Brooke Hogan claps back after ‘trolls’ claim she mourned late dad Hulk Hogan with a ‘thirst trap’

Brooke Hogan has a message for her haters.

Over the weekend, the “About Us” singer fired back at her Instagram followers who deemed her May 20 Instagram tribute to her late father, Hulk Hogan, a “thirst trap.”

“Trust me, if I wanted to give you a thirst trap, you would have gotten one,” she responded in a follow-up post on May 22.

Brooke noted that her previous post — which prominently featured a photo of her bikini-clad derrière at the beach — was just a vulnerable moment of her grieving her dad, writing, “Shame on anyone for demonizing it.”

Brooke Hogan hugging her father Hulk Hogan, who wears a black "Bubba Army" t-shirt, a blue bandana, sunglasses, and holds crutches.
Brooke Hogan (seen here with dad Hulk Hogan in 2009) responded to “trolls” who called her recent tribute to her late father a “thirst trap.”WireImage
A person sunbathing on a sandy beach in a neon green bikini.
The tribute post, shared May 20, prominently featured a bikini-clad photo of Brooke’s behind (pictured above).Instagram/Brooke Hogan

Elsewhere in her caption, the topic seemed to turn to the public’s perception surrounding her relationship with her dad.

“I am human. My father was human. And you people have the nerve to act like you’re experts on ANY topic or know anything about my experience with him?” she wrote of the wrestling legend.

“Go back under your bridge, trolls,” she concluded her post.

Brooke explained in the slideshow of her post that the bikini photo was one that she “quickly” took over her shoulder and doubled down on it being emblematic of her childhood growing up as a “little Florida girl.”

Collage of images and text, including a woman holding a baby, Brooke Hogan, beach scene, and a list of oxytocin benefits.
In a response posted to May 22 (a screenshot of which is seen here), Brooke said she was being vulnerable and grieving her father, writing, “Shame on anyone for demonizing it.”Instagram/Brooke Hogan
Brooke Hogan posing with Hulk Hogan, with text overlay from Brooke Hogan.
Brooke also opened up on her strained relationship with Hulk in recent years. (The father-daughter duo are pictured above in a selfie.)Instagram/Brooke Hogan

“I know he loved me, and I loved him. I think more than anyone ever did,” she wrote of Hulk. “But in the last few years… I think he lost sight of this.”

“I am not obligated to explain to ignorant people who haven’t walked in my shoes – how I lost my dad – before I lost my dad,” Brooke wrote.

The “Hogan Knows Best” alum said she stands by the decisions she made about distancing herself from her father but that it “doesn’t stop” her from missing him.

Brooke’s initial post featured her spending “some time with my thoughts, my daddy and the ocean he loved so much” — even likening him to “King Triton holding his Little Mermaid.”

“The tears were endless today,” she said.

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Brooke Hogan in an orange dress and Hulk Hogan in a black bandana and black suit.
Hulk (pictured above with Brooke in 2005) died in July at the age of 71 after suffering a heart attack and amid a private battle with leukemia.FilmMagic
Nick, Brooke, Linda, and Hulk Hogan pose for a family photo.
Brooke (pictured here with brother Nick, mom Linda and dad Hulk in 2006) skipped her father’s funeral and was left out of his $5 million will.WireImage

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