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Hulk Hogan Spitting Gesture Prompts Speculation He Was Making Crass ‘Hawk Tuah’ Reference

MAGA CARNIVAL

Some media outlets suggested the retired wrestler was making a boorish oral sex joke.

Hulk Hogan speaks at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally in New York City on October 27, 2024.
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Retired pro wrestler Hulk Hogan made a crude spitting gesture towards the floor as he likened Vice President Kamala Harris to a scripted “bad actress” during former president Donald Trump’s crazed MAGA carnival at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Some media outlets speculated Hogan, 71, was making a boorish “Hawk Tuah” oral sex joke, referencing the phrase coined by viral sensation turned podcaster Haliey Welch. (Welch said in July that she doesn‘t support Trump: “It’s a no from me.”) During his storied wrestling career, Hogan also spit down on things in the ring—a USSR flag, for example—and the gesture could simply have been a flourish unconnected to the “Hawk Tuah” meme. Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, is at least aware of Welch’s existence, as the two crossed paths backstage at an event in July.

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