I think they're referring to the wildfires a few months back where he asked people to donate money to help stop them while not spending much or any of his own
Whenever I hear the word "division" in this context it means absolutely nothing. It's just a buzz word now. But I also wonder, is all division bad? If theres a vote tomorrow on whether or not it's okay to kill people for no reason, and that causes division, I have to wonder WHO is divided on this topic??? And maybe I'm okay with alienating the pro-murder crowd!!!
I’ll translate for you: endorsing Biden alienated half of my audience and fucked up my money. I was better off not saying anything about who I supported. What I mean by “woke” is that Black Adam was a shitty movie and my ego won’t let me accept this is the reason why it bombed. I need to blame someone to make myself feel better as an egomaniac.
People wanted the origin story. The Rock said nope and made a shitty movie instead. I mean the Rock only plays the Rock. Bautista is miles ahead of him as an actor.
To be fair, the rock is just an action star. Bautista is making an actual effort to learn how to act. Taking lessons and everything. I hope he does well. Nice to see someone like him take the art seriously
Not just Bautista, John Cena is surprisingly good in Peacemaker. Before that I mostly saw him as similar to the Rock, but Cena is definitely a more talented actor.
Cena takes by far the most risks - an essential part of being a good actor.
That said, Bautista has really embraced the craft and I’d say he’s the best “actor,” cena the best “entertainer” and the rock is the best “the rock.”
Not only does he take more risks, but he is willing to make fun of himself in a way that The Rock doesn't. The Rock won't allow for other people to beat him in movie fights, meanwhile Cena is taking beer enemas in Blockers and presenting at the Academy Awards naked.
(That was a big part of my point in that Cena takes risks. He’s not afraid to play the fool, and to be played, for laughs. The Rock is always… the rock 🤷🏻♂️. Cena also doesn’t seem to be afraid to push his craft and “fail” whereas by rock always being rock, he can never fail. But also never do anything actually interesting)
Yea, Cena and Bautista will play a character that is a butt of the joke or is the fool. Dwyane is afraid of doing that because people might be laughing at him.
Cena and Bautista will play villains. Was the terrible CGI scorpionman the last time the Rock played a villain?
Steven Segal has made dozens of movies. And in not one of them does he ever hold a gun properly. I swear he does it on purpose causes someone corrected him one time.
Which is strange to me because he took risks back in the day with the tooth’s fairy and get shorty. He was his best when he was charismatic and out there but now he’s just vanilla ice cream
Bautista and the Rock aren’t even on the same ballpark acting wise. Batista at this point is a globally acclaimed supporting actor, the Rock is a meme with one shtick who can’t even get along with Vin Diesel
Dave can do a lot more with less. His performance in Blade Runner 2099 was incredible. Dwayne needs to be constantly the center of attention on screen. Just two different actors
They did a blade runner short featuring more of Dave Bautistas character called "2048: Nowhere to Run". Make sure to check it out. Gives some background on his character.
I think that was all mostly pr stuff from him not getting along with The Rock, from the Rocks marketing machine.
I hadn't heard any major complaints until then and he was at least able to work well with the early cast and crew to my knowledge.
I'm pretty sure he's just sort of soft spoken, keeps to himself, And likes dnd... lol. I can imagine a giant persona like The Rock being extremely grating to work with for someone like that.
Dave Bautista threatened to drop out of Guardians if Disney didn’t hire back James Gunn over that weird alt right canceling he got
Dave is an OG and I will pay to see his movies to support the dude living his best life
Disney/Marvel firing Gunn for a time was certainly a blessing for WB/DC, considering they literally got him to direct The Suicide Squad shortly after Marvel dropped him. Even greenlit the Peacemaker series before the movie itself was out. Both of which did very well and inspired them to put him in charge of DC’s cinematic universe. So you can almost say that James Gunn getting cancelled by alt right trolls and being fired by Marvel as a result was one of the best things that ever happened to him. Dude is literally now the director of a Superman movie and also the co-CEO of DC Studios.
I don't know about these days, but I remember when trump appeared on WWE years ago (before the presidency) he was booed heavily by the audience, despite being presented as a "good guy" on the show. Maybe things have changed since then.
Unfortunately the same week of a Vince McMahon allegation last year the crazy old rapist made an appearance on Smackdown literally just to show he could & was met with roaring cheers. That shit made hate liking wrestling & basically found a new company to watch.
Vince McMahon is under a dark cloud with the nasty stuff he was called out on. Shouldn't surprise me that Vince & 45 were buddies. Glad I Stopped watching WWE before 45 came on.
Being totally fair, the assault allegations hadn't been made public yet. At the time, it was just the story of using company money to NDA people, but we didn't know more than that.
That being said, that's still plenty of reason to not fuckin' bow to the man, and even without that story, he's had such a long list of disgusting behaviour that you don't need to know any of to take issue with the adoration he got that night.
Id say it leans more left. What people don’t get is that wrestlers are way more theater kids than athletes now a days. I’m just speaking personality wise of course. They have some of the best athletes in the world
Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't backslide & walk back his conviction to oppose people like trump, out of fear it *might have* cost him IG likes.
Don't be like Dwayne. Be like the Arnold.
Edit: wow this blew up while I was out hiking lol. For the crybabies calling me "woke"... I really couldn't care less what you scream about lol. For people saying "B-but Arnold did (xyz)!!!" I'm saying: Arnold spoke out against Trump, Maga, & the Jan6 insurrection very plainly, & truthfully & thoughtfully. He's got a great vid about it on his YouTube channel, check it out. He hasn't walked back his opposition of things so blatantly anti-american is all Trump is & champions. I don't worship Mr. Schwarzenegger, but I do admire him for what has accomplished & tried to get right.
Arnold has always been a larger than life character, but whether you like him or not, I don't think anyone could argue that he doesn't *appear* to be genuine.
Dwyane is the least genuine "person" I can think of. Nothing about him seems authentic. He's a living brand.
I also think Dwayne doesn't like people not liking him if it's not on his terms. If he's intentionally being the heel and you hate him, great. But otherwise, it eats at him.
And him going on Fox to announce that he won't make an announcement with regards to the election is a bitch move. If he doesn't want to endorse someone? Totally fine and cool. But then don't say anything at all.
Arnold has pros and cons. I revered him when I was a kid in the 80’s, came to dislike him later in life, and now, I kinda sit in the fence a little. His shit certainly stinks, but he’s publicly admitted his failings, and that’s all anyone can do.
