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Hulk Hogan was a man of many words when his son, Nick Bollea was charged with reckless driving for an incident that left his friend, who was in the car at the time, brain damaged. Of course this is horrifying and tragic news and devastating to both families however, these things do sometimes happen and when they do, really, the only person to be blamed, when there is blame to be placed, is on the driver. Everyone seemed to accept that, even Hulk Hogan as he stated on the Larry King Live show shortly after the accident.

However, it was during that same interview that Hogan also lavished heaps of praise upon young Nick for being a man about it and taking full responsibility. In the meantime, by the way, he also wondered what John Graziano, Nick’s friend, had done in his lifetime to deserve such a punishment. Nice. But now it seems that Nick does not need to own up and take full responsibility. While his friend has been left with huge, permanent disabilities, he gets to stroll on out of his jail cell three months earlier than originally expected. From Contact Music,

“HULK HOGAN’s son NICK BOLLEA will be released from prison three months early for good behaviour, according to U.S. reports.
The former wrestler’s son is currently serving an eight-month sentence at Florida’s Pinellas County Jail, after pleading no contest to a felony reckless driving offence following a horrific car crash in Clearwater, Florida - which left his friend and passenger, John Graziano, brain damaged.
But the 18-year-old is eligible for early release for his good behaviour, reports People.com.
A source tells the publication, “(Inmates) automatically get credits towards early release, and if they don’t do anything bad while they’re here, they get to use the credits.”
Graziano’s family lawyer George Tragos admits he is not surprised to hear of Bollea’s early release.
He says, “It’s standard procedure. There is no way for us to impact his release date, that’s not within our control. It’s a formula worked out by the sheriff.”

What do you wanna bet that the sheriff’s formula has to do with who the inmate knows ‘on the outside’ and how much money they can get for granting early release. I realize early release happens all the time but it bothers me that Nick has virtually taken away this person’s life, as they had known it, and he gets to walk after serving only five months. The sentence of 8 months was ridiculously light to begin with and this entire case shows once again that laws do not apply to those of the privileged rich and famous, who are walking proofs that money can buy happiness…or at least freedom.

It seems that the world of hookups and breakups in Hollywood has been busy focusing on the breakup side of things. Just when people are starting to get over the Madonna/Guy Ritchie drama, all kinds of celebrities are coming out of the woodwork announcing separations and divorces. Others who have recently joined the list of famous divorcees are speaking about their recent turn of events. And it’s not all what you would think.

Perhaps the only divorce that may be as ugly as the one between Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen is the one between Hulk Hogan and wife, Linda Boella. Hogan himself was surprised in November when she filed for divorce and from there it turned into the makings of a bad accident that you have to watch. Quite literally as well since the family started to fall apart shortly after Nick’s accident. Now Hulk Hogan has gone public saying that he wished he was still with his wife, even though she has been sleeping with a much younger man. This is one messed up family and I lost the little respect I had for Hogan after remarks he made in regards to Nick’s accident.

And one divorcee who has absolutely no desire to be reunited with her ex is Pink. In her latest video she gladly erases all memories of her former marriage by chainsawing through a heart carved onto a tree with the name of her and ex, Carey Hart. It’s subtle as the tree uses her first name but for all her fans it’s there and there’s also the posting she’s put on her blog where she goes into a bit more detail over who, shortly after her divorce, she called her “best friend.”

And three women who have seen their fare share of heartache are the Dixie Chicks. The recent divorce of singer Emily Robison isn’t the first divorce that the Chicks have seen during their time together of over ten years but it’s just as heartbreaking. I suppose the good news is that there’s bound to be more great Chick material coming out of it!

And just on the heels of his car accident on Sunday night, Morgan Freeman has also announced that he is in the middle of divorce proceedings. The actor has been separated from his wife since 2007 but are now moving proceedings along. Man, what a past few months it’s been for him! On news of his health, he appears to be doing much better!

Kate Hudson is one divorcee who knows that she will be forever tied to her ex, Chris Robinson due to the fact that they share their four-year old son, Ryder. There were reports earlier this week that she was caught kissing him directly after her relationship with Lance Armstrong but nothing has seemed to come from that. As a side note, I think normally she’s stunning but her on the cover of W just looks weird. Sort of superhero/comic-booky. It’s not right though.

Remember how you guys kept commenting on that practically ancient story of ours, about how Hulk and his wife Linda were just joking about getting a divorce? Well, apparently all of you lunatics were justified. The bodacious blonde Linda, who had been married to Hulk for over 24 years, has filed for a divorce from the wrestling legend. From People:

“Maybe Hulk Hogan doesn’t know best – after 24 years of marriage, his wife, Linda Marie Bollea, has filed for divorce.

Bollea, 46, filed divorce papers Tuesday in Pinellas County, records show. She has been married to Terry Gene Bollea, 53, more famously known as Hulk Hogan, since 1983 and the couple has two children, Brooke, 19, and Nick, 17.

Word of the split was first reported by WTVT, the Fox affiliate in Tampa.

According to the St. Petersburg Times, a Times reporter reportedly broke the news to Hogan on Friday night.

He thanked the reporter for the “great information” then called back five minutes later to say, “I’m kind of shocked. You caught me off-guard. My wife has been in California for about three weeks. … Holy smokes. Wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me. … I just pulled over to the side of the road for five minutes to find out what was going on here.”"

So not only is Linda divorcing him, but he had to find out about it from the media? Not to mention, from a reporter? My god, how embarrassing. Poor Hulk Hogan. With all that has family has been through, this is certainly a rough time to be facing divorce. But, on the other hand, if Linda didn’t have the brass to say it to his face, Hulk’s probably better off.

 Hulk and Linda admitted to some trying times in their relationship, and they kinda teased that divorce is always a possibility. They appeared to be on shaky ground, but neither the kids, Howard, or Hulk and Linda could really see them not being together, so it may have been all talk.