Brooke Hogan is opening up about the emotional decision to remove herself from her late father Hulk Hogan’s will in 2023.

During a call-in appearance Tuesday, Aug. 5 on Bubba the Love Sponge’s podcast, the 37-year-old former reality television star told her father’s ex-best friend that she was “scared” of the fighting that would come after her dad died, leading to her decision to remove herself from the equation entirely.

“I was sobbing,” Brooke recalled during the interview, explaining that she was texting her father’s assistant at the time to ask him to remove her from Hogan’s will. “I just said, take me off everything, I don’t want to be a part of it.”

Brooke said she later realized that “money didn’t matter” to her anymore after she became pregnant with her twins, who she and husband Steven Oleksy welcomed in January 2025.

The sprawling interview was Brooke’s first extensive media appearance since her father’s death last month. Hogan died at his home in Clearwater, Fla., on July 24 at the age of 71.

The WWE legend died from a heart attack, PEOPLE previusly reported, while medical records also revealed the retired professional wrestler had a history of leukemia and atrial fibrillation, a common disorder that causes irregular heart beats.

Brooke appeared to surprise Bubba with her call into his program Tuesday morning. The host said he and Brooke had not spoken since 2011, before Hogan and Bubba’s estranged wife Heather Clem had appeared in a leaked sex tape together. Referring to him as “Uncle Bubba” at points, Brooke remained on the line for nearly an hour as they discussed everything from her dad’s recent death to their final conversations together.