Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson surprised everyone in 2020 when he publicly endorsed President Joe Biden. Like many celebrities, he'd remained silent about his political leanings until that point and, when his support for the Democrats was made known, a lot of people weren't happy.
The same would have been true had he put his weight behind the Republicans because when you have two main political parties to choose from and publicly pick one over the other, there's a pretty good chance 50% of people will love you and 50%...well, they won't be quite so happy.
Talking to Fox News (via ComicBookMovie.com) about his first WrestleMania match since 2016, The Rock confirmed he won't endorse anyone ahead of this year's U.S. Presidential election.
"The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time," Johnson explained. "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."
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."
Asked directly whether he's happy with the current state of America, the Black Adam star candidly admitted that he is not.
"Today’s cancel culture, woke culture, division, etc - that really bugs me," Johnson said. "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."
In the same interview, The Rock confirmed he no longer plans to run for President. As well as refocusing his acting career, he's joined the board of TKO Holdings, the Endeavor-owned parent company of WWE and UFC (suggesting his priorities have changed as he did seem pretty interested in doing so a few years back).
