He’s never wanted to be in politics, you know – but if the people keep asking, he might just have to become America’s Final Boss
Where do you stand on The Rock? A question to which the answer can only be, “Please – not on his face!” Wrestler, movie star, high-intensity interval philosopher, skincare entrepreneur, self-styled future presidential candidate … Personally I believe that Mr Dwayne Johnson is a net hilarity for humanity, though the idea he could ever truly limit himself to enriching the lives of only one species – or indeed only one planet – feels profoundly suspect.
Last week, The Rock graced Fox News with a lengthy interview in which he announced he will be withholding his wildly coveted endorsement in the forthcoming US presidential election, having given it to Joe Biden last time. The reason? The Rock believes that very endorsement – his specifically – “caused an incredible amount of division in our country”. Evidently The Rock judges himself a mega-market-mover in terms of American discord, so this time he is not declaring support for either Biden or Donald Trump. Quite a statement from a guy who 100% seems the type to have a tattoo of the words “if you choose not to decide you have still made a choice”. Obviously not in English – in either Sanskrit, Latin or Hindi, curling round some sort of calf muscle called a trizeltoid or something, that he’s got a cool abbreviation for. #trizos #gainzneversleepz #warriorpoet
Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist
