ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Just when you thought this trial couldn’t get more embarrassing.

​Gawker lawyers closed their defense on Thursday with a taped deposition of Hulk Hogan being asked about a bawdy ad [below] that he did for a web-hosting company in which he spoofed the Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” video.

The spot for Hostamania features Hogan, clad in a bright-yellow muscle tee and black thong, swinging on a wrecking ball.

Gawker’s lawyer asked if he was ashamed of the spoof video, and Hogan admitted that “it was kind of embarrassing.”

He then drew a distinction between Terry Bollea the man — who’s suing Gawker for $100 million for posting a clip of him in a sex tape — and Hulk Hogan the character.

“Do you find it embarrassing to have it on the Internet?” Gawker’s attorney asked.

“Uh, no, because it’s an advertisement for a promotional piece in character,” Hogan responded on tape.

Hogan added that the spot was very successful, garnering 3 million views.

He admitted that some fans told him the ad was “not very tasteful,” but most people had a “positive reaction, very few haters.”

Hogan is suing Gawker, its founder, Nick Denton, and the ex-editor who posted the video, A.J. Daulerio, saying they violated his right to privacy by publishing a 1-minute, 41-second clip of him having sex with Bubba the Love Sponge Clem’s ex-wife Heather Cole.

Gawker has maintained it was exercising its First Amendment right because Hogan is a public figure and his sex life is a matter of public interest.

Closing arguments in the trial will begin on Friday morning.