Summary
- Dwayne Johnson says cancel culture and divisions bother him.
- The Rock will not make political endorsements as he feels they just cause division.
- Johnson will reprise his role as Maui in Moana 2 later this year.
Dwayne Johnson has taken a shot at “woke” cancel culture and explained why he won’t be making any political endorsements during the upcoming presidential elections. As the self-proclaimed “most followed man in the world,” Johnson has decided to keep his thoughts on the matter to himself, as he doesn’t like the divisions such forthright speaking brings with it.
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The wrestler-turned-actor has a healthy slate of movies coming up, including a return as Maui in both the animated sequel to Moana and its live-action reboot, and his Christmas movie Red One, but it seems that after previously using his position of influence to help evict Donald Trump from the White House, he will not be making his political affiliations known this time around.
As per Variety, Johnson has learned that he is not a fan of the way his previous toe-dip into the world of political endorsements led to a lot of division amongst his followers, and he says there is enough of that out there caused by “woke culture.” Touching on that subject, Johnson shared his blunt but straightforward way of approaching cancel culture, saying:
Today’s cancel culture, woke culture, division, etc — that really bugs me. 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.
Dwayne Johnson Will Not Make any Big Political Endorsements in 2024
After giving his personal approval to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in 2020, Johnson found his fan base split over his statements in favor of the Democrat’s appointment as the 46th President of the United States. This time, he will be avoiding that same kind of divisive move by not sharing any political statements on his social media accounts. He said:
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson explained, as quoted by Variety. “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.”
Confirming that he’ll not be endorsing any political candidates in 2024, the Jungle Cruise star added, “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.”
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Dwayne Johnson recently teased his upcoming return to the Moana franchise, first as the voice of Maui in this year’s Moana 2, and then again in a live-action version, which was recently pushed back to 2026 by Disney.
Dwayne Johnson’s
Red One
will debut on Prime Video on November 15.
