Finished this book recently, and wooo boy, where to begin
Be forewarned, if you're a big Bret Hart fan, brace yourself, it won't be pretty.
Julie grew up in a broken home, and later foster care with her sister Michelle who would marry Dynamite Kid later on. She was also a victim of sexual assault when she was a teen. She lists alot of her negative traits in the book, from her bi polar behavior, and drug abuse. I say all of this so we understand our narrator before moving on to Bret.
-Bret comes off as extremely manipulative, and used her for relief whenever he felt lonely. Most of the time he would spend his time with other women. Whenever he wanted something, he would come in with "I love you"
-Abandoned his kids to go get drunk, and high with his new girl, and friend when he promised to take them to a firework show. The kids waited all day for him, and cried. The Ultimate Warrior story Bret talked about comes to mind. Except it was with his own kids.
-Bret arrived late at night, drunk. Julie in frustration, told the kids daddy wasn't coming because he went to go get drunk and high with his new girl. The kids weren't surprised with the high part, because they recognized the smell whenever they were around him. Bret finding out what Julie told the kids, dragged her off by the neck, pushed her to the ground and began choking her in front of the kids, and his friend. He comes in the other day to apologize, and say I love you. And she forgives him.
-Threatened to kill his sister Diane, and Julie's friend multiple times by shooting them. Again, that Dynamite Kid story Bret told in his book comes to mind. He really was the pot.
-Julie spent every waking hour taking care of him during his stroke.
-Later on, when he and Julie divorced, and remarried, he completely stopped seeing his kids. All the kids lived with Julie.
-During the time Julie spent nights with Bret, she didn't know he remarried. Meaning he already was cheating on his new wife.
-At the HOF speech Bret completely snuffs Julie and most of his kids, citing he wouldn't be where he's at today without the help with his new wife. He also axxed Julie from attending even though she wanted to.
-When Julie and the kids were looking at bankruptcy, and about to lose the house, she asked for help from Bret. She needed 9 grand. Bret said no saying he didn't have that kind of money on him. He also said several things that Julie didn't want to write in the book because it was too cruel.
-Some of the kids like Dallas were able to make up with Bret when they became adults.
-Bret's history of abusing women is nothing new as his sister Diane even talked about Bret hitting her, and his girlfriends in highschool.
-I've seen Bret's fans saying Julie was making everything up because she was an ex-wife with an axe to grind, but nah. All the kids were there to witness, have other people to back up her claims, and she just comes across as the person from the "When keeping it real goes wrong" skit on Chappelle show where she wears her emotions on her sleeves, saying everything on her mind, with no deception intended.
I've never seen Bret as a hero growing up like alot of kids. Thank God for that. Yes, everyone have their faults, but this guy is still continuing to carry himself off as a Canadian Hero, high and mighty is all laughable now. I wonder how many of his fans are even aware of this, because they never read Julie's book, and even if they did, their hero worship would blind them to the truth.
It makes me really appreciate the Mick Foleys of the world. And there aren't many of those around.
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