Linda Hogan Divorce: Details 'Scary' Fights With Hulk Hogan In New Book

Linda Hogan stopped by "The Today Show" Tuesday to dish on her tumultuous relationship with her ex-husband Hulk Hogan, chronicled in her new book, "Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes."

Her autobiography details Hulk Hogan's alleged violent behavior throughout the course of their 24-year marriage, as well as his drug use and her discovery of his affair 10 years into the marriage, which ultimately ended in July 2009.

"[Hulk] tore my shirt. He threw lamps. He held me down on the bed with his hands around my throat during arguments, slamming doors, pounding walls. I was always afraid he would kill me in one of his rages," she writes.

Linda told Matt Lauer that Hogan's lack of remorse for his abuse frightened her and motivated her to keep quiet.

"He did not feel remorse, and to this day he has not apologized for any of his actions. But that is something that scared me--I did not want to be a statistic like Nicole Simpson," she said. "It’s a very scary position...one fight can escalate and turn into something you don’t want."

In response to the abuse allegations, Hulk told "The Today Show" he had "no comment," however Tuesday afternoon, Hulk called Linda "delusional" and her abuse allegations a "cold, blatant lie" on a call-in radio show.

While a reality show can be the kiss of death for many celebrity marriages, Linda says that wasn't the case for the pair, who had some of their best times shooting their VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best."

"We were having some rough times, but when we’d get makeup on and go downstairs and start filming the kids would be in there and it was like everybody put on a happy face," she said. "Just going through one of the scenes that we were filming kind of brought us out of it and it brought us together and so we’d laugh and do the scene and stuff but you know, you fake it till you make it. Clearly there were definite problems."

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Comments

[Milash]

05:34 PM on 06/30/2011

I don't really have any respect for any Hogan with the exception of Colonel Hogan from Hogan's Heroes.

[TheLibraryOfCodex]

04:53 PM on 06/30/2011

Hogan basically married a female version of himself.

Same skin colour (orange), same colour hair (milk) and probably eventually the same balding pattern.

[arrock]

11:50 AM on 06/30/2011

but did he drop his patented leg drop on you...thats what we want to know...

[KitCindy Johnston Davey]

03:12 AM on 06/30/2011

Normally if a women stays in an abusive relationship it's because she feels like she has no other options,What was her excuse? Quit whining and grow up already. You got exactly what you wanted.

[BluestateWatchdog]

02:54 AM on 06/30/2011

Awwww Linda...did Hulkamania run wild on you?

[sittingbull]

09:56 AM on 06/30/2011

Win!!!

[slash77]

01:52 AM on 06/30/2011

It seems really easy for her to ‘character’ assassinate Hulk on ‘a feeling’….. I sure would like to see or have her talk about the many domestic abuse charges filed against him, or any police reports for being called to the house.

If the answer is no then he must really have pretty good self control and is not as abusive as she wants to portray him to be.

[BillAnthony]

12:52 AM on 06/30/2011

As far as I'm concerned Linda's attack on the Hulkster is akin to dissing America on the 4th of July.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGuhZvO1DKg

[Erinaleks]

12:11 AM on 06/30/2011

Linda and Hulk I believe suffer from peroxide poisoning. Both exhibit signs of this disorder. The ratty straw like blonde hair. The root cause is when the hair grows, a different shade appears. In young people usually brown and older people gray. Simple arithmetic and speaking in the Kings English is a function incapable in peroxide poisoning of the victim. An increase in promiscuous sex and a delusional perception of youth and vigor. Take the victim to a competent hair professional and dye the said hair back to it's natural color. With a hair therapist , and proper medication the victim can lead a normal life again.

[nightfly4257]

08:01 PM on 06/29/2011

Can we say money grab. If what she said was true then charge the man in court of law, why write a book. Surprise she did not say it was roid rage. Who knows if the Hulk is innocent, their two sides to every story. The only truth here is that they are both nuts and deserve each other.

[SubgeniusMustHaveSlack]

06:10 PM on 06/29/2011

Having had the misfortune of working with Terry Bolea (Hulk), I find nothing in Linda's account surprising in the least.

[ValdaDeDieu]

06:27 PM on 06/29/2011

I do find it curious that her kids never mentioned any of it; but I don't necessarily disbelieve her.

[gemini2]

05:34 PM on 06/29/2011

Two narcissists hooked on celebrity: the kids get the worst of it because they lack a moral foundation to make their way in the real world.

[SubgeniusMustHaveSlack]

06:09 PM on 06/29/2011

Flagged as spam.

[janny09]

03:52 PM on 06/29/2011

Two freaks who deserve each other. Will not watch anything that involves them.

[Warren Mart]

03:03 PM on 06/29/2011

Just another good clean all-American family values christian kind of guy--vote repug!

[kintarius]

02:33 PM on 06/29/2011

Puke