A writer who worked for the media company sued into bankruptcy by Hulk Hogan after it published a sex tape featuring the wrestler crassly celebrated the sports icon’s death on Thursday at 71.
‘So Hulk Hogan died,’ science writer Yvette d’Entremont posted on X just hours after Hogan’s death.
‘As a former Gawker writer (as are all Gawker writers thanks to Hulk Hogan), I won’t be the first or the last to say “f**k that guy.”
‘Dance on any grave you want to, but this one’s mine.’
D’Entremont formerly wrote for Gawker, which a jury found liable for invasion of privacy for publishing a private sex tape that featured Hogan without his consent.
The wrestler was awarded $115 million in compensatory damages, $25 million in punitive damages, and a $31 million settlement. The decision forced Gawker Media to file for bankruptcy and put itself up for sale in June 2016.
The site’s new owner, Univision, swiftly shuttered the site.
D’Entremont’s comments on Thursday earned immediate backlash from critics.
‘As a former Gawker writer (as are all Gawker writers thanks to Hulk Hogan ), I won’t be the first or the last to say “f**k that guy,”‘ science writer Yvette d’Entremont posted on X just hours after Hogan’s death
D’Entremont formerly wrote for Gawker, which a jury found liable for invasion of privacy for publishing a private sex tape that featured Hogan without his consent
‘Making every Gawker writer a former Gawker writer was perhaps [Hogan’s] greatest achievement. If he had done nothing else, his life was worthwhile,’ one X user commented.
‘Remember when he made your entire company dissolve LMFAO,’ sniped another.
‘Hi Yvette, have you considered for even a moment the possibility that you are one of the bad guys?’ a third chimed in.
The torrent of criticism led d’Entremont to double-down on her remarks.
‘[T]ell yourselves whatever you have to because you’re mad about a wrestler dying,’ she added in a follow-up post.
‘I also took great pleasure reading the obituaries of Henry Kissinger and Rush Limbaugh, and I won’t apologize for those either,’ the 42-year-old added in a later post, referring to the conservative former Secretary of State and conservative radio star.
Hogan was pronounced dead Thursday, after suffering a heart attack. The WWE hall of famer was 71
D’Entremont has published a science-based blog under the pseudonym SciBabe.
Her most recent post on the site came in January 2024.
She has also worked in B2B sales, as an adjunct professor of chemistry, and in industry and research labs as a chemist. Her blog became ‘a fulltime job’ in 2015, the site states.
Hogan was pronounced dead at a Clearwater, Florida, hospital Thursday, after suffering cardiac arrest.