Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Shuts Down Political Party’s Offer to Run for President: ‘Things Are So F***ed Up
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Fans of “The Rock” believe he can run in the upcoming presidential elections, but the star isn’t interested in doing so. Certainly, the question of who will be the next US President has been a matter of great concern for many. The potential candidates for the post, according to netizens, are quite interesting to know. “The Rock” is one of the names selected by them.
Read on to discover why Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is not interested in running for the US Presidency.
Fans want “The Rock” as the new US President
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has dominated WWE and Hollywood with his talent. However, some fans seem dissatisfied with him being confined to these professions. Several of them want him to run for the upcoming US presidency now.
Dwayne Johnson reveals he was approached by political parties last year asking him to run for President.
He says the parties had ‘deep-dive’ research and polling data that proved he could be a real contender. pic.twitter.com/3OVwyCsFA1— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 9, 2023Advertisement
Fans of The Rock believe he could be a great US President. Meanwhile, Donald Trump, Kanye West, and others have also been choices for many in this context. But is The Rock willing to do so for his fans? Well, he recently opened up about the same on Joe Rogan’s podcast, and here’s what he thinks.
The Rock doesn’t want to run for US President
Though fans might be eager to see The Rock take the chair as the next US President, that’s not what Dwayne wants to do. He recently shared his opinion on running for US President on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
On the podcast episode, The Rock said, “So one of the parties came to visit me at the end of last year asking for me to run for President. First of all, incredibly f***ing surreal cause I was the guy wrestling in flea markets years ago looking for free corn dogs and hot dogs and sh*t. Selling my headshots for 5 bucks trying to make money and all of a sudden I’m having that conversation”.
More about The Rock on running for President
Even if Dwayne felt it was an honor to have got the chance to run for president. He didn’t want to do it. As he said “It was so incredibly surreal but also so incredible that they had all this data that they had said if this happens here’s the result. It was really f***ing deep. And then I started to think, again surreal because that’s never been my goal, right?”.
He said that he appreciated getting that offer however, he thought if this opportunity has come to him then it’s either that he’s “got some pretty decent leadership skills” or it could have been because “things are so f***ed up”.
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