In news that can only be described as “WTF, Dwayne?”— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed that he won’t be endorsing anyone for president this year and his reasoning why just might shock you.
Speaking in an interview with Fox News (???) with Will Cain, Johnson explained that he wouldn’t be publicly endorsing any political candidate ahead of the 2024 election due to the “division” he claimed he spawned back when he endorsed Joe Biden back in 2020.
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time. I thought, ‘I’m in this position where I have some influence and I felt it was my job then to exercise my influence [and] share: This is who I’m going to endorse.’ I’m not going to do that,” Johnson said. “I was then, the most followed man in the world, and am today. And I appreciate that. But what that caused was something that tears me up in my guts—which is division. That got me. I didn’t realize that then, I just felt like there was a lot of unrest and I’d like things to calm down.”
Hmmm. A few quick questions, Dwayne: “division” amongst whom? And what exactly were they divided about?
He continued:
“The takeaway after that was it caused an incredible amount of division. I realize now going into this election, I will not do that. My goal is to bring this country together. I believe in that. There will be no endorsement. At this level of influence, I will keep my politics to myself. It is between me and the ballot box. But I will tell you this: Like a lot of us out there, not trusting of all politicians, I do trust the American people and whoever they vote for that is my president and who I will support 100 percent.”
Later, when asked whether or not he was happy with the current state of the country, the “Red Notice” actor said no, citing “today’s cancel culture and woke culture.”
“Today’s cancel culture, woke culture, division, etc — that really bugs me,” Johnson explained. “In the spirit of that, you either succumb to that and be what other people want you to be, or you be yourself and be real … and that might make people upset and piss people off, and that’s okay.
Oof. Again, just really quickly—I have a few more questions: what the hell do you mean “woke culture?” Can you even define what being “woke” means? Can you define it accurately? Do you know where the term originated and how it’s been unjustly and inaccurately bastardized?
Perhaps more importantly, can you smell the BS you just cooked up into this interview, Dwayne? Because readers, viewers and fans definitely will. There’s a difference in being yourself and it pissing people off and being a narcissist, racist, deliberately divisive, offensively discriminatory, and intentionally ignorant human being and pissing people off because of it.
There’s also a difference in wanting the world, folks in power and policies to reflect and empower the diverse people that make up this country’s population and whatever “woke culture” bullshit some other folks are trying to make exist. Newsflash: it doesn’t. With such a huge platform like the “Jumanji” star has, it would behoove Johnson to think twice before spewing certain dogwhistle terminology lest it further stoke the flames of the very division he claims to be so disheartened by.
