{"id":2429324,"date":"2026-05-23T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2429324"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:16:03","slug":"brooke-hogan-defends-bikini-pic-while-mourning-dad-hulk-hogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brooke-hogan-defends-bikini-pic-while-mourning-dad-hulk-hogan\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooke Hogan Defends Bikini Pic While Mourning Dad Hulk Hogan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brooke Hogan<\/b> <\/a>has no time for the haters criticizing how she is grieving the death of her father, Hulk Hogan<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cTrust me, if I wanted to give you a thirst trap, you would have gotten one,\u201d Brooke, 38, wrote via Instagram<\/span><\/a> on Friday, May 22. \u201cIf I were a surfer, a swim instructor, heavier [or] thinner \u2026 would it be less shocking? I grew up in swimsuits.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cI understand that not a lot of the world gets that, but this is my home. This is me. This is one of many days I grieved my dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooke recently went to the beach, sharing a bikini picture of herself<\/span><\/a> on the sand on Wednesday, May 20.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Brooke Hogan Reacts to Speculation She Loves ‘Spotlight’ After Hulk\u2019s Death<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tBrooke Hogan shut down speculation about her bereavement following the death of her father, Hulk Hogan. \u201cYeah, I love being in the spotlight crying about my deceased dad in a super low-key location,\u201d Brooke, 37, sarcastically wrote via her Instagram Stories on Thursday, August 14, after photos were recently taken of her crying. \u201cDisrespectfully, \ud83d\udd95OFF.\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cNeeded some time with my thoughts, my daddy and the ocean he loved so much,\u201d she captioned her selfie at the time. \u201cEvery wave hit my heart like a memory that felt like it was yesterday. The waves carried the bass in his voice, the salt water felt like his hugs. The smell of the ocean smelled like so many days on the boat we spent together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooke\u2019s post soon inspired an onslaught of criticism about her two-piece swimsuit juxtaposed with the emotional message.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on anyone for demonizing it. I am a human. My father was human,\u201d Brooke wrote on Friday, addressing the haters. \u201cAnd you people have the nerve to act like you\u2019re experts on ANY topic or know anything about my experience with him? Even my closest family has no clue what I know and have experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She concluded, \u201cYou come at me with your ignorant opinions and nasty comments hiding behind your screens? Go back under your bridge, trolls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hulk died in July 2025<\/span><\/a> after suffering a heart attack at age 71. The famed wrestler is survived by his wife, Sky Daily<\/b>, as well as his children and grandchildren. (Hulk shared Brooke and her brother, Nick Hogan<\/b>, with ex-wife Linda Hogan.<\/b><\/p>\n

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