Terry “Hulk” Hogan tells PEOPLE in its latest issue that he “unconditionally” loves his wife, Linda, despite their increasingly acrimonious divorce – and he’s happy to have reconciled with his daughter, Brooke.

“I unconditionally love my wife, even though we’re not together anymore,” Hogan says. “The Linda that I know was a great mother and a great person.”

Admitting that there had been problems in the marriage for a decade, Hogan, 54, concedes during an exclusive interview that letting cameras into their home for their hit VH1 show, Hogan Knows Best, may have been a mistake: “I just think the reality show amplified the problems that were already there.”

Linda, 48, filed for divorce last November.

Hogan says his relationship with Brooke, 20, “was strained for a while” after Brooke learned that Hogan had a brief fling with one of her close friends, a woman in her 30s. “Brooke has gone through a range of emotions,” Hogan says. “She was a little confused about who everybody was, and maybe had misinformation, but right now Brooke understands who I am, and who her mom is, and what’s real and not real. She’s doing real well now.”

Hogan, who is currently filming his new reality show, Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling, set to air on CMT this fall, also spoke extensively about his son Nick, 17, who was sentenced to 8 months in jail last May for the car crash that critically injured his best friend, Iraq war vet John Graziano. After serving 28 days in a solitary confinement cell – because the sheriff’s department was required to keep him separated from the adult prison population and had no other facility available – Nick is doing “better now,” Hogan says. His son is now mingled in with other juveniles, and even has access to a TV.

“Nick understands thinking positive,” Hogan says. “Every night when we talk he says, ‘Man, Dad – we got through another day.’ He’s grateful. He knows what’s in front of him. And (moving forward), we don’t want any negative stuff around us.”

For more of Hulk Hogan’s exclusive interview, including his explanation of those infamous jailhouse tapes, pick up the latest copy of People—on stands now!

A few months ago some paparazzi pictures came out of Hulk Hogan rubbing suntan lotion on his daughter’s ass. It was mildly disturbing, to say the least, and generated more than a few comments, mostly along the lines of ‘Help me! My eyes! My eyes!’

Anyway, daughter Brooke says that it’s okay when her dad rubs lotion on her behind, because her ass is like a car.

“I know I’m a grown woman, but it’s like he’s touching an old car,” the singer tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands now.

“He used to change my diaper!” she adds.

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Brooke is on the cover of Maxim magazine looking surprisingly good, and now that she’s fighting with her mom she’s obviously back to being on good terms with her dad again following their falling out about his relationship with her former best friend, because he came with her to her Maxim shoot.

You can view the video below, where Hulk tells the camera that when Brooke was 17 he wouldn’t let Maxim take sexy pictures of her, but now that’s she’s nearly 20 it’s okay. I have no explanation for this logic, except I guess she’s of legal age now. Frankly, if I ever get the offer of a Maxim shoot, and I’m expecting it any day now, I not even going to show my father the pictures, let alone invite him to the photo shoot. I guess Brooke might have taken her mother with her, but she’s not talking to her.

Brooke looks surprisingly good in the photos for Maxim, and in the video she’s seen kissing and fooling about with unidentified skinny guy. The rumors of her engagement continue but apparently she feels that with Nick incarcerated she shouldn’t be celebrating and she’s gong to wait until he is released to break the news to the world. Her wedding won’t be featured on her reality show, unless it really bombs and then she’ll do it to get ratings boost.

Note by Celebitchy: The thing that bothered me about those pictures is that her dad was touching her ass for one, but also that it’s a place she can easily reach herself. You ask people to apply sunblock to the places you can’t reach, and there’s really no reason for him to be touching her butt at all.

Hulk Hogan’s estranged wife Linda Bollea, wants Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea to be held in contempt of court and jailed for allegedly not paying his share of the couple’s 4.2 million dollar Las Vegas condo located at The Palms hotel and spa.

Linda wants Hulk jailed until he pays up. Ironically, she wants him to do his time in Pinellas County Jail, the same prison where their son, Nick Hogan, is serving an 8-month sentence after pleading no contest to being a responsible party to a crash that seriously injured his friend while drag racing.

Linda Bollea’s lawyer is expected to release an official statement within a week.

Lesson learned: Don’t mess with a Hogan.

Hulk Hogan’s estranged wife is asking a Florida judge to cite the wrestler for allegedly not paying his share of a $4.2 million Las Vegas condo.

Linda Bollea is asking that Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, be held in contempt of court and jailed until he pays. A court order requires them to share the purchase of the condo at The Palms hotel and spa.

Linda Bollea is asking that Hogan be jailed in Pinellas County. That’s where the couple’s son is serving an eight-month sentence after pleading no contest to causing a crash that seriously injured his friend.

An assistant for Hogan’s lawyer says the attorney wasn’t immediately available. Linda Bollea’s lawyer is expected to release a statement later Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –An emotional Hulk Hogan hit “Larry King Live” on Tuesday night to tackle a host of topics, including the release of phone calls to his incarcerated son, Nick Hogan, by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

As previously reported on Joyoncam.com, 17-year-old Nick (known legally as Nick Bollea) was sentenced to eight months in jail after pleading guilty to felony reckless driving, an incident which left his friend, John Graziano, in a coma.

In audio recordings of phone calls between Hulk and Nick, the elder Hogan is heard suggesting John’s condition was “God’s will.”

Hulk addressed his comments on “Larry King Live” and told the CNN host that he made them because his son’s mental state was in jeopardy due to spending several weeks in solitary confinement.

“It was like the whole world [was] crashing down on my son. Solitary confinement — most hardened criminals unravel after two or three days. Nick survived in there 28-29 days,” Hulk said. “During that period of time as I’m sitting there, 28 or 29 days, hardly any sleep, I did everything I could to laugh, to cry with my son.