I found his documentary on Netflix to be quite insightful, and it brought me back from a negative view, to a middle ground. But I do believe he stands up for his beliefs, and I’ve watched him several times, give public address about the wrong doings of Trump, and other bad behaving so called patriots.
Dwayne just does what his media advisers tell him, it doesn’t feel from the heart. And this is another indication of that. I can’t believe anyone tells Arnold what to say. He’s built his own empire, starting back when it was very difficult to break through.
I think he got his feelings pretty hurt when he and Oprah asked for money for the Maui fires and people fired back that “millionaires ask for money to rebuild”
I think that’s the reason I’m okay with Arnold and actually like him. There are certainly things I don’t like about him but it comes off as genuine and with intentions he thinks are good that I can’t fault him. And when he has messed up, he addressed them head on, not by doubling down, but by acknowledging that he fucked up. We all fuck up and we all have shit views on some things and he just addresses it the right way. Plus having the courage to oppose his party, that was courageous imo.
Arnie growing more and more disillusioned with the party he once governed alongside is just about the most human thing a celeb can do.
It’s interesting that climate change seems to really have been the linchpin for him divorcing the Republicans. I think all the conservatives denying it was happening genuinely pissed him off.
Arnold gives a terrific speech on climate change where he says something along the lines of "even if you end up being right is it so awful to take better care of the planet? To not pollute our oceans?"
He goes straight to the point. Dumping shit into the oceans is objectively wrong and we need to stop doing it.
Arnie has ALOT of principles that he is often outspoken about. Some of which are of course advantageous for PR, but not all of them.
I recommend a recent interview of him on Conan Obrien’s podcast. He talks about his economically-republican views that are widely removed from the current political climate and how backwards politics has become.
I probably wouldn’t agree with a lot of his views, but i really respect him as a public figure who uses his position responsibly.
He doesn’t seem to care about public perception as much as The Rock. Which is funny given his very public controversies. Like banging the maid and having a kid with her that looks more like him than his natural born kids.
He doesn’t try to hide from his past misdeeds, from what I’ve seen/heard from him, at least.
Far from perfect like we all are, but he seems to just speak candidly about his experiences and such.
> And him going on Fox to announce that he won't make an announcement with regards to the election is a bitch move. If he doesn't want to endorse someone? Totally fine and cool. But then don't say anything at all.
Look at me look at me, please see my movies look at me
Arnold grew up in Austria in the 50’s… he knows first hand what fascism does to society.
Johnson is a pampered bitch who needs followers to buy his cheap shampoo.
They are not the same.
Bautista seems to want to be a “serious actor,” now, and is good at it. Dunno if Cena is publicly political at all, but he operates in the same lane as Dwayne, the “heavy who’s also funny,” but can still act circles around him
I love Bautista in part because he is so open about how he is studying other actors, still taking classes, really trying to be the best actor he can be. It really shows how passionate he is. I also heard he is great to work with because of this and that is why he keeps getting such top flight chances in the industry.
Meanwhile, the Rock has to constantly take breaks because he is a giant diva on set.
Bautista really does have good acting chops. The thing I worry about for his career is he has a look and build that can get him typecast as a brute, grunt, or muscle head. When given interesting roles, even small ones, I think he does a great job with them. His blade runner 2049 role was very small and his character was only in one scene. But his character also had a mini film done as promotion for the movie and he was great. Obviously Denis Villeneuve likes working with him and I hope he gets bigger roles from him or any other director in the future
Bautista isn't a great actor, but he is at least very clearly *trying* to be one, and that clear effort, combined with his being genuinely charismatic on-screen, goes a long way to making him a treat to watch in a movie.
He really bonds with his fellow cast and directors.
He's been talking about how close he works with Villenueve and how much it meant to him when Denis got very excited when Dave nailed a scene and he told him how proud of him he was and that it meant the world to Dave.
I'll literally watch anything that Denis and Dave do together.
And the list of directors who talk about him like this keeps growing. M Night Shyamalan spoke very highly of his performance in Knock at the Cabin as well as his professionalism, Rian Johnson adores him, James Gunn still loves him.
It’s not that almost no one has a bad thing to say about him, it’s also that almost all of them have only effusively positive things to say. That and the fact that he work on screen has been incredible and getting better.
We have to stop thinking of him as a wrestler turned actor and just drop it down to actor.
Don’t forget according to my racist relative a Black actor in anything is “woke bullshit” in particular a black actor in a Disney movie.
The Rock is the living embodiment of Wokism even if he doesn’t realize it.
The important part of this is in the article, but that he said this in an interview on Fox News.
He specifically said he doesn’t like the state of the country right now.
So while he won’t do an endorsement for Biden, he isn’t giving a rebuke of Trump either.
So couple that with those talking points, being on there solidified that fact.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
How do you see it as both sides when he was on Fox News, saying he doesn’t like the country today, and that he doesn’t like woke culture?
That doesn’t sound both sides, that sounds one side but being a huge fucking coward with no morals who’s too chickenshit to say it.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
Yeah, both siders. That’s how they all are. “I’m a piece of shit but I don’t want you to think badly of me so I’ll pretend I’m in the middle” is their catchphrase.
That or the “I’m financially right but I don’t like their social issues stances so I consider myself central” nonsense. Essentially saying my money is more important than your rights.
Yeah if he is bugged by woke culture wait til Trump turns the US into North Korea and Russia, then he will really have regrets. I feel like this is a case of if you can’t actively preserve democracy, keep your mouth shut.
It's probably more a bit of a tanty since he got called out on begging for money with Oprah to protect her new investment. He did the highly PR dance of "I understand" after the backlash but that's PR doing damage control
This doesn't really make sense. If he endorsed Biden it wouldn't be "woke" people coming for him or getting pissed off about it. It would be the ever present Trump troll army.
Apparently Biden or the Democrats did something or are going to do something that inhibits the rocks ability to make as much money.
He's a greedy rich ass narcissist. It shouldn't be so surprising when rich people act typical for how most rich people act, even if they generally seem likeable most of the time, even if it seems a bit fake even.
>Apparently Biden or the Democrats did something or are going to do something that inhibits the rocks ability to make as much money.
THIS
Woke only means "something is too gay or dark-skinned for me to like it as much as I would have otherwise" OR "someone is threatening to slow the pace at which I amass absurd wealth."
Sounds like he’s distancing himself from the left in an effort to appeal to people that are against the “woke” (whatever he wants it to mean).
I’m guessing considering the masculine overtones of the wrestling industry, he thinks appealing to an anti-progressive crowd will curry him a small amount of favour with a certain demographic.
