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Dwayne Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
622 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And that's what one of the qualities of trailblazing is, when you're able to change the behavior.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Of somebody, and that's what they did.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So the reason why I share that was because that, to me, that was my dad's greatest accomplishment, which was him becoming first black tag team champions.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

But my dad always referenced that moment when he and I were in the ring together at WrestleMania as his greatest achievement.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So I'm glad it happened for him.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Because even despite our complicated relationship, I think it's just the love of a son that...

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

You'll always be just that.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

You'll be the son of your dad.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And you always want to make your dad happy, you know, despite all the stuff you go through.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

I grew up singing.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And in our family, I'm half black and half Samoan.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And in my culture, especially on the Polynesian side...

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

singing and dancing was ever present in our household with my dad as well.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And so we grew up that way.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And my mom, who will listen to this and is going to love this entire interview, she still carries a ukulele with her everywhere she goes, Terri.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Everywhere.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Everywhere she goes, she's known.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Oh, here comes the ukulele lady, and then she'll remind everybody, no, I'm the rock's mom.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

And she'll sing.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

So we grew up singing, and I grew up singing Sam Cooke and Elvis and Hawaiian artists and Hawaiian songs and Polynesian songs.