Fitness influencer Joey Swoll was found in the center of a controversion on social networks after paying tribute to the wrestling legend Hulk Hogan. The reaction intensified to the point where the social networks of the lyrics of swelling stopped returning challengingly, a saga that has attracted reactions of commentators such as Brett Cooper, who accused or surrendered to the culture of indignation online.
Joey Swoll, whose real name is Joseph Sergo, was born on January 11, 1983, near Chicago, Illinois. Widely known as the “CEO of the positivity of the gym”. Swoll again published an old video or works on a Hulk Hogan costume After the WWE star died on July 24, 2025.
Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, was a controversial name in the WWE, since he was fired from his agreement with the company in 2015 after the recordings of racial insults were unearthed.
Joey Swoll, who has won a follow -up of more than five million on Instagram when leaving the gym’s thugs and disseminating positivity, initially defined his tribute to Hogan as some to those he admired in his childhood.
However, the intensified reaction intensified to turn a live transmission where the swelling used the term “color” or “person of color”, further feeding criticism.
Under increasing pressure, Swoll apologized on July 29, claiming that he had investigated from Hulk Hogan controversies And it was not a taste of its gravity. He removed the video tribute and promised to “make it better.”
Brett Cooper tok to his podcast, The Brett Cooper Show, On July 31, suggest that Swoll was being unfairly indicated. Cooper proposes that Swelling was only apologized in response to indignationinstead of a sincere heart change.
“This was not like a genuine like, oh yes, let me go to investigate these things. It was purely pressure,” he said. “And he is very unfortunate … Hey comes out and he defends the good people who, they should, you know, face the thugs. That is what is all the time. And now hey is a knee to the thugs of sausages on earth, and Tik Tik Tick and Tik Tiktagram and Tick and the speech of the people of politics.”
Joey Swoll renounces, then returns to social networks after Hulk Hogan’s violent reaction
Shaken by the negative response, on July 30, 2025, Joey Swoll wrote in X that he was on social networks.
“But it doesn’t matter how much you do, people only expect a reason to hate and tear you down,” he wrote. “You are a hero, or live enough to be the villain.”
However, only a few days later, on August 2, he uploaded a subtitled return video: “My message is better, it is not perfect.” Swoll explained that I needed some time to “step back, breathe, make my mind well.”
He said he refused to be Canicelado and was now ready to continue his trip to call the gym’s thugs.
“Ama me or hate, I’m not going anywhere and you won’t cancel me,” he said.
The case of Joey Swoll highlights the precarious nature of online influence, where equally well -intentioned figures can face a quick reaction on the false steps perceived.
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