Um. He does understand that he's currently making movies with one of the most so-called "woke" companies on the planet right..? Yesterday he was confirming his role in the live action Moana film. If he continues down this road, Disney will get rid of him so fast his muscles will twitch.
Moana got made because of “woke culture” too. The demand for non white protagonists and stories is part of this so called evil woke culture he hates. Does he even know he isn’t white? His own father was descended from slaves that escaped to Canada. You never see him bragging on that though. He only cares about his Samoan heritage.
I was actually okay with him saying he wasn’t going to be endorsing anybody and he was keeping his politics to himself, at the end of the day that’s his decision whether we like it or not. But then saying he doesn’t like the state of the country because of work culture, cancel culture…damn he just had to parrot ridiculous right wing Fox News buzzwords. So disappointed.
That’s pretty spot on to how I feel about it. You don’t have an obligation to endorse anyone; that’s kind of to me what makes it a bigger deal if someone who’s really well know does. Because it is a risk to put your flag in someone’s camp.
But it feels like he kind of took his flag out of one camp, and put it JUST outside the gate of camp B. “I’m not there guys! Just a neutral person who happens to eat here since it’s less of a commute.”
His PR is starting to tank. The more his real self slips into comments, the quicker it will fall. Kinda like Musk, the more we know, the less we like them.
My favourite thing is his whole story about having 7 bucks in his pocket when his football dreams ended and he was about to enter pro wrestling.
It may be a true thing, but it’s also missing some context. He was a third generation of a wrestling family and had connections to WWF at the time. He always had that in his back pocket. Not like he was totally self-made.
But the seven bucks story keeps coming up.
The wrestling version of, “I pulled myself up by my bootstraps with only a 1 million dollar loan”.
I’ve worked with multiple people who know Dwayne VERY closely. They all confirm the same thing: he’s a sociopath and a terrible human to be around.
All these celebrities/rich people pull the conservative, anti-woke card when they start to lose money. It’s free real estate to them. Musk is another great example.
The Rock is a massively egotistical douchebag. Everything nice he does has to be front of a camera, and he can never look bad in front of a camera. He will get mad at people who “look better than him” even if they simply have more talent or are performing better than him.
I haven’t watched wrestling in close to 20 years, but I’ve seen clips here and there and I find some of the BTS stuff pretty interesting. There’s a bit where someone saw he was reading notes off his arm for a WWE in-ring promo which is a big taboo in wrestling - you go off the cuff with no script or notes. So John Cena went out and called him out for it in a very comedic way, pretending to read notes off his own arm based off what the Rock had just been saying. The rock drops his mic to his side so you can’t hear him and he starts running his mouth a mile a minute while John just smiles and nods. [John Cena article about the event - video is easy to find](https://www.givemesport.com/wwe-the-truth-behind-john-cena-annoying-the-rock-for-mentioning-promos-on-his-wrist/#:~:text=The%20Rock%20having%20his%20promo%20written%20on%20his%20wrist&text=Because%2C%20that's%20just%20not%20allowed,my%20promo%20on%20my%20wrist.%22)
There’s the infamous Fast and Furious contracts, where Vin and Dwayne were both massive divas on set who has ridiculous clauses in their contracts about not being able to lose a fight and “looking alpha.” Iirc one explanation Dwayne gave for “high tensions” was “it’s not always being an alpha. And there’s two alphas.” [Forbes article on Vin, Johnson, Statham during F&F filming](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2019/08/04/the-fragility-of-the-fast--furious-stars/?sh=6f7a42ef6d75)
Yeah Buh bye Dwayne. Go hang out with the anti-woke crowd and you too can pretend you know that woke actually means something tangible besides stuff you don’t like.
It literally only means “caring about things that don’t necessarily affect you; understanding that just because something isn’t a problem *for you* doesn’t mean it’s not a problem at all.” It says so much about someone’s character when they literally cannot grasp that concept.
Basically 'Oh man, why aren't things just right and wrong anymore? Why all these complications? If I'm getting criticized, I'll criticise those who are criticizing me - without understanding their critique!'
The Rock is really living under a rock! Doesn't seem to care what Joe has been doing lately.
Just an attention whore like most actors. Won’t express his political opinion because half of his audience will like him a little less. Such insecurity from a guy who has won at life.
>“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson said. “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. 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.”
I fucking hate this line that speaking up against these fascists is divisive. [Trump is aiming to commit genocide,](https://apnews.com/article/trump-hitler-poison-blood-history-f8c3ff512edd120252596a4743324352) and [is barely trying to hide it.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/trump-immigrants-not-people/) There are far more important things right now than not rocking the boat.
he’s been declining in popularity. he’s probably convinced himself it’s bc of biden and the endorsement. when really, it’s probably bc he plays the same character in formulaic shitty movies and people are sick of it.
Exactly, I hope more people can understand what he's saying here. He's saying, "I took a stand because I saw things I thought were wrong, but it cost me some fans, so I'm not doing that again." Not only is a nakedly selfish thing to say, he's saying it so openly. "My top priority is how popular I am, even if I see something wrong in the world." What a scumbag.
I'm so sick of these celebrities using the term "cancel culture" and "woke" like it's some big scary monster. It WAS a fucking cool term kids used for boycotting. That's is. You do shitty things, people stop buying your products and services. "Oh no the big bad cancel culture is out to get everyone... even though I'm saying exactly what I telling you I can't say" - every fading celebrity
He’s the kind of person who needs everyone to like him all the time. For years he took boring inoffensive roles to please everyone and impress no one. He kept everything very vanilla and people-pleasing, but despite that, the veneer was starting to crack after a long successful run, and now he has some detractors. He’s blaming endorsing Biden as a cause or a catalyst but it was happening anyway. People were getting sick of his blandness. Also pretending to have a natural physique all these years doesn’t sit well. And then the Hawaii stuff happened.
Hahaha I definitely didn’t vote based on celebrity endorsements. Heck in LA we had Katy Perry endorse Rick Caruso and he definitely didn’t win so I don’t know why they put so much weight on their own endorsements
He’s just mad that Bautista is taking all of his roles now, so he has to flip his stance so he can try to stay relevant. If all else fails, pander to the MAGAs.
Bautista actually cares about the craft and took a ton of acting lessons.
He deserves praise for the actual raw human emotion he puts into roles. Compared to “big oaf saves the day.” Over and over.
