The hottest news story of the last couple weeks? The Donald? No. Hillary? No. Obama? No. Governor Larry Hogan visit to Buzzy’s? No, but you’re getting warm. The hot story does involve a Hogan as in the Hulkster suing Gawker over a sex tape they released of him having sex with the wife of his best friend:
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| From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hulk-hogan-gawker-verdict_us_56e8a9ace4b0b25c9183cdd3 |
Hogan won the lawsuit yesterday to the tune of $115 million proving the old adage – sex sells.
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| From http://hulkhogan.com/ |
It reminded me of something that I encountered in Clearwater, Florida, Hulk’s hometown, several years ago.
I was in Clearwater with a friend and we were having lunch at a restaurant just south of there overlooking the water. Seated next to us was a table of what looked like an episode of that show Real Housewives from Somewhere: five very attractive ladies, all dressed up, blinged out, having cocktails and gossiping their butts off. They were talking about Hulk Hogan and from the little bit that I did manage to overhear, it involved something semi-scandalous and juicy.
My lunch partner was oblivious to all this and kept talking as I tried to be polite and act like I was listening to her, when what I really wanted to do was eavesdrop on the conversation that the ladies were having at the table next to us. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, I never did manage to get the whole story of what the ladies at the adjacent table were discussing. However, from their laughter and “You-don’t-say” reactions, I knew that whatever it was that they were gossiping about was good. Makes me wonder if……….
I remember laughing and thinking about how it is that it doesn’t matter where you are, everywhere you go is just a small town where gossip rules. Video here is from someone who knows a thing or two about scandal, gossip and privacy issues: