Hulk Hogan: If I was a homosexual, I would admit it and embrace it

Earlier this year, Linda Hogan made an explosive accusation against her ex-husband, Hulk Hogan, that flew mostly under the radar.

Until now.

Back in August, Linda alleged that The Hulkster had a homosexual relationship with one of his longtime friends, Ed Leslie, who wrestled for WWE under the name Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. Hulk, of course, is denying these claims and after Linda wrote a book about her relationship with him, claiming he cheated on her with a man in addition to abusing her throughout their time together, Hogan has finally made the decision to strike back.

In the form of a lawsuit.

Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, is claiming defamation of character and is seeking an injunction to bring an end to Linda's outrageous allegations.

In the meantime, he's doing damage control and in a conversation with US Weekly, he talked about the crazy situation, including her comments about him having a homosexual relationship with Leslie:

"After the four-year crazy divorce, I thought I'd heard everything I could hear in the courtroom. Then, all of a sudden she says I abused her, that I was violent. She told everybody that I was a homosexual. If any of that was true, I would admit it, and I was a homosexual I would embrace it. It's just so crazy to hear, so I have a real problem with it....If you're going to say I'm something that I'm not to try to ruin my career and my livelihood....I have to answer her back. It's so ridiculous. I don't mean to laugh about it, because it's not funny. But it's insane. It doesn't make any sense to me."

Well, it's good to know that if Hulkamania was running wild in the Barbershop, he would embrace it instead of deny it. Then again, we are talking about Hulk Hogan here.

At the very least, Hogan is back in headlines and TNA, the company he works for, is getting some publicity out of it. Or you would think. Of the many articles circulating around the Internet, very few of them even acknowledge the fact that he still works in professional wrestling and even less make mention of the promotion down in Orlando that sends him a check every week.

But hey, the Hulkster is out there, at least, right?

The reality of the situation, jokes aside, is that Hogan has a legitimate gripe here. Linda divorced him, took 70-percent of his liquid assets and wrote a book dishing dirt on him just to profit off his name. And make no mistake about it, if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, no one -- and I mean no one -- would know who Linda even is, let alone purchase a book she wrote. The ensuing press tour to promote said book that featured her burying his name at every turn is also a legitimate reason for Hulk to be upset. After all, her comments were not only vile and hateful, they were utterly unnecessary. When asked about Hogan possibly being a homosexual, she could have just said, "buy the book and find out."

There is a sense of poetic justice here. Hogan, in his professional life, held down and buried a lot of the talent around him, just to keep his name in the headlines and himself in the main event. In fact, one could argue he built his entire career on doing this. Now, it's happening to him.

We'll see if his lawsuit will be enough to bring a stop to it.