Hulk Hogan wraps up Season 2 of NBC’s “American Gladiators” on Monday night — a show which has been a bright spot in Hulk’s otherwise chaotic personal life.
His 24-year marriage to wife Linda is headed for divorce, but now, in a new interview with Access Hollywood’sMaria Menounos, Hulk shows signs of regrets.
“As crazy as that sounds to say, I wish I was still with my wife,” Hulk told Maria.
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The stunning admission comes after everything he and his estranged wife, Linda, have been through — and one that could intensify certain speculation.
“There have been rumors that maybe this divorce was a ploy to protect your assets,” Maria said.
“If this is a ploy, her being intimate with a 19-year-old kid is pretty good acting,” Hulk said.
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Several have suggested that the Hogans split up to protect their money (Hulk is worth ten of millions of dollars) after they were sued by the family of the boy permanently injured in 18-year-old Nick Hogan’s car wreck.
Hulk squashes that speculation, citing in particular, his pain over Linda, now dating a 19-year-old, who Hulk claims lives in the home the Hogan family once shared.
“For me to be able to handle… my 50-year-old wife sleeping in a bed with a 19-year-old boyfriend and using my gym, and driving my cars, and living in my house. I guess we’ve got a pretty good act going on ‘cause that’s a lot to take on,” Hulk said.
Hulk claims the divorce was 100 percent Linda’s idea.
“It wasn’t an argument, it was, ‘Hey, I don’t love you, I don’t want to be with you, I don’t want to see you anymore.’ It was the real deal,” Hulk said.
“Just out of the blue?” Maria asked.
“Yeah, well you know, we’d had problems over the last ten years but you know, I thought that when you put your hand on the Bible, you know until death do us part and for better or worse, I thought people really meant that when they said it,” he admitted.
And things have turned ugly, with negotiations stretching on.
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