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Hulk Hogan on the mend from ‘pretty serious heart surgery’

Professional entertainer and wrestler, Hulk Hogan, speaks during the Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. Associated Press

Hulk Hogan is reportedly on the mend after undergoing “pretty serious heart surgery” amid his estrangement from daughter Brooke.

The 71-year-old wrestling star is “recovering” and “doing well,” an insider told Us Weekly on Wednesday, though they offered no other details on what led to the operation.

Earlier in the day, radio host Bubba the Love Sponge said he’d heard that Hogan had been hospitalized.

“There are phone calls being made to various family members about getting to town to come say your goodbyes,” said the on-air personality. “I’ve heard people say that he might not make it.”

In the wake of the chatter, the source told Us Weekly the surgery wasn’t a “near-death thing,” assuring fans that Hogan is not “on death’s door.”

The famous family made headlines in March when Hogan’s ex-wife Linda posted a tearful video about the “mess” of their relationship with Brooke, whom she claimed “doesn’t talk to us.”

“She’s had twins. She got married, she didn’t tell us,” Linda said at the time.

Brooke and former Stanley Cup winner Steven Oleksy secretly tied the knot in June 2022 and became parents this January, with the arrival of fraternal twins.

“I have completely separate reasons for going no contact with each of my parents,” Brooke said in an Instagram statement following her mother’s video. “No contact with my Mom has nothing to do with my Dad, and no contact with my Father has nothing to do with my Mother.”

The new mom then accused her parents of longstanding abuse — verbal, mental and “frequently … physical. And sometimes it’s not by the person you would assume.”

Linda responded to the allegations by accusing her daughter of once being “so drunk she broke my collarbone and cut my lip.”

The matriarch conceded that she’d “spanked Brooke once” and called her “a couple of names,” but insisted she “by no means ever treated her the way she’s painting it.”

Oleksy defended his wife against the “laughable” allegations, saying that Linda Hogan’s claims “fall well short of the truth.”

The Daily News has reached out to a representative for Hulk Hogan.

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Kayte Walsh, left, and Kelsey Grammer pose for a Red Carpet portrait at the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Associated Press File Photo
Kelsey Grammer, 70, expecting eighth child with third wife

NEW YORK — Septuagenarian Kelsey Grammer is gearing up to welcome his eighth child, who will be over four decades younger than the actor’s eldest.

The Emmy-winning “Frasier” star, 70, and his third wife, Kayte Walsh, are expecting their fourth child together, according to photos People published of the parents-to-be walking in London.

Though it’s unclear when the couple — who got together during his marriage to Camille Grammer — will welcome their newest addition, the due date looks like it could be around the corner as 46-year-old Walsh appeared heavily pregnant.

The news comes just over a month after Grammer spoke to the outlet about juggling his seven other children, aged 12 to 41, he shares with four women.

“I have neglected a couple of the kids in my life, especially the first two,” he said of daughters Spencer, 41, and Greer, 33.

The 41-year-old “Greek” star was the only child from Grammer’s first marriage to Doreen Alderman. Her younger sister, best known for the show “Awkward,” was born to Grammer and then-girlfriend Barrie Buckner, months before he wed dancer Leigh-Anne Csuhany. That marriage was annulled the following year and produced no children.

Grammer has daughter Mason, 23, and son Jude, 20, from his marriage to Camille Grammer, the demise of which was chronicled in the first season of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

“I’m not proud of the way we started out,” Walsh told Oprah Winfrey in 2012, during the couple’s sit-down to discuss their affair, during which Grammer wouldn’t even say his ex’s name.

Together, Grammer and Walsh are parents to daughter Faith, 12, as well as sons Kelsey, 10, and 8-year-old Auden.

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NEW YORK — Machine Gun Kelly has finally revealed the name of his infant daughter with Megan Fox, nearly three months after the on-and-off couple welcomed their first child together.

The 35-year-old “Cliché” singer, whose real name is Colson Baker, debuted the name of baby girl Saga Blade Fox-Baker in a belated Father’s Day post on Tuesday.

“Thank you for the ultimate gift @meganfox,” he captioned a video of himself playing the ukulele to the little girl, who can be seen kicking her feet and heard happily squeaking as her bassinet rocks from behind.

Insiders in December told TMZ that Fox and Kelly had ended their years-long romance over Thanksgiving weekend after the “Jennifer’s Body” star found something upsetting on Kelly’s phone. The breakup came just weeks after the stars confirmed Fox’s pregnancy.

Earlier this year, sources told the outlet that tensions had risen so high that the pair weren’t even on speaking terms as their due date neared. They welcomed baby girl Saga in late March, at which point sources told Us Weekly that the two had “been communicating and are in a good place.”

“No matter how they’ve felt about each other, they have always wanted to have a child together,” the insider said.

Saga is the fourth child for 39-year-old Fox, who also shares three sons with ex-husband Brian Austin Green: Noah, 12, Bodhi, 11, and Journey, 8. Kelly and ex-girlfriend Emma Cannon share 15-year-old daughter Casie.

From combined wire services

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