Linda Hogan (TV personality)

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Linda Hogan
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Hogan in 2007
Born
Linda Marie Claridge

(1959-08-24) August 24, 1959 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationTelevision personality
Years active1978–present
Television Hogan Knows Best (2005–2007)
Spouse
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(m. 1983;div. 2009)​
PartnerCharley Hill (2008–2012)
Children Brooke Hogan
Nick Hogan

Linda Marie Claridge (born August 24, 1959), also known as Linda Hogan, is an American television personality who is the ex-wife of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. She is best known for her role on the American reality television show Hogan Knows Best .

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Early years

Claridge was raised Catholic and is of American, Australian, British and Irish descent. She is the older sister of actress Christie Claridge. [1] In 1977, she graduated from Chatsworth High School in California. [1] She was a winning contestant on Match Game in 1978. [2]

Career

In 1995, Claridge appeared on Hulk Hogan's album Hulk Rules , where she sang back-up vocals along with The Wrestling Boot Band. [3] Claridge entered the spotlight in 2005 as "Linda Hogan", due to the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best . A 2005 documentary DVD on street racers, called Vehicular Lunatics, includes a segment with Claridge. [4] Claridge wrote a book, Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes, which was published in 2011. [5] She appeared on the Season 3, episode 8 of Bar Rescue .

Personal life

Claridge met Terry Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan in a restaurant in Los Angeles. For nearly two years, the couple had a long-distance relationship mostly over the telephone.[ citation needed ] They married in 1983 in a wedding attended by André the Giant, Vince McMahon, and other wrestling personalities. They have two children together, Brooke (1988) and Nick (1990). Claridge filed for divorce from Hulk Hogan on November 20, 2007. [6] The divorce was finalized on July 28, 2009. [7] [8] [9]

Claridge received media attention for her relationship with a much younger man, Charlie Hill. Hill proposed to her on an episode of the VH1 reality television show Couples Therapy in 2012. They began dating in 2008, when Claridge was 48 and Hill was 19. [10] [11] [12]

In October 2012, Claridge was arrested in Malibu, California, for driving under the influence, with an alcohol level of 0.084. [13] She pleaded guilty to DUI. She was released several hours later after posting bail of $5,000. [14] [15] [ unreliable source ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hogan, Linda. Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes. New York: HarperCollins, 2011.
  2. ↑ Match Game 78 (Episode 1333) (Linda "Hulk Hogan Ex-Wife" Wins with Charles) ($5,000). MatchGameProductions. May 22, 2019. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2021– via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Hulk Hogan. Hollywood Hulk Hogan (p.256)
  4. ↑ "Linda Hogan appeared in a street racing DVD". ABCActionNews.com. November 20, 2007. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  5. ↑ McKay, Hollie (July 11, 2011). "Linda Hogan's Shocking Allegations: I Was Afraid Drug-Addicted Hulk Would Kill Me". Fox News. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Hulk and Wife Headed for Divorce Court. November 23, 2007 TMZ.com . Accessed November 23, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Details of Hulk Hogan's costly divorce become public".
  8. ↑ "Hulk Hogan & Linda Bollea's Divorce Settled | PEOPLE.com".
  9. ↑ "Hulk Hogan, wife settle terms of divorce". July 28, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Linda Hogan, 52, and Charlie Hill, 23, split" . Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Linda Hogan Calls Off Cougar Engagement to Fiancé Charley Hill After Great Therapy". May 15, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  12. ↑ Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer (May 16, 2012). "Hulk's ex-wife Linda smashes engagement to much-younger fiance" . Retrieved June 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Linda Hogan arrested in DUI; Hulk Hogan threatens to sue Gawker over sex tape".
  14. ↑ https://www.etonline.com/news/125639_Linda_Hogan_Arrested_for_DUI%3famp [ dead link ]
  15. ↑ "Linda Hogan -- Arrested for DUI". TMZ. Retrieved June 29, 2017.
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