{"id":654033,"date":"2026-05-06T20:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654033\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:31:19","slug":"he-just-doesnt-need-to-be-dealing-with-this-paul-hogan-left-shattered-as-son-chance-27-arrested-on-suspicion-of-domestic-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654033\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He just doesn\u2019t need to be dealing with this&#8217;: Paul Hogan left &#8216;shattered&#8217; as son Chance, 27, arrested on suspicion of domestic battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Hogan has sparked concern after being spotted running errands in Los Angeles in the wake of his son&#8217;s arrest on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In photographs obtained by California Post, the Crocodile Dundee legend appeared downcast and frail just hours after police were called to his Venice Beach home in response to a domestic disturbance.<\/p>\n<p>Following the call out, Hogan&#8217;s 27-year-old son Chance was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and later charged, with bail being set at $27,770.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is not known if the incident involved Hogan, New York Post reports, however an unknown female was spotted at the scene writing down information for law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, Woman&#8217;s Day has reported that the Aussie icon has reached his tether and is putting pressure on his ex-wife and former co-star Linda Kozlowski to take the reins of the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul\u2019s tired. At 86 he just doesn\u2019t need to be dealing with this,\u201d a well-placed source told the publication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a dad, it\u2019s devastating \u2013 unless Chance is cleared or the charges are dropped, it\u2019s going to stay on his record forever,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The insider revealed that Hogan is &#8220;beating himself up&#8221; over his son&#8217;s crisis and feels he has failed him.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Hogan family are said to be concerned about the 86-year-old&#8217;s fragile health and &#8220;will never forgive Chance&#8221; if the situation takes a toll on his wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul\u2019s just shattered by all this,&#8221; the insider revealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January last year, <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/aussie-actor-paul-hogans-son-chance-drunkenly-slurs-please-kill-me-in-concerning-instagram-video-of-him-drinking-wine-and-watching-tv\/news-story\/8fb7b5c267e2ad02ec93a06027c2b904\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"8fb7b5c267e2ad02ec93a06027c2b904\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chance set off alarm bells after drunkenly begging someone to &#8220;please kill me&#8221; in a concerning social media post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He slurred his words as he made the alarming request in an Instagram video, which showed him drinking wine from a glass in public while the US sitcom Fat Albert played on his laptop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4479a7ed1c1e72eb367f91180d6418ea.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Sutton Foster makes major Met Gala debut alongside Hugh Jackman\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my life. This is what it&#8217;s been reduced to,&#8221; he said before leaning in closer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please. Please kill me. I&#8217;m begging you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has previously reflected on the media attention he and his family have received over the years<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/as-soon-as-i-possibly-can-crocodile-dundee-star-paul-hogans-final-wish-to-return-home-to-australia-revealed-in-heartbreaking-new-interview\/news-story\/5de9303214faf8b9468b2592a11dd6d9\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"5de9303214faf8b9468b2592a11dd6d9\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> in an interview with Channel Seven&#8217;s Sally Bowrey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get a bit annoyed with the press I get off the rags from my &#8216;troubled son&#8217; Chance,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s pretty clever, because he knows\u2026 there&#8217;s this paparazzi guy who lives down our street, and he plays it up. But he&#8217;s actually a hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Hogan has sparked concern after being spotted running errands in Los Angeles in the wake of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9716,64,63,316200,480,316199,174591,134,268494],"class_list":["post-654033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-tv-star","tag-celebrity","tag-chance-hogan","tag-crocodile-dundee","tag-entertainment","tag-paul-hogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}