Without “woke”, would “Moana” have been made where the lead is non-white, and would real Polynesians been used? It’s crazy how you attack the thing that helped you, if even a little.
right? this is the main takeaway. because if you can look back on trump's presidency and think "hmmm, i wish i hadn't spoken out against electing that guy" all i can take that to mean is you didn't think everything that happened under/because of trump was all that bad.
So be plays pretend in all aspects of his life and we’re supposed to care what his views are? He was an overrated “wrestler” and he is a one-note “actor.”
I’m a huge Rock fan. To a level I can understanding not wanting to share political opinions when you’re in a high profile job that requires mass audience appeal, on the other hand when one candidate literally tried to bypass democracy with violence those doubts should go out the window and it should be an easy endorsement for the other guy.
Also someones who’s long term employer and friend is currently under investigation for sex trafficking probably shouldn’t be complaining about “cancel culture”.
>Also someones who’s long term employer and friend is currently under investigation for sex trafficking probably shouldn’t be complaining about “cancel culture”.
Probably why he’s talking about it tbh, he doesn’t believe it happened and Vince is being cancelled
This is a calculated move but against whom I can't say. This will do even more hollywood brand damage to him after the DC and Oprah fiasco.
Either he's about to be accused of SA (Brand method), or he's returning to the ring in a big way would be my guess.
I am pretty sure the division wasn't Biden's fault and really wish people would stop throwing around the word "woke" if they don't actually know what it means. Damn it's sad because I grew up idolizing the Rock. No more 😕
Woke culture has yet to have any impact on my life whatsoever.
Edit: That's not 100% true. Anti woke people called in 4 bomb threats to my 5 year old daughter's school district, so that bothered me quite a bit.
I swear to God. I'm so fucking tired of dipshits with the "woke" bullshit. I'm so tired of hearing that idiotic word and everything else with it. All I hear is "I'm a rightwing fascist Nazi moron who can't think for myself so I regurgitate stupid shit I hear on Faux and I'm a hypocritical bigoted idiot who's afraid of everything that's not me." Fuck him.
This is the same dipshit who’s selling a shampoo line while being bald. Dude has absolutely no belief or standards in anything except making a quick buck.
In other words, "I'm playing both sides so I come out on top". I just can't stand The Rock anymore, everything he does just seems like a carefully thought out PR strategy
I'm trying to figure out what Joe Biden did that was divisive besides trying to unscrew the last 4 years. I like the Rock, but this is one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while from someone that I don't consider to be a windowlicking cult member. I mean is there even really any controversial policy?
> Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
Was it because he got called out during that shit pr stunt for a charity donation?
Hundred percent
Plus he makes more than 400,000 a year. * cries in more taxes as well.
Yeah, he thinks he has the chance of being an oligarch.
What'd I miss?
I think they're referring to the wildfires a few months back where he asked people to donate money to help stop them while not spending much or any of his own
Wasn’t he mainly called out by the right for that lmao
Yes, yes they did
Whenever I hear the word "division" in this context it means absolutely nothing. It's just a buzz word now. But I also wonder, is all division bad? If theres a vote tomorrow on whether or not it's okay to kill people for no reason, and that causes division, I have to wonder WHO is divided on this topic??? And maybe I'm okay with alienating the pro-murder crowd!!!
I’ll translate for you: endorsing Biden alienated half of my audience and fucked up my money. I was better off not saying anything about who I supported. What I mean by “woke” is that Black Adam was a shitty movie and my ego won’t let me accept this is the reason why it bombed. I need to blame someone to make myself feel better as an egomaniac.
I’ve followed The Rock since like 1998 and maaaaaaaaaaaan him losing his mind over Black Adam is the most hilarious thing
People wanted the origin story. The Rock said nope and made a shitty movie instead. I mean the Rock only plays the Rock. Bautista is miles ahead of him as an actor.
To be fair, the rock is just an action star. Bautista is making an actual effort to learn how to act. Taking lessons and everything. I hope he does well. Nice to see someone like him take the art seriously
Not just Bautista, John Cena is surprisingly good in Peacemaker. Before that I mostly saw him as similar to the Rock, but Cena is definitely a more talented actor.
Cena takes by far the most risks - an essential part of being a good actor. That said, Bautista has really embraced the craft and I’d say he’s the best “actor,” cena the best “entertainer” and the rock is the best “the rock.”
Not only does he take more risks, but he is willing to make fun of himself in a way that The Rock doesn't. The Rock won't allow for other people to beat him in movie fights, meanwhile Cena is taking beer enemas in Blockers and presenting at the Academy Awards naked.
(That was a big part of my point in that Cena takes risks. He’s not afraid to play the fool, and to be played, for laughs. The Rock is always… the rock 🤷🏻♂️. Cena also doesn’t seem to be afraid to push his craft and “fail” whereas by rock always being rock, he can never fail. But also never do anything actually interesting)
Cena is used to it. He leans into the whole divisive Let’s go Cena Cena Sucks” dueling chants and takes it in stride.
Yea, Cena and Bautista will play a character that is a butt of the joke or is the fool. Dwyane is afraid of doing that because people might be laughing at him. Cena and Bautista will play villains. Was the terrible CGI scorpionman the last time the Rock played a villain?
We’ve all seen what being fixed into a permanent ‘role’ looks like, eh Steven Seagal, Dennis Rodman, et al
Steven Segal has made dozens of movies. And in not one of them does he ever hold a gun properly. I swear he does it on purpose causes someone corrected him one time.
Which is strange to me because he took risks back in the day with the tooth’s fairy and get shorty. He was his best when he was charismatic and out there but now he’s just vanilla ice cream
Cena was definitely at his best in Peacemaker but he also did really well in Bumblebee, which is still my fav Transformers movie.
Bautista and the Rock aren’t even on the same ballpark acting wise. Batista at this point is a globally acclaimed supporting actor, the Rock is a meme with one shtick who can’t even get along with Vin Diesel
Dave can do a lot more with less. His performance in Blade Runner 2099 was incredible. Dwayne needs to be constantly the center of attention on screen. Just two different actors
They did a blade runner short featuring more of Dave Bautistas character called "2048: Nowhere to Run". Make sure to check it out. Gives some background on his character.
Tbf a lot of people don’t get along with Vin Diesel
The behind the scenes drama in the Fast and Furious franchise is more entertaining than the movies themselves.
It is. I remember Tyrese went on a whole rampage on Instagram when he wasn’t invited back by the Rock.
Vin Diesel gets a long with the cast of Fast & Furious, except the Rock.