“I was trying to help [to] give Nick some type of relief because he [was] consumed with the unknown,” Hulk continued. “I was just trying to explain to him that it’s ‘God’s hands’ or it’s ‘God’s will.’ That’s what people have said for thousands of years and did I say things wrong? Yes. I am I sorry.”

Hulk admitted he made some of the comments recorded during phone calls, including discussing a future reality show for Nick, to “protect him physically because his mental state was unraveling.”

And while he knew the calls were being recorded, Hulk also expressed his disappointment that the calls were released to the media.

“This was the only thing Nick had left. This is the privacy everybody had in prison… and to have that taken away?” Hulk sighed. “I was more worried than ever about his mental state.”

Hulk broke down at the end of the broadcast, and through choked back tears, said that he believed the public understood his family’s plight.

“The people that are outside of this building are with us on this thing, so it’s going to be ok. It’s going to be ok,” he said.

Larry King also asked Hulk about the breakup of his marriage to wife Linda during the broadcast.

“When my wife filed for divorce, the marriage was broken long before that. My wife has her own separate life, I’ve got mine… It’s two separate worlds at this point,” he said.

The former pro-wrestler also put to rest rumors he is dating one of daughter Brooke’s friends, though he confirmed Linda is dating someone Brooke’s age.

“No, it’s not one of her friends,” Hulk said. “[The woman] that I’m dating is 34 years old and it’s not one of Brooke’s friends and from the reports I’m hearing, my wife is dating a 19-year-old.”

Earlier in the day, Brooke Hogan confirmed her mother was, in fact, dating a teenager.

“Yes, it’s true,” Brooke told “Yo on E!.” “I’m totally freaked out. This is really weird. I personally don’t like it at all or condone it.”

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Laila Ali’s move into new career territory has surprised even the boxing champ herself.

“The plan was just to take some time off boxing and move into some fitness/wellness type stuff.  Then ‘Dancing With the Stars’ came along, and at first I said ‘No,’” she recalls.  She reconsidered based on the idea of being able to “show a different side of myself that I knew was there - to take myself out of the box of being a female fighter.”

The “Dancing,” stint, it turns out, opened up a new world of opportunities, including her contributing gig on CBS’ “The Early Show,” her NBC “American Gladiators” cohosting job with Hulk Hogan - and her role as host and unofficial godmother on the kid makeover reality show “The N’s Student Body” debuting tomorrow (6/11) on Nickelodeon’s teen-centric The N channel.

“It’s kind of like the kids’ version of ‘The Biggest Loser,’ with kids losing weight and getting in shape - and also changing their attitudes, dealing with personal issues and stuff, while their communities and families come together.  A lot of these kids don’t know how to take care of themselves.  They learn to love themselves and gain confidence.”  While she mentored the girls, “My husband was able to come in and impart wisdom to the boys,” she adds, referring to her mate, former NFL wide receiver Curtis Conway.

Is she good with kids?  “I can fake it ’til I make it, but my husband is excellent.  He can take 10 kids to the movies by himself.”  We love that.  “I love it too, so I don’t have to be the one,” says Laila, who’s expecting her and Curtis’ son in September.

She realizes that with motherhood may come still more new avenues for her professional life.  “That’s what we do as women, keep adding to our abilities as we go through life.   I don’t really think too much of it; that’s the natural order of things.  Women everywhere wear a lot of different hats,” she says.  “It’s just that when you’re in the spotlight, everyone goes for the ride with you.”

FROM TOME TO TUBE: Kelly Preston promises fans of Jodi Picoult’s best-selling novel “The Tenth Circle” won’t be disappointed in the Lifetime television adaptation airing June 28. “It was adapted very well and has not changed considerably,” says Preston, who plays an English professor having an affair with her student the night her daughter gets raped in the telepic,  also starring Ron Eldard and Brittany Robertson. “I hadn’t read the book prior to getting the role, but it’s excellent. I’m very much a fan now.” She adds, “I don’t think you can make a film and retain all of it. A lot of the stuff at the end of the book is not there, but the majority of it is.”

THE VIDEOLAND VIEW: Regis Philbin’s plate is full of side dishes - including “Million Dollar Password” and his new “Hallmark Heroes With Regis Philbin” campaign geared toward celebrating everyday heroes who change the lives of others.  The multiplatform campaign (television, online and in stores) will last a year and culminate with two television specials.

With it all, how does the future look for Regis vis a vis his long-running “Live With Regis & Kelly”?  It’s been widely reported that his current deal lasts into next year, and then?  “I’d like to keep going.  I feel good, feel strong,” says the beloved septuagenarian host.  “If they want me, yes.”

DISHY: Sharon Bush certainly had fellow guests’ attention at the 21 Club book launch breakfast for Dr. Robert Schwalbe’s “Sixty, Sexy, and Successful” last week, talking about reports that the Bush family paid her $10 million to stop writing her own book about her life and her 23-year marriage to Neil Bush, the President’s brother.

According to sources on the scene, she laughed saying she wished that was a fact, but the truth was that she received $30,000 a year for four years — $120,000 total - after three children and nearly a quarter century of marriage.  Sharon also revealed that she still has her diaries, and plans to pen her memoirs, but not ’til George W. Bush is out of the White House.  Sharon, by the way, bought six copies of the “Sixty, Sexy and Successful” tome by psychoanalyst Schwalbe, saying that she wished her ex had laid down on the doctor’s couch before ruining their marriage.

And Dr. Schwalbe added, with nods of approval, that former Senator Eliot Spitzer might also have benefited if he’d scheduled an appointment, or picked up the “how to” guide for men, before he destroyed his political career and damaged his marriage.