Yesterday we heard the news that Hulk Hogan made some tasteless and offensive comments to Rolling Stone in which he said he was so outraged by his wife taking up with a 19 year-old kid that he could “totally understand OJ.” He didn’t just leave it at that, explaining that he “could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat.” Those comments of course didn’t sit well with relatives of the victims of OJ’s horrific crime, for which he was acquitted, many claim wrongfully, in 1995. The sister of Ron Goldman, who was murdered along with OJ’s ex Nicole, has called Hulk’s comments “vile” and “hurtful” and reminds us that it’s never ok to talk about killing someone:

“It’s disturbing,” Kim Goldman tells Usmagazine.com. Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex wife Nicole Brown and Ron in 1995. Two years later, a civil jury found Simpson guilty and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the Goldman family….

Continues Kim to Us: “It’s sick to me that people throw around violence so whimsically. That has always bothered me. Then there’s the part of me that thinks, well at least he thinks he did it. The warped part of me.

“It’s vile to speak of anybody in that way and it’s hurtful, demeaning and so many layers of ugliness attached to it. I’m always very sensitive to people saying they would kill someone,” she goes on. “I don’t speak that way anymore, so when I hear it, it has such meaning attached to it. It says a lot and speaks to his level of violence and propensity for it. It’s sad.”

[From US Weekly]

Hogan’s representative tried to do damage control for his terrible comments, saying that Hulk “in no way condones the O.J. situation” and that “he referred to it to exemplify his frustration with his own situation.”

We get that part of it, but how is it ever justified to say that you understand murdering people because the woman you’re separated from has a new boyfriend? Hulk has had a girlfriend for a while too, his daughter’s best friend. Granted Hulk’s girlfriend is 30-something as opposed to a teenager, but he’s still being a hypocrite for getting so angry at his wife for doing the same thing.

Meanwhile Linda’s lawyer says that Hulk’s comments are of course an example of how violent he is and what a threat he poses to his client. Hulk was also called a “serial cheater” by Linda’s lawyer:

“Hulk’s serial cheating destroyed our marriage, our family and our future,” she snaps in a statement released to Usmagazine.com. “Sadly, his recent comments remind us that his definition of fair is much different than what the law dictates.”

“We have always maintained that the fear that Linda has had to live with comes from the rage and instability much too often associated with pro wrestlers,” Gary Smith says in a statement. “Linda and her family are taking these recent homicidal comments seriously. Linda’s attorney Ray Rafool is weighting all options necessary to protect his client.”

[From OMG.Yahoo.com]

If anything happens to Linda at this point I guess we’ll know who is responsible. Maybe she’ll get a restraining order and a bodyguard. She’ll also probably get more settlement cash due to Hulk’s stupid remarks. The last we heard she was receiving $40,000 a month in alimony payments but still claimed to be broke. Those 19 year-old boy toys don’t come cheap.

Hulk Hogan is shown outside MTV’s TRL on 7/1/08. Credit: WENN.com