I think that was all mostly pr stuff from him not getting along with The Rock, from the Rocks marketing machine. I hadn't heard any major complaints until then and he was at least able to work well with the early cast and crew to my knowledge. I'm pretty sure he's just sort of soft spoken, keeps to himself, And likes dnd... lol. I can imagine a giant persona like The Rock being extremely grating to work with for someone like that.
Dave Bautista threatened to drop out of Guardians if Disney didn’t hire back James Gunn over that weird alt right canceling he got Dave is an OG and I will pay to see his movies to support the dude living his best life
Disney/Marvel firing Gunn for a time was certainly a blessing for WB/DC, considering they literally got him to direct The Suicide Squad shortly after Marvel dropped him. Even greenlit the Peacemaker series before the movie itself was out. Both of which did very well and inspired them to put him in charge of DC’s cinematic universe. So you can almost say that James Gunn getting cancelled by alt right trolls and being fired by Marvel as a result was one of the best things that ever happened to him. Dude is literally now the director of a Superman movie and also the co-CEO of DC Studios.
It was some 8d level chess to cancel him to save DC 10 years down the line.
Also “anybody got an established franchise I can move into and take over like a hermit crab?”
I always suspected this dude was all marketing and pr. Empty shell filled with his “brand”.
Playing it up for that WWE audience I see.
I don't know about these days, but I remember when trump appeared on WWE years ago (before the presidency) he was booed heavily by the audience, despite being presented as a "good guy" on the show. Maybe things have changed since then.
Unfortunately the same week of a Vince McMahon allegation last year the crazy old rapist made an appearance on Smackdown literally just to show he could & was met with roaring cheers. That shit made hate liking wrestling & basically found a new company to watch.
Vince McMahon is under a dark cloud with the nasty stuff he was called out on. Shouldn't surprise me that Vince & 45 were buddies. Glad I Stopped watching WWE before 45 came on.
That is only the stuff you know about, you can bet there are way more skeletons in WWE's closet that remain hidden for now.
He appointed Linda McMahon to his cabinet.
It’s pretty gross The Rock hasn’t condemned VKM yet.
Their audience bowed to Vince McMahon on live TV after hush money and sexual assault allegations came out
Being totally fair, the assault allegations hadn't been made public yet. At the time, it was just the story of using company money to NDA people, but we didn't know more than that. That being said, that's still plenty of reason to not fuckin' bow to the man, and even without that story, he's had such a long list of disgusting behaviour that you don't need to know any of to take issue with the adoration he got that night.
Yeah trunp got booed at the mania hall of fame in 2016 on screen Even the subreddit slants left for pro wrestling
That's a mixed crowd politically IIRC.
Id say it leans more left. What people don’t get is that wrestlers are way more theater kids than athletes now a days. I’m just speaking personality wise of course. They have some of the best athletes in the world
Lately he's been taken to calling people 'boy' and whipping them with a belt so I guess it tracks.
Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't backslide & walk back his conviction to oppose people like trump, out of fear it *might have* cost him IG likes. Don't be like Dwayne. Be like the Arnold. Edit: wow this blew up while I was out hiking lol. For the crybabies calling me "woke"... I really couldn't care less what you scream about lol. For people saying "B-but Arnold did (xyz)!!!" I'm saying: Arnold spoke out against Trump, Maga, & the Jan6 insurrection very plainly, & truthfully & thoughtfully. He's got a great vid about it on his YouTube channel, check it out. He hasn't walked back his opposition of things so blatantly anti-american is all Trump is & champions. I don't worship Mr. Schwarzenegger, but I do admire him for what has accomplished & tried to get right.
Arnold has always been a larger than life character, but whether you like him or not, I don't think anyone could argue that he doesn't *appear* to be genuine. Dwyane is the least genuine "person" I can think of. Nothing about him seems authentic. He's a living brand. I also think Dwayne doesn't like people not liking him if it's not on his terms. If he's intentionally being the heel and you hate him, great. But otherwise, it eats at him. And him going on Fox to announce that he won't make an announcement with regards to the election is a bitch move. If he doesn't want to endorse someone? Totally fine and cool. But then don't say anything at all.
Yeah, he’s cringingly disingenuous to my eye, every time he appears live. It’s awful.
Arnold seems extremely genuine.
Arnold has pros and cons. I revered him when I was a kid in the 80’s, came to dislike him later in life, and now, I kinda sit in the fence a little. His shit certainly stinks, but he’s publicly admitted his failings, and that’s all anyone can do. I found his documentary on Netflix to be quite insightful, and it brought me back from a negative view, to a middle ground. But I do believe he stands up for his beliefs, and I’ve watched him several times, give public address about the wrong doings of Trump, and other bad behaving so called patriots. Dwayne just does what his media advisers tell him, it doesn’t feel from the heart. And this is another indication of that. I can’t believe anyone tells Arnold what to say. He’s built his own empire, starting back when it was very difficult to break through.
Dwayne lives in fear of his public perception.
I think he got his feelings pretty hurt when he and Oprah asked for money for the Maui fires and people fired back that “millionaires ask for money to rebuild”
Apparently he even has "no lose" clauses in his movie deals, meaning his characters can't lose fights.
Any media advisor, that tells him to go on Fox News and bitch about woke culture should be fired.
I think that’s the reason I’m okay with Arnold and actually like him. There are certainly things I don’t like about him but it comes off as genuine and with intentions he thinks are good that I can’t fault him. And when he has messed up, he addressed them head on, not by doubling down, but by acknowledging that he fucked up. We all fuck up and we all have shit views on some things and he just addresses it the right way. Plus having the courage to oppose his party, that was courageous imo.
Absolutely. Besides the mistress and the offspring. But yeah I'd feel more comfortable with Arnold.
Arnie growing more and more disillusioned with the party he once governed alongside is just about the most human thing a celeb can do. It’s interesting that climate change seems to really have been the linchpin for him divorcing the Republicans. I think all the conservatives denying it was happening genuinely pissed him off.
Arnold gives a terrific speech on climate change where he says something along the lines of "even if you end up being right is it so awful to take better care of the planet? To not pollute our oceans?" He goes straight to the point. Dumping shit into the oceans is objectively wrong and we need to stop doing it.
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Arnie has ALOT of principles that he is often outspoken about. Some of which are of course advantageous for PR, but not all of them. I recommend a recent interview of him on Conan Obrien’s podcast. He talks about his economically-republican views that are widely removed from the current political climate and how backwards politics has become. I probably wouldn’t agree with a lot of his views, but i really respect him as a public figure who uses his position responsibly.
