WWE Hall Of Famer Hulk Hogan says he was just nervous when he met the celebrity

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It’s expected that fans will be impressed when they get the chance to meet a wrestler they admire, and Hulk Hogan has seen it countless times from fans young and old. But even he isn’t immune to nervousness when he meets someone he admires.

While we talk about the “PBD podcast,” Hogan revealed a celebrity interaction that gave him the creeps.

“Now I’ve met a lot of celebrities. I’ve met a lot of people, Michael Jackson, met a lot of people… and this is a bit weird, but the first time I really panicked and started shaking and getting nervous. only person that ever happened was when I met Jerry Springer,” said Hogan.

The two-time WWE Hall of Famer revealed that he was a huge Jerry Springer fan. Aside from his chance encounter with Springer, another celebrity interaction left “The Hulkster” baffled.

“I was sitting in the Twin Towers one day with my wife at Vince’s (McMahon) birthday party, and this cop comes up to me and picks me up on my shoulder. He says, ‘Oh, Cher, her limousine for you, that is downstairs. She wants you to come and have dinner with her,” Hogan recalled.

However, he announced that he had declined the invitation. That wasn’t the only time a ride was sent to Hogan in New York City while he was with his wife Hogan also revealed that during the tour for her book “Sex”, Madonna sent him a car to come to her party, but he also declined this invitation.

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