Hulk Hogan fears for his son Nick
Hulk Hogan fought back tears during a live TV interview on Tuesday night after expressing his fears over son Nick Bollea’s state of mind - insisting the 17-year-old has been “unraveling” during his spell in prison.
The former wrestler’s son is currently serving an eight-month prison sentence at Florida’s Pinellas County Jail, after pleading no contest to a felony of reckless driving following a horrific car crash in Clearwater, Florida - which has left his friend John Graziano brain damaged.
The teenager has been rocked by a series of personal setbacks, including spending his first few weeks in solitary confinement and recordings of his private phone calls to his parents being leaked to the media.
And during an emotional appearance on Larry King Live, Hogan admitted he is seriously worried about his son.
He tells King, “It was like the whole world (was) crashing down on my son. Solitary confinement - most hardened criminals unravel after two or three days. Nick survived in there 28-29 days. I did everything I could to laugh, to cry with my son. I was trying to help (to) give Nick some type of relief because he (was) consumed with the unknown.”
And Bollea insists the leaked telephone conversations may have tipped Nick over the edge.
He adds, “This was the only thing Nick had left. This is the privacy everybody had in prison… and to have that taken away? I was more worried than ever about his mental state unraveling.”
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:28 am
A little worrying about him know! My concern early on and maybe he’s not in jail.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Oh boo hoo, get over it. He’s the one that acted like a dumb ass idiot, let him pay for his stupidity.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:34 am
He will be just fine. He is only doing 5 months for making his friend a vegetable for the rest of his life. He needs to man up and stop worrying about hiself and worry about his friend. He seems selfish anyway. If it was an average person that was speeding and almost killed a passenger, I guarantee you would be doing more than 5 months.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:35 am
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Oh STFU already!!!! How bad do you think it would have been if he KILLED someone at that speed? Huh? And what kind of idiotic parent buys their kids sports cars like that? You buy your kids slow, crappy cars because they like to SPEED!!! Dumbasses, I swear. This country is full of dumbasses spoiling their kids rotten, refusing to be held accountable, and their leaders are Hulk Hogan and Kathy Hilton!!!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 9:44 am
The top of his passengers head had to be removed, don’t feel sorry for Nick. His parents are just as guilty, his own mother street races and daddy bought the cars knowing he raced. I think the whole lot of them should be in prison. He was lucky he only got 8 months. I am hopeful when John dies that Nick will be charged with murder. He needs to never be on the streets again.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:58 am
What a fucking loser! that kid needs to be smacked within an inch of his spoiled life to even come close to realizing what he’s done to that poor guy! A couple months and he’ll be back to messing around without a care in the world and that man will have to be trapped in his own body cuz of what that kid did! cry me a fucking river you should have gotten life nick
June 11th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I agree he should pay for his crime, but I tell you what. I don’t think I could handle solitary confinement. If he has even an ounce of clausterphobia, that would be awful.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Let him rot in jail. This family epitomizes idiotic trash. They are so consumed by their own selfishness that they can’t even see the impact of their actions on other people’s lives. His friend is brain damaged and he’s going to complain about soltary confinement?! This is infuriating. What a pathetic family. And to be given the ability to reproduce…*shakes head*