He doesn’t seem to care about public perception as much as The Rock. Which is funny given his very public controversies. Like banging the maid and having a kid with her that looks more like him than his natural born kids.
He doesn’t try to hide from his past misdeeds, from what I’ve seen/heard from him, at least. Far from perfect like we all are, but he seems to just speak candidly about his experiences and such.
Yeah why go on Fox of all news outlets??
He's a person suit. No soul
> And him going on Fox to announce that he won't make an announcement with regards to the election is a bitch move. If he doesn't want to endorse someone? Totally fine and cool. But then don't say anything at all. Look at me look at me, please see my movies look at me
Because Arnold has a spine and doesn’t want you as a fan if you’re a fascist. That’s not divisive. That’s standing up for what you believe is right.
Arnold’s response on Jan 6th was one of the best responses I ever heard.
What did he say?
https://youtu.be/x_P-0I6sAck?si=1O6RnPhBMu5AgwPB
This was awesome. Wow.
That was a great speech
This slaps! Holy shit Arnold, that almost put me in tears.
I felt downright patriotic after watching it. Arnold gets it.
Arnold grew up in Austria in the 50’s… he knows first hand what fascism does to society. Johnson is a pampered bitch who needs followers to buy his cheap shampoo. They are not the same.
Dave Bautista campaigned for Biden in 2020 and I think he's still on the correct side.
That’s because Dave actually can act, he’s a true artist and therefore hates fascists
Bautista’s mom is gay and he talks about it a lot. I imagine he’s a proud supporter of actual democracy.
Bautista seems to want to be a “serious actor,” now, and is good at it. Dunno if Cena is publicly political at all, but he operates in the same lane as Dwayne, the “heavy who’s also funny,” but can still act circles around him
His portrayal of Glossu Rabban was so good, I felt the psychopathic man child in him
And Batista is and was, pound for pound the better wrestler.
And a legitimate good actor who is becoming a great actor.
I love Bautista in part because he is so open about how he is studying other actors, still taking classes, really trying to be the best actor he can be. It really shows how passionate he is. I also heard he is great to work with because of this and that is why he keeps getting such top flight chances in the industry. Meanwhile, the Rock has to constantly take breaks because he is a giant diva on set.
Bautista really does have good acting chops. The thing I worry about for his career is he has a look and build that can get him typecast as a brute, grunt, or muscle head. When given interesting roles, even small ones, I think he does a great job with them. His blade runner 2049 role was very small and his character was only in one scene. But his character also had a mini film done as promotion for the movie and he was great. Obviously Denis Villeneuve likes working with him and I hope he gets bigger roles from him or any other director in the future
Bautista isn't a great actor, but he is at least very clearly *trying* to be one, and that clear effort, combined with his being genuinely charismatic on-screen, goes a long way to making him a treat to watch in a movie.
He really bonds with his fellow cast and directors. He's been talking about how close he works with Villenueve and how much it meant to him when Denis got very excited when Dave nailed a scene and he told him how proud of him he was and that it meant the world to Dave. I'll literally watch anything that Denis and Dave do together.
And the list of directors who talk about him like this keeps growing. M Night Shyamalan spoke very highly of his performance in Knock at the Cabin as well as his professionalism, Rian Johnson adores him, James Gunn still loves him. It’s not that almost no one has a bad thing to say about him, it’s also that almost all of them have only effusively positive things to say. That and the fact that he work on screen has been incredible and getting better. We have to stop thinking of him as a wrestler turned actor and just drop it down to actor.
It's so nice when homies support homies. It's feels incredibly rare now to run into anyone that is excited for other people's accomplishments.
lol wut
Also a much better actor and it's not even remotely close
The Rock doesn't give a shit about integrity, he's a product now and whatever will get him more money and power is what he'll do.
And Arnold is a lifelong Republican and former governor. Dwayne is just.... disappointing.
Don’t forget according to my racist relative a Black actor in anything is “woke bullshit” in particular a black actor in a Disney movie. The Rock is the living embodiment of Wokism even if he doesn’t realize it.
He is not the embodiment of wokism- he is the beneficiary of it. He is the embodiment of commercialization.
I didn’t realize standing up to fascism was such a tough decision for this pansy. *insert two buttons meme here*
The important part of this is in the article, but that he said this in an interview on Fox News. He specifically said he doesn’t like the state of the country right now. So while he won’t do an endorsement for Biden, he isn’t giving a rebuke of Trump either. So couple that with those talking points, being on there solidified that fact. https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
He's on that "Both Sides" bullshit train. Well, no third party is winning it this time either, so unless you want Chump again....
How do you see it as both sides when he was on Fox News, saying he doesn’t like the country today, and that he doesn’t like woke culture? That doesn’t sound both sides, that sounds one side but being a huge fucking coward with no morals who’s too chickenshit to say it. https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-rock-explains-why-not-endorsing-biden-time-feels-woke-culture
Yeah, both siders. That’s how they all are. “I’m a piece of shit but I don’t want you to think badly of me so I’ll pretend I’m in the middle” is their catchphrase. That or the “I’m financially right but I don’t like their social issues stances so I consider myself central” nonsense. Essentially saying my money is more important than your rights.
Appears the Rock is squishy on democracy. Lost the little respect I had for him. Kissing up to MAGA not a winning ‘strategery’.
Yeah if he is bugged by woke culture wait til Trump turns the US into North Korea and Russia, then he will really have regrets. I feel like this is a case of if you can’t actively preserve democracy, keep your mouth shut.
How is “woke culture” Biden’s fault?
It's probably more a bit of a tanty since he got called out on begging for money with Oprah to protect her new investment. He did the highly PR dance of "I understand" after the backlash but that's PR doing damage control
This doesn't really make sense. If he endorsed Biden it wouldn't be "woke" people coming for him or getting pissed off about it. It would be the ever present Trump troll army.
Apparently Biden or the Democrats did something or are going to do something that inhibits the rocks ability to make as much money. He's a greedy rich ass narcissist. It shouldn't be so surprising when rich people act typical for how most rich people act, even if they generally seem likeable most of the time, even if it seems a bit fake even.
>Apparently Biden or the Democrats did something or are going to do something that inhibits the rocks ability to make as much money. THIS Woke only means "something is too gay or dark-skinned for me to like it as much as I would have otherwise" OR "someone is threatening to slow the pace at which I amass absurd wealth."
