Hulk Hogan took the stand for the second day of his $100 million trial against Gawker for posting a video of him having sex with his best friend’s wife – acknowledging that he had not told any media outlets that he was not barred from talking about the sex tape amid legal wrangling after its release.

“It was OK to talk about it. We were just getting barraged by the media. We were trying to get Gawker to take it down but they wouldn’t take it down,” the pro wrestling legend testified in a Pinellas Country ​courtroom.

Clad in a black blazer, black undershirt and his signature black bandanna, Hogan discussed his response to the tape — which was posted Oct. 4, 2012 — during his interview with TMZ five days later.

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, said his attitude about the tape in the interview was a result of him being in character.

“I was totally Hulk Hogan (for the TMZ interview) because I wasn’t at home in my private house,” he testified.

Hogan said he didn’t tell any interviewers that he would not discuss the video.

“That would be the job for the publicist,” he said. “It was someone else’s job to do that.”

Hogan said he was in the midst of an October 2012 publicity tour for TNA Wrestling when he got a call from TMZ about the Gawker post.

TMZ told him that the recording revealed how his then-best friend, radio shock-jock Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, was responsible for making and leaking the sex tape, Hogan has said.

Hogan also said he discussed the sex tape with Howard Stern because it was a “character-driven” interview based on his wrestler persona.

He also defended openly addressing the matter in a press conference.

“I had to do something,” he testified. “I had to try to stop Gawker from doing what they were trying to do to me.”