Brooke Hogan’s tribute to her father, Hulk Hogan, created headlines a few days ago. Notably, it was the choice of a picture that she added to an Instagram post on May 20, 2026, featuring a bikini, followed by snaps of her father. While she explained the reasons for adding the photo to the caption, netizens seemed unsatisfied with her actions, since it was a tribute.
Meanwhile, Brooke Hogan has now replied to the criticism on the same platform with another post on May 22, 2026, in which she even referred to how people viewed her relationship with her father. While the post is trending everywhere, Brooke’s career and personal life are in the spotlight once again. Notably, she is a mother of two children, born from her marriage to Steven Oleksy. Keep reading to know more about their relationship!
Brooke Hogan and Steven Oleksy secretly exchanged vows in 2022
Although Brooke Hogan and Steven Oleksy have kept a lot of details about their romance away from the spotlight, they secretly got married in 2022. The ceremony was held in Florida, and the duo later celebrated the occasion with Steven’s family in Michigan. However, the public came to know about Brooke’s husband in 2024 when she shared an Instagram post and wrote:
“Here he is, people: The kindest, sweetest badass you’ll ever meet. I’m really lucky. God did me a solid on this one.”
Brooke Hogan and Steven Oleksy have been the parents of two children
Around two years after their marriage, Brooke Hogan and Steven Oleksy had twins, Oliver and Molly, in January 2025. The former wrote on Instagram in March the same year that although she and Steven expected that having two babies at the same time would be a tough thing for them, nothing like that happened at all. Brooke said that most of the nights have been miraculous despite being “endless and grueling.”
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On the other hand, Steven Oleksy’s comments in August 2025 created headlines when he claimed that Brooke’s father, Hulk, was allegedly not interested in their children. Steven claimed that he tried to get in touch with Hulk through text messages. However, he praised Brooke by referring to how she moved to Florida so that she could stay close to her father. Oleksy told PEOPLE at that time:
“She was there for every surgery leading up to the last two years. She would fly down on her own dime, take care of her dad, and it just made a lot of sense. No one understood his body, procedures, medications and everything else more than my wife.”
Brooke Hogan responds to the criticism emerging from the tribute post for her father
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In the Instagram post shared on May 22, 2026, Brooke added multiple bikini snaps, clarifying that it was something that was aimed at letting herself be seen by everyone. She further stated that the bikini picture was a way of explaining her childhood in Florida, adding that they loved each other a lot. Brooke wrote that while there were certain issues, things were slowly resolved, and that she does not need to explain to anyone how she lost her father.
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Brooke wrote on top of her father’s pictures that although there were reasons for which she stayed away from Hulk Hogan, it never meant that she did not miss him at all. Addressing the criticism emerging from the post on May 20, 2026, Brooke Hogan also wrote in the caption:
“Trust me, if I wanted to give you a thirst trap, you would have gotten one. If I were a surfer, a swim instructor, heavier, thinner… would it be less shocking? I grew up in swimsuits. I understand that not a lot of the world gets that. But this is my home. This is me. This is my one of many days I grieved my dad. Shame on anyone for demonizing it.”
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What are your thoughts about Brooke Hogan and Steven Oleksy’s relationship over the years and the television personality’s response to the criticism? Let us know.
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