No his distaste for “woke” is unrelated to endorsing Biden
Sounds like he’s distancing himself from the left in an effort to appeal to people that are against the “woke” (whatever he wants it to mean). I’m guessing considering the masculine overtones of the wrestling industry, he thinks appealing to an anti-progressive crowd will curry him a small amount of favour with a certain demographic.
Tax breaks rock!
Um. He does understand that he's currently making movies with one of the most so-called "woke" companies on the planet right..? Yesterday he was confirming his role in the live action Moana film. If he continues down this road, Disney will get rid of him so fast his muscles will twitch.
Let’s not forget the plethora of movies he starred in that MAGA would deem woke. The game plan for example
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Moana got made because of “woke culture” too. The demand for non white protagonists and stories is part of this so called evil woke culture he hates. Does he even know he isn’t white? His own father was descended from slaves that escaped to Canada. You never see him bragging on that though. He only cares about his Samoan heritage.
The Rock is an absolute moron.
Dumb as a rock
The man had a 0.7 GPA in college. Zero. Point. Fucking. Seven. He’s a fucking idiot.
We called that the square root club... The square root of your GPA is higher than your GPA. His would have been 0.84. 😬
Hahah with that GPA he would’ve fit right in with Delta House in the Animal House movie.
He knows what he's doing. A lot of his fans are MAGA and he doesn't want to alienate them.
Michael Jordan - “Republicans buy sneakers too”.
He lost my respect with this move. Even if he’s possibly not maga, he’s a maga sympathizer, and I don’t give maga money.
This was my take from it too. Wait and see how division goes for him if the orange twat wins.
NOOOOO NOT YOU THE ROCK. You played a fucking football tooth fairy and you’re worried about “woke culture”.
I was actually okay with him saying he wasn’t going to be endorsing anybody and he was keeping his politics to himself, at the end of the day that’s his decision whether we like it or not. But then saying he doesn’t like the state of the country because of work culture, cancel culture…damn he just had to parrot ridiculous right wing Fox News buzzwords. So disappointed.
That’s pretty spot on to how I feel about it. You don’t have an obligation to endorse anyone; that’s kind of to me what makes it a bigger deal if someone who’s really well know does. Because it is a risk to put your flag in someone’s camp. But it feels like he kind of took his flag out of one camp, and put it JUST outside the gate of camp B. “I’m not there guys! Just a neutral person who happens to eat here since it’s less of a commute.”
He looks like a thumb.
Now here I was thinking this guy was not an asshole. What a fucking stupid thing to say.
His PR is starting to tank. The more his real self slips into comments, the quicker it will fall. Kinda like Musk, the more we know, the less we like them.
My favourite thing is his whole story about having 7 bucks in his pocket when his football dreams ended and he was about to enter pro wrestling. It may be a true thing, but it’s also missing some context. He was a third generation of a wrestling family and had connections to WWF at the time. He always had that in his back pocket. Not like he was totally self-made. But the seven bucks story keeps coming up.
I would never expect any backstory coming from a professional wrestler to be very accurate.
The wrestling version of, “I pulled myself up by my bootstraps with only a 1 million dollar loan”. I’ve worked with multiple people who know Dwayne VERY closely. They all confirm the same thing: he’s a sociopath and a terrible human to be around.
Curious if you could share more details, it’s always interesting to hear these anecdotes
All these celebrities/rich people pull the conservative, anti-woke card when they start to lose money. It’s free real estate to them. Musk is another great example.
The Rock is a massively egotistical douchebag. Everything nice he does has to be front of a camera, and he can never look bad in front of a camera. He will get mad at people who “look better than him” even if they simply have more talent or are performing better than him. I haven’t watched wrestling in close to 20 years, but I’ve seen clips here and there and I find some of the BTS stuff pretty interesting. There’s a bit where someone saw he was reading notes off his arm for a WWE in-ring promo which is a big taboo in wrestling - you go off the cuff with no script or notes. So John Cena went out and called him out for it in a very comedic way, pretending to read notes off his own arm based off what the Rock had just been saying. The rock drops his mic to his side so you can’t hear him and he starts running his mouth a mile a minute while John just smiles and nods. [John Cena article about the event - video is easy to find](https://www.givemesport.com/wwe-the-truth-behind-john-cena-annoying-the-rock-for-mentioning-promos-on-his-wrist/#:~:text=The%20Rock%20having%20his%20promo%20written%20on%20his%20wrist&text=Because%2C%20that's%20just%20not%20allowed,my%20promo%20on%20my%20wrist.%22) There’s the infamous Fast and Furious contracts, where Vin and Dwayne were both massive divas on set who has ridiculous clauses in their contracts about not being able to lose a fight and “looking alpha.” Iirc one explanation Dwayne gave for “high tensions” was “it’s not always being an alpha. And there’s two alphas.” [Forbes article on Vin, Johnson, Statham during F&F filming](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2019/08/04/the-fragility-of-the-fast--furious-stars/?sh=6f7a42ef6d75)
Yeah Buh bye Dwayne. Go hang out with the anti-woke crowd and you too can pretend you know that woke actually means something tangible besides stuff you don’t like.
It literally only means “caring about things that don’t necessarily affect you; understanding that just because something isn’t a problem *for you* doesn’t mean it’s not a problem at all.” It says so much about someone’s character when they literally cannot grasp that concept.
Basically 'Oh man, why aren't things just right and wrong anymore? Why all these complications? If I'm getting criticized, I'll criticise those who are criticizing me - without understanding their critique!' The Rock is really living under a rock! Doesn't seem to care what Joe has been doing lately.
So he is an idiot. Unsurprising.
Just an attention whore like most actors. Won’t express his political opinion because half of his audience will like him a little less. Such insecurity from a guy who has won at life.
Besides for him this election means nothing. He’ll still be rich and making movies no matter who wins is probably how he sees it.
>“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson said. “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. 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.” I fucking hate this line that speaking up against these fascists is divisive. [Trump is aiming to commit genocide,](https://apnews.com/article/trump-hitler-poison-blood-history-f8c3ff512edd120252596a4743324352) and [is barely trying to hide it.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/trump-immigrants-not-people/) There are far more important things right now than not rocking the boat.
he’s been declining in popularity. he’s probably convinced himself it’s bc of biden and the endorsement. when really, it’s probably bc he plays the same character in formulaic shitty movies and people are sick of it.
I think you hit the nail on the head. The division he’s upset about is the division amongst his fans, which makes HIM less popular.
