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Hogan contemplated suicide
Topic Started: Oct 21 2009, 07:08 PM (413 Views)
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(CNN) -- Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.

Hulk Hogan says a call from co-star Laila Ali saved his life.

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, credits boxer and "Gladiators" co-star Laila Ali with making the call that prevented him from taking his own life.

In his new book "My Life Outside the Ring," the former wrestler describes how he hit rock bottom after breaking up with his wife of 23 years, Linda, and coping with his son Nick's accident in which he lost control of Hogan's Toyota Supra.

The accident injured his son's friend, who is now brain-damaged, and led to Nick Hogan being jailed.

According to the story, the book documents Hogan's distress about his marriage ending, especially given the turmoil the family was experiencing after Nick's accident.

"I practically begged her, 'Please, don't file,' " the Daily News story quotes the book as saying. "Our son's just had this accident -- if we do this now, it'll make us look like the Britney Spears family. Please, don't file for divorce.'"

Hogan also says that his ex-wife is an abusive alcoholic who once threatened to beat their son with a wine bottle.

Her behavior was not documented on their VH1 reality show "Hogan Knows Best," he said, because "There were plenty of times when Linda would lose it, but no one wanted to see that kind of ugliness on TV."

Hogan said Ali, the daughter of boxing great Muhammad Ali, prevented him from committing suicide after he had downed a cocktail of Xanax and rum. She called after noticing he had been looking distracted at work.

Hogan said in the book that he had reached for a gun and put his finger on the trigger when Ali called.
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As serious as suicide is, I can't shake the feeling that this story has been written as an attention-grabbing piece. Something just doesn't sit right with me on this.
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I HIGHLY doubt it was that dramatic where he was two seconds from doing it before she called. I mean it could have, but that's really what they all say when they are about to lose it to make it seem more tense.

That being said, people really need to fix the titles on these things. First with the one where Mick Foley's dad dies, the title made me believe that Mick Foley actually died. Now my first glance made me thing it sad "Hogan Commits Suicide" since the words "contemplates and commits" are so close. :lol:
Edited by WWEFootos48, Oct 21 2009, 07:29 PM.
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RagingCalm
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You're going have to explain to me how "contemplates" and "commits" are similar. :???:
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Because when you're reading over things quick, especially when it has the words "dead" and "suicide" in it, you don't really register the difference between two words that start with "co" until a few seconds after.
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Hulkamania was running wild.

Right off a cliff.
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Oct 21 2009, 07:54 PM
Because when you're reading over things quick, especially when it has the words "dead" and "suicide" in it, you don't really register the difference between two words that start with "co" until a few seconds after.
:blank:

Anyway, sounds like something to sell a book.
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Our son's just had this accident -- if we do this now, it'll make us look like the Britney Spears family


:lol:

Sucks that he thought of suicide, but I'm sure it was mentioned to hype his book. Oh, well...
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Over dramatised poop, kinda pisses all over the people who actually have problems...
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sounds like he had a legitimate problem to me.
mebbe you ought to commit suicide

cunt

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poor hogan :(
furthermore, I SINCERELY DOUBT THIS IS TRUE BUT I HAVE NOTHING ON WHICH IM BASING THIS LOL
sincerely,
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I didn't say he didn't think about it, or was even seriously considering it, but you believe he was two seconds away from pulling the trigger just like everybody else apparently is before someone calls or knocks on the door, causing them to start a new life? That's how it always works in Hollywood when you want to sell books or a TV special. It's never "So I bought a gun and was thinking about it, but felt like it was the chicken's way out and decided against it." It's always "Sweat was pouring down my face as I put the gun to my head. My right index finger was on the trigger, waiting for the right moment to pull it, thus ending my being. Suddenly, as if it were an angel coming down from the heavens, my phone rang. Instead of blowing my brains out I decided to answer it. After that I felt like I had a renewed purpose in life."

Edited by WWEFootos48, Oct 22 2009, 04:27 PM.
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I'm treating this from a skeptical point-of-view. I wrote that I thought it was written as an attention-grabbing piece, which makes sense since Hogan is trying to sell a book. Afterall, controversy sells. Hogan has lied to the public before, regarding his steroid abuse.

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Considering he's lied to the public before, I'm going to wait and see how this particular story develops. If it is legit, then he has my sympathies.
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His wife had huge tits.
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I didn't say he didn't think about it, or was even seriously considering it, but you believe he was two seconds away from pulling the trigger just like everybody else apparently is before someone calls or knocks on the door, causing them to start a new life? That's how it always works in Hollywood when you want to sell books or a TV special. It's never "So I bought a gun and was thinking about it, but felt like it was the chicken's way out and decided against it." It's always "Sweat was pouring down my face as I put the gun to my head. My right index finger was on the trigger, waiting for the right moment to pull it, thus ending my being. Suddenly, as if it were an angel coming down from the heavens, my phone rang. Instead of blowing my brains out I decided to answer it. After that I felt like I had a renewed purpose in life."


It's just that whenever I read something and have no legitimate reason to doubt it, then I won't doubt it. You have no legitimate reason to doubt what Hogan said, namely that

1. he had hold of the gun
2. he had a finger on the trigger
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It's easy to pull the trigger when there are no bullets in the gun....
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