Hulk Hogan Never Met His Grandkids: How Estrangement Kept Him From Meeting Brooke’s Twins

Despite two years of silence, his daughter Brooke says she tried. But in the end, the wrestling icon left this world having never held the twins who bore his name.

A Family Divided at the End

When wrestling legend Hulk Hogan passed away in July 2025, headlines focused on his legacy, his battles in and out of the ring, and the fans who mourned him around the world.

But behind the celebrity tributes was a quieter, more painful truth: Hulk Hogan died without ever meeting his grandchildren—twin babies born to his only daughter, Brooke Hogan, just months before his death.

Despite efforts by both Brooke and her husband, former NHL player Steven Oleksy, Hogan showed “no interest” in the children, according to multiple interviews.

Twin Joy, Met With Silence

Brooke and Steven welcomed their twins, Oliver Andrew and Molly Gene, in January 2025. It was a moment of overwhelming joy—a new chapter after years of healing from family wounds.

But that joy was never shared with the man who meant so much to Brooke growing up. Oleksy told PEOPLE magazine and Page Six that shortly after the twins were born, he texted Hulk Hogan directly, attempting to arrange a visit. Weeks passed. No reply. Nick Hogan, Hulk’s son, even tried to intervene—but no meeting ever took place.

“There was no effort,” Oleksy said. “There was no interest.”

A Complicated Relationship—and a Private Rift

To understand the distance, you have to look back.

Though father and daughter once starred side-by-side on the reality show Hogan Knows Best, their relationship began to fracture in the years that followed Hulk’s 2009 divorce and the media scrutiny that surrounded it. Brooke supported her father through health issues and career struggles—but eventually, she says, the emotional toll became too much.

In 2023, she made a quiet, painful decision: to be removed from her father’s will.

Brooke has publicly stated that this wasn’t about money—it was about removing herself from “the chaos” that often surrounded her father’s life. She no longer wanted to be “the cleanup crew,” she said in a since-deleted Instagram story.

Love, from a Distance

Even in estrangement, Brooke didn’t fully walk away.

According to her husband, she flew from Michigan to Florida multiple times over the years to help manage her father’s surgeries and offer support. But her attempts were met with what Oleksy called “surface-level kindness”—followed by long silences, broken promises, and public mischaracterizations of their relationship.

“She loved her dad, but she had to love him from a distance,” he told the press.

Despite their complicated past, Brooke reportedly grieved privately and with dignity after Hulk Hogan’s death. She has not spoken ill of him in public—and has continued to shield her children from the tension of the past.

A Legacy Lost—and Lessons for the Living

In life, Hulk Hogan was known for his strength, his bravado, his larger-than-life persona. But in death, it’s the quieter story—the story of what wasn’t said, what wasn’t healed—that speaks the loudest.

He leaves behind a legacy of fame, championships, and pop culture dominance—but also an unfinished chapter with his only daughter, and two grandchildren he never met.

“There’s no hate. There’s no bitterness,” said Oleksy. “Just sadness—for what could’ve been.”

What This Story Really Means

• It’s a reminder that fame doesn’t protect you from family estrangement.

• That boundaries are sometimes acts of love, even if they hurt.

• And that unresolved pain doesn’t always find closure, even in death.

If there’s anything this tragedy teaches, it’s this: Don’t wait until it’s too late to repair a relationship that matters. Grandchildren deserve to know their grandparents. Parents deserve the chance to grow, to apologize, to reconnect.

And sometimes, when that chance is gone—it’s gone forever.