Hulk Hogan considered suicide after breaking up with ex-wife Linda Hogan.
On Wednesday, in the late athlete’s last interview before his death last year, which appeared in the Netflix documentary “Hulk Hogan: The Real American,” he detailed his “rock bottom” following his divorce.
A professional wrestler who died of a heart attack at the age of 71 said he went “bankrupt” by giving “70 per cent” of his assets to his ex-spouse to “break up with him”.
When the “Hogan Knows Best” alum found himself “out of money,” he made headlines online when he quipped to Rolling Stone that he would “take the high road” instead of “doing the O.J. Simpson thing,” referring to the NFL player’s alleged murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson.
Following backlash for his headline-grabbing comments, Hulk recalled, “I went home and started drinking and started taking drugs. I was down this rabbit hole for a few days.”
“The next thing I knew, I was sitting in the bathroom with a gun in my mouth and I didn’t know what I was doing,” Hulk continued.
He went on to say that the breakup was “very difficult” and credits TNA (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) with “saving” him financially.
His friend Eric Bischoff characterized this period as the “darkest and most devastating” period of Hulk’s life.
“He was down and hurting,” said Hulk’s fellow WWE Hall of Famer, 70.
Linda, 66, also appeared in the documentary, telling viewers she “still cares” about her ex-husband despite their rift.
“It doesn’t go away,” she said of her feelings for Hulk. “I wish things had been different for us. But then, when he got sick (with leukemia), I realized that my love for him had never died.”
She insisted, “I still loved him. I really did. I still love him.”
Elsewhere in the documents, Linda shared a salacious story about her first date with Hulk, claiming that Hulk stayed in her apartment bathroom for “the longest amount of time” before coming out “completely naked.”
The former couple were married from 1983 to 2009, and welcomed 37-year-old daughter Brooke and 35-year-old son Nick during their time together.
Brooke is currently estranged from her family and is not participating in the project.
However, her older brother appeared in the documents as having helped care for her father at the end of his life.
The project also featured Hulk’s incredible use of fentanyl, his firing from WWE, and his “rough” childhood.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.
