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Brooke Hogan‘s nuptials have been beneath wraps for 1 1/2 years … and simply days after we broke the glad information, she’s telling us why she waited so lengthy to disclose she’s a married lady.
We received Brooke on “TMZ Live” Tuesday … the place she says she delayed saying her marriage to ice hockey participant Steven Oleksy on June 8, 2022, ‘trigger she was by no means an enormous fame particular person — regardless of her household’s actuality TV background and her music profession.
Florida-based Brooke provides it has been simple for them to maintain it a secret as they are not parading up and down the streets of Hollywood — noting if celebs really needed to maintain issues a secret, they might simply take measures to take action.
On a deeper observe, Brooke tells us she’s been by a lot heartbreak in her life … that she did not need to let the claws of fame sink their tooth into one thing that was so untouched and pure.
She says she needed to make sure she was with the fitting particular person and marrying her soulmate.
She says she requested her household and associates to respect their choice to maintain it hush-hush — they usually fortunately obliged.
We broke the news of her marriage first … with a shocking first-look picture of the pair shortly after being pronounced husband and spouse.
They met by mutual associates … and it was simply the two of them throughout their wedding ceremony ceremony in Orlando, FL. Steven’s fam lastly celebrated with them throughout a reception social gathering final month.
In the meantime, Steven made an look on the finish of our interview with Brooke … and the pair could not look extra in love, even when they tried.