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"Linda Hogan is ready to share her family&amp;apos;s darkest secrets.\r\nThe 51-year-old reality star appeared on Today Tuesday to discuss her new autobiography, Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes, which details her ex-husband&amp;apos;s alleged violent past. (She and pro wrestler Hulk Hogan, 57, divorced in 2008).\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;[Hulk] tore my shirt. He threw lamps. He held me down on the bed with his hands around my throat during arguments, slamming doors, pounding walls,&amp;quot; she writes. &amp;quot;I was always afraid he would kill me in one of his rages.&amp;quot;\r\nWhen anchor Matt Lauer asked Linda if her then-husband would apologize once his anger subsided, she replied, &amp;quot;He did not feel remorse, and to this day he&amp;apos;s never apologized for any of actions. That is something that scared me. I did not want to be a statistic like Nicole Simpson.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLinda decided to keep quiet about her husband&amp;apos;s rage issues because &amp;quot;I was afraid to say anything. Had I said something, the carpet would have been pulled up underneath his career. I don&amp;apos;t know what my kids would have done. They were little at the time. It&amp;apos;s a very scary position. You don&amp;apos;t know how far they&amp;apos;re going to go. One fight can escalate and turn into something else.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLinda believes drugs played a part in her ex&amp;apos;s anger management problems. &amp;quot;Drugs were always around -- prescribed,&amp;quot; she said of the WWE star (real name: Terry Bollea). &amp;quot;[Wrestlers have] always got injuries. There was a constant flow of pain pills, anti-inflammatories, steroids -- a lot of them did take steroids. Combined? It makes somebody . . . you don&amp;apos;t know what you&amp;apos;re dealing with.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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