07.10.2022 - 20:57 / usmagazine.com
No wrestlers in the White House — yet. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said that he’s ruled out a presidential run after years of speculation about his political ambitions.
“It’s off the table. Yes. It is off the table,” the Jungle Cruise actor, 50, said during an interview with CBS Sunday Morning set to air on Sunday, October 9. “I will say this, ’cause it requires a B-side to this. I love our country and everyone in it. I also love being a daddy.”
The former WWE star shares daughters Jasmine, 6, and Tiana, 4, with wife Lauren Hashian. He is also the father of daughter Simone, 21, whom he shares with ex-wife Dany Garcia.
The Ballers alum explained that his family is more important to him than anything else, and any kind of political career would require him to spend too much time away from them. “That’s the most important thing to me, is being a daddy, No. 1, especially during this time, this critical time in my daughters’ lives,” he told CBS’ Tracy Smith. “Because I know what it was like to be on the road and be so busy that I was absent for a lot of years in my first daughter’s [life].”
The Black Adam star has been teasing a possible presidential run for years, broaching the topic after The Washington Post ran a 2016 op-ed suggesting that he’d make a good candidate.
“A year ago, [the idea] started coming up more and more,” the Fast Five actor told GQ in May 2017. “There was a real sense of earnestness, which made me go home and think, ‘Let me really rethink my answer and make sure I am giving an answer that is truthful and also respectful.’ I didn’t want to be flippant — ‘We’ll have three days off for a weekend! No taxes!’”
When asked whether he’d consider running, the California native replied: “I think that it’s a real
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Dwayne Johnson is choosing children over country.The "Black Adam" actor has long been thought of as a potential (and popular) Presidential candidate, but he said a run for the country's top office is "off the table" for now."It'd be my honor to serve you, the people," he told CBS Sunday Morning. "I love our country and everyone in it.