Hulk Hogan's Daughter Brooke on Why She Skipped Her Dad’s Wedding

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00:00 Hulk Hogan's daughter, Brooke Hogan, shuts down speculation about why she didn't attend

00:05 her dad's wedding to Sky Daily. "You know, you can take it however you want to.

00:09 It just, it is what it is." On Monday, Brooke posted this statement to Instagram addressing

00:16 her absence, explaining that while she values her privacy, the press was making assumptions

00:22 and instead of leaving it to speculation, she decided it was better to weigh in on why she

00:27 didn't go to her dad's third wedding. The WWE star was first married to Linda Hogan,

00:33 with whom he shares Brooke and her 33-year-old brother Nick, a relationship fans saw firsthand

00:39 on the fam's reality show, Hogan Knows Best. "You guys! Come here, let's practice, okay?

00:46 No. Play the piano with me, Brooke, and come on. You guys are like little kids, my God."

00:54 "Hey, where's she going?" "We had a great relationship. I mean, for 24 years, we rocked

00:59 and rolled. We had everything. And Hulkster was a heck of a husband for the most part."

01:03 But the two split in 2009 due to Hulk's infidelity. "We had so much together, but that's the key. We

01:11 had so much together, and all of that's just been shot down and, you know, a lot of water under the

01:16 bridge there." Fast forward a year, and Hulk tied the knot with Jennifer McDaniel in 2010.

01:23 "She's very, very calm, cool, collected, no negative stuff. But when it's time to turn

01:29 to gas, man, that fire's red hot." But 11 years later, the couple called it quits.

01:34 "Sometimes in Hollywood, nothing lasts forever." Then on Friday, the retired pro wrestler said,

01:40 "I do" with Sky in Florida, just two months after he popped the question in July

01:46 after dating the yoga instructor for more than a year. "I'm as happy as I can be."

01:51 Now, Brooke says that while dynamics of a family unit continuously change,

01:55 her fam has experienced a lot of change in the public eye, and learning to navigate those changes

02:02 has been difficult to say the least. "For my own journey to healing and happiness,

02:07 I have chosen to create some distance between myself and my family, and I'm focusing on people

02:13 and things that heal my heart and align with my own personal beliefs, goals, and values."

02:20 Brooke says there is definitely a divide between her and her dad regarding their personal beliefs,

02:25 but adds, "I wish him well." "This is the repercussions of what's happening."

02:30 As for the wedding, it was reportedly a small affair, with the pair's children making up most

02:36 of the guest list. Hulk posted this clip to Instagram, where Nick can be seen in the audience.

02:47 The former reality star seems to be on cloud nine these days, and his new wife

02:52 has inspired him to make some big lifestyle changes, like quitting drinking.

02:57 "I'd been with my girl Sky for a while, and everything that I've ever had happen in my life,

03:02 both of my two marriages, everything that's ever bad happened to me has had to do with alcohol."

03:06 "Oh yeah." "You know, and during those marriages, there was a lot of alcohol use at times,

03:11 which caused major issues, major problems. When I got with Sky, I started getting an edge, right?

03:17 You know, if things weren't said correctly, or I didn't like the place, I'd kind of like dig and

03:21 start, and all of a sudden, I started losing something I didn't want to lose again. So I said,

03:26 I'm done drinking." Last month, around the time of his 70th birthday, Hulk shared this snap with

03:32 his leading lady, writing alongside it, "70 years young and happier than I've ever been, brother."

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