Hulk Hogan’s Netflix confession: Steroids, scandal, Trump bond

Hulk Hogan’s last spotlight isn’t just about the roar of Hulkamania; it’s about the shadows that followed him outside the ring.

Netflix’s Hulk Hogan: Real American pulls back the curtain on Hogan’s, born as Terry Gene Bollea, extraordinary rise and turbulent fall, capturing the contradictions of a man who built an empire on charisma but wrestled with demons behind the scenes.

The four-part series traces Hogan’s journey from masked rookie “Super Destroyer” to global WWE Hall of Famer, and then into scandal.

In candid interviews filmed before his death in 2025, Hogan admits to years of steroid use, a secret he once denied on national television.

“Of course, I lied,” he concedes, calling it a mistake he would never repeat.

The docuseries revisits his bitter divorce from Linda, the Rolling Stone interview where he infamously compared his jealousy to O.J. Simpson’s rage, and the spiral that left him contemplating suicide.

It also chronicles his courtroom triumph over Gawker, where a jury awarded him $140 million after the site published a sex tape.

The victory was tempered by fallout: transcripts revealed Hogan using a racial slur, costing him his WWE career and tarnishing his reputation.

Hogan’s legacy remains complicated.

Fellow wrestlers Bret Hart and Jesse Ventura salute his showmanship, while Hogan himself admits, “Terry Bollea was not the greatest person of all time. The character was impeccable, even though I wasn’t.”

The series also features Hogan’s unlikely political turn.

A longtime friend of Donald Trump, he endorsed him at the 2024 Republican National Convention with a theatrical flourish, ripping his shirt to reveal a Trump/Vance tee.

“He’s my friend,” Hogan explains. “I know the person… I’m not saying I agree with everything he does, but at least he’s honest about who he is.”

Hogan died in July 2025 at age 71, following complications from neck surgery.