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HGTV’s “Rock the Block” guarantees large builds and larger personalities — however for Brooke Hogan, the new season can also be marked by one thing deeply private: life after the lack of her father, Hulk Hogan.
Nine months after the death of the wrestling legend, Brooke spoke with Fox News Digital and revealed the painful regrets and unanswered questions that also hang-out her.
“I talk to my dad every day and… I’m like, ‘What in the heck were you doing? I just wish I was there because you would still be here today. I have this feeling in me that, like, I could have saved you,’ but it’s that saying… ‘if love would have saved you, you’d be alive today’ because of how much love I have for him,” she mentioned.
Brooke Hogan revealed the regrets and unanswered questions haunting her 9 months after dropping her father, Hulk Hogan. (KMazur/WireImage)
When Brooke was requested what she would say to her father at present if she may converse to him, she mentioned, “I’m so glad you’re out of pain.”
“He was in so much pain, so much, pain. And I’m glad that I get to have, I hate to say this, but almost an even better relationship with him now, where I can, like, talk to him honestly.”
On July 24, 2025, the WWE icon, born Terry Gene Bollea, died at age 71 after struggling a cardiac occasion at his Florida house. Brooke was estranged from her father at the time of his death.
“And the only thing that sucks is that I just will never have answers. I’ll never get to ask the questions I wanted to ask,” she advised Fox News Digital. “I tried even when he was alive. I tried to have conversations, and he was like, ‘I’m not talking about that.’… He didn’t ever want to be soft.”
On HGTV’s “Rock the Block,” Brooke Hogan channels grief and resilience after the death of her father, wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
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Brooke not too long ago took to social media to add a black-and-white illustration of her father holding her in his arms, a stark picture that underscored the bond she mentioned by no means light, even in loss.
Alongside it, she wrote a single line that captured the depth of her grief: “If my love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.”
Despite that emotional distance, Brooke mentioned her connection to her father hasn’t disappeared.
Hulk Hogan is seen affectionately rubbing noses with Brooke, who was 3 at the time this photograph was taken. (Acey Harper/Getty Images)
“I’m honest with him now, and I talk to him all the time, even if that seems like I’m a cuckoo bird,” she advised Fox News Digital. “If he showed up today, I would just be like, ‘I love you so much, and I wish you would have just let me in.’”
The emotional toll of their estrangement has additionally surfaced in her skilled life.
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While filming the new season of “Rock the Block,” Brooke discovered herself questioning whether or not her father really understood the life she had constructed on her personal.
“[It’s] tough because, obviously, my dad and I weren’t really speaking prior to his death — not because I didn’t love him… it’s that he had become a little bit calloused in the direction he was going in his life and the people he was surrounding himself with,” she mentioned.
“I am the daughter that wanted to save him. And it’s kind of like, you can try to save somebody and if they don’t want to be saved… it’s a tough position to be in.”
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Brooke mentioned moments throughout filming pressured her to confront lingering insecurities about whether or not her father ever totally grasped her independence and success.
“I don’t think he ever really understood the business that I had built… I don’t really think he fully understood just how hard it was to build from the ground up with nobody’s help by myself,” she mentioned. “So, getting ‘Rock the Block’ was like a huge… medal for me… in that moment I was like, ‘I wonder if he knows what a big deal this is.’”
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Scott McGillivray and Brooke Hogan plan the multi-generation suite on Season 7 of “Rock the Block.” (HGTV)
The “Brooke Knows Best” actuality star launched her inside design agency, BB Designs by Brooke, in 2018.
She’s additionally constructed a life far past the highlight. She married retired NHL participant Steven Oleksy in 2022, and the couple not too long ago expanded their household, welcoming twins in January 2025.
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The upcoming Las Vegas-based season of “Rock the Block” pairs Brooke with real estate expert Scott McGillivray as part of a celebrity-designer duo competing for renovation glory.
McGillivray told Fox News Digital that he was acutely aware of what Brooke was carrying behind the scenes.
“100% it did — absolutely,” he said when asked if her personal struggles changed how he showed up as a teammate. “Being human is also a big part of what this is.”
Brooke Hogan and Steve McGillivray pose in a completed kitchen suite following a renovation project, April 16, 2026. (HGTV)
He described their early days on set as “like therapy,” noting that their partnership went beyond design and construction.
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“There was a lot of times in our house where Brooke and I got into some pretty heavy conversations… I think people are going to see more than just the renovation — they’re going to see people transformations as well in this one,” he said.
The new season of HGTV’s “Rock the Block” is based in Las Vegas. (HGTV)
As the competition unfolds, Brooke is channeling both her father’s drive and her personal hard-earned resilience — at the same time as she continues to grapple with what was left unsaid.
HGTV’s “Rock the Block” is doubling down on star energy this season, pairing fan-favorite designers with celebrities getting into the high-stakes world of house renovation.
Brooke and McGillivray are joined by different pairs, together with designer Taniya Nayak and 98 Degrees band member Drew Lachey, in addition to Mina Starsiak Hawk and former NFL star Vernon Davis. Season 7 is hosted by design professional Ty Pennington.
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The high-pressure competitors offers every duo simply six weeks and a $275,000 finances to remodel similar houses into standout properties.
HGTV’s “Rock the Block” airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.
