01/13/2023, 2:30 PM EST

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Being a celebrity is not an easy task in the eyes of the American audience. Hulk Hogan got to master that lesson not during his wrestling stint, but during his reality TV series, Hogan Knows Best.

Having his entire family on TV to bolster his daughter’s singing career it would leave Hogan with a major strain on his relationship with his wife, Linda.

While the shooting of the four seasons brought in fame and money, it left major scars in their relationship. Just 2 years after the TV show ended, Hogan and Linda would file for divorce in 2009.

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It was a difficult time for the pair, just like Brooke, his daughter mentions in this documentary about the family.

Brooke Hogan once revealed her frustrations about Hulk Hogan and his reality show, Hogan Knows Best

The narrator in the documentary pointed out, “In an interview in People’s magazine, Linda Hogan said, ‘At the end of the taping day, we couldn’t wait to escape from each other.’ Finally, Hogan Knows Best wrapped after a four-season run.

Then Brooke Hogan said, “The reality show put pressure on us, it was stressful. It made the anger come out a little bit quicker.

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“Why Did I Ever Do This”: Hulk Hogan’s Daughter Brooke Once Regretted a Decision That Left Her “Crying Every Night”

The Hogan family was everywhere during the airing of their TV show, hopping on red carpets and doing interviews left and right.

But just like everything, fame and money also bring terrible things alongside. This came in the form of the TV show’s lead pair, Hogan and Linda breaking it off after a few years down the line.

Currently, Hogan was in a relationship with Jennifer McDaniel since 2008. But he revealed in a tweet that the two had broken off their marriage last February. That was Hogan’s second marriage, but it didn’t work out as well.

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How did Hogan Knows Best do in the ratings?

Being a product of the 2000s, the show was similar to reality shows with Hilary Duff and Britney Spears. With Hogan as the strict father figure and episodes with his supervision over his kids, the show survived 4 seasons on VH1.

Linda and Hogan would constantly get into fights,or Nick would bring some humor to the show. Except that the show had similar reality show storylines.

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Murtaza Bharmal

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Murtaza Bharmal is a WWE and AEW writer at EssentiallySports. Pursuing an English Literature degree, he is very fond of both storytelling and the wrestling promotions. His passion for wrestling started when Randy Orton and John Cena were squaring it off in the ring, but it magnified when Sasha Banks and Bayley put on a masterpiece in NXT.
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