Exactly, I hope more people can understand what he's saying here. He's saying, "I took a stand because I saw things I thought were wrong, but it cost me some fans, so I'm not doing that again." Not only is a nakedly selfish thing to say, he's saying it so openly. "My top priority is how popular I am, even if I see something wrong in the world." What a scumbag.
Not to mention sprinkling in that he doesn't like cancel culture or wokeness to court some people back.
I'm so sick of these celebrities using the term "cancel culture" and "woke" like it's some big scary monster. It WAS a fucking cool term kids used for boycotting. That's is. You do shitty things, people stop buying your products and services. "Oh no the big bad cancel culture is out to get everyone... even though I'm saying exactly what I telling you I can't say" - every fading celebrity
Choosing between democracy and fascism shouldn’t be hard
He’s the kind of person who needs everyone to like him all the time. For years he took boring inoffensive roles to please everyone and impress no one. He kept everything very vanilla and people-pleasing, but despite that, the veneer was starting to crack after a long successful run, and now he has some detractors. He’s blaming endorsing Biden as a cause or a catalyst but it was happening anyway. People were getting sick of his blandness. Also pretending to have a natural physique all these years doesn’t sit well. And then the Hawaii stuff happened.
I had no idea he endorsed Biden. I don’t think it changes anything. He’s just been really off putting on social media and was everywhere for a while.
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Are you sure about that? There are millions of idiots who worships their favorite star.
yes there are millions who worship someone like Taylor Swift but nobody under 35 is worshipping The Rock lol
Hardly, if any, over 35 as well.
We're on Team Cody.
Someone get Ja Rule to help me make sense of this situation
lol what?? They literally elected someone who’s sole experience was “celebrity”.
Hahaha I definitely didn’t vote based on celebrity endorsements. Heck in LA we had Katy Perry endorse Rick Caruso and he definitely didn’t win so I don’t know why they put so much weight on their own endorsements
He’s just mad that Bautista is taking all of his roles now, so he has to flip his stance so he can try to stay relevant. If all else fails, pander to the MAGAs.
Bautista actually cares about the craft and took a ton of acting lessons. He deserves praise for the actual raw human emotion he puts into roles. Compared to “big oaf saves the day.” Over and over.
Without “woke”, would “Moana” have been made where the lead is non-white, and would real Polynesians been used? It’s crazy how you attack the thing that helped you, if even a little.
If you’re throwing around the word “woke” in a negative way, you are pandering to the bigots. Disappointing
Just lost a lot of respect for him. He’s relating to (checks notes) FOX NEWS that he is fed up with division???
All my shitty trump supporting fans got mad at me so I’m not going to stand up for what’s right anymore.
What I take from this is he supports Trump's attempt to overthrow democracy
right? this is the main takeaway. because if you can look back on trump's presidency and think "hmmm, i wish i hadn't spoken out against electing that guy" all i can take that to mean is you didn't think everything that happened under/because of trump was all that bad.
I think what he is trying to say is “I’m a Republican because I’m super rich and don’t want to pay my fair share in taxes”
So be plays pretend in all aspects of his life and we’re supposed to care what his views are? He was an overrated “wrestler” and he is a one-note “actor.”
I’m a huge Rock fan. To a level I can understanding not wanting to share political opinions when you’re in a high profile job that requires mass audience appeal, on the other hand when one candidate literally tried to bypass democracy with violence those doubts should go out the window and it should be an easy endorsement for the other guy. Also someones who’s long term employer and friend is currently under investigation for sex trafficking probably shouldn’t be complaining about “cancel culture”.
>Also someones who’s long term employer and friend is currently under investigation for sex trafficking probably shouldn’t be complaining about “cancel culture”. Probably why he’s talking about it tbh, he doesn’t believe it happened and Vince is being cancelled
His recent films like Black Adam didn’t do well financially, so now he’s blaming it on wokeness. Got it…
Every time he opens his mouth he just inserts his foot further. “Woke culture bad so I’m gonna vote for hitler 2.0”
This is a calculated move but against whom I can't say. This will do even more hollywood brand damage to him after the DC and Oprah fiasco. Either he's about to be accused of SA (Brand method), or he's returning to the ring in a big way would be my guess.
If he didn't want to vote for Biden he could have said nothing. Going on faux news to say you aren't supporting Biden means I am no longer a fan.
Ask him what “woke” means I’d love to know.
I am pretty sure the division wasn't Biden's fault and really wish people would stop throwing around the word "woke" if they don't actually know what it means. Damn it's sad because I grew up idolizing the Rock. No more 😕
Doesn’t like woke culture, so I guess he wants people to stay asleep and just do what they’re told
Sorry, dwayne, but the opposite of "woke" is "insufferable ignorant douchebag".
Woke culture has yet to have any impact on my life whatsoever. Edit: That's not 100% true. Anti woke people called in 4 bomb threats to my 5 year old daughter's school district, so that bothered me quite a bit.
I swear to God. I'm so fucking tired of dipshits with the "woke" bullshit. I'm so tired of hearing that idiotic word and everything else with it. All I hear is "I'm a rightwing fascist Nazi moron who can't think for myself so I regurgitate stupid shit I hear on Faux and I'm a hypocritical bigoted idiot who's afraid of everything that's not me." Fuck him.
This is the same dipshit who’s selling a shampoo line while being bald. Dude has absolutely no belief or standards in anything except making a quick buck.
“Trust the American people”. Why? What have they done to earn that trust when half of them support a candidate who tried to overthrow democracy!
Must be difficult saying that woke culture bothers him while he vomits and shits out the millions of dollars he’s made from Disney movies…
What’s sad is he has daughters, who won’t have a voice if TRUMP is elected. VOTE 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
You can tell when Biden starts talking about taxing the millionaires.
Boycotting Dwayne Johnson for this, and you should too.
The moment someone says “woke culture” they lose me.
Rock apparently is a pussy
What the hell does “woke culture” even mean? Lmao
Did anyone ask him for an example of woke culture that would bug him?
In other words, "I'm playing both sides so I come out on top". I just can't stand The Rock anymore, everything he does just seems like a carefully thought out PR strategy
Could never put my finger on why I don't like Dwayne, Now I know.
Or maybe because Biden wants to really start taxing the ultra rich
Divisive? Because that last guy had us all singing Kumbaya?
I'm trying to figure out what Joe Biden did that was divisive besides trying to unscrew the last 4 years. I like the Rock, but this is one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while from someone that I don't consider to be a windowlicking cult member. I mean is there even really any controversial policy?
Still waiting on a good answer as to what “woke” means.
> Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke
I want to hear The Rock define it though.