Brooke Hogan shut down speculation that she and Scott McGillivray are more than teammates, posting photos of her husband, Steven Oleksy, alongside the HGTV star and saying, “People looooove to speculate.” She called the chatter “just mean and hateful” and said she and McGillivray are nothing more than friends.
Hogan added that if anyone should be worried, it is her, joking that Oleksy may steal McGillivray’s heart. The comments came as the pair compete together on the seventh season of “Rock the Block,” where HGTV designers and celebrity partners renovate identical homes in Las Vegas on a $275,000 budget.
The post matters because the online speculation had started to take hold around the duo, who have been pegged by viewers as early favorites to win because of their chemistry. Hogan and McGillivray are both married and have two kids, which made the gossip especially unwelcome for a season built around teamwork rather than romance.
It is not the first time Hogan has had to address public attention that spilled beyond her work. In April, she said moments involving her late father were incredibly embarrassing, and the article notes she has faced unwanted attention for years because of Hulk Hogan’s actions, including a leaked sex tape and a racist rant against her now ex-boyfriend. This time, though, she answered the rumors directly and left little room for doubt about where things stand: she says the relationship is friendship, full stop.
That should close the Brooke Hogan Scott Mcgillivray rumors for now, unless the show’s chemistry keeps feeding a gossip cycle neither of them appears interested in entertaining.
