Seems to be like Dwayne Johnson is not going to be shifting into the White Home anytime quickly.
The Rock revealed that he was approached by a number of political events to ask if he’d think about launching a presidential bid in 2024.
Showing on the primary episode of Trevor Noah’s new “What Now?” podcast, the pair mentioned a 2021 political ballot that noticed 46% of adults saying they’d again the 51-year-old’s marketing campaign, ought to he launch one.
“That was an fascinating ballot that occurred and I used to be actually moved by that,” the “Black Adam” actor stated.
“I used to be actually blown away and I used to be actually honored. I’ll share this little bit with you: on the finish of the yr in 2022, I bought a go to from the events asking me if I used to be going to run, and if I might run.”
Admitting that their religion in him was “a giant deal” and “got here out of the blue.”
“It was one after the opposite, they usually introduced up that ballot, they usually additionally introduced up their very own deep-dive analysis that may show that ought to I ever go down that highway [I’d be a real contender],” Johnson instructed Noah.
“It was all very surreal as a result of that’s by no means been my aim. My aim has by no means been to be in politics. As a matter of reality, there’s lots about politics that I hate.”
Johnson first floated the concept of a doable run in 2017, saying he would “100 per cent think about” launching a presidential bid.
And in 2021, he once more restated that he would set his sights on the White Home — if it’s “what the folks need.”
Nonetheless, in an interview with CBS Sunday Mornings in October 2022, he revealed {that a} presidential run was not within the playing cards.
“It’s off the desk,” he stated. Sure, it’s off the desk.”
The star wrestler-turned-Hollywood juggernaut stated he’s shifting all of his focus to his function as a father.
“I’ll say this as a result of it requires a B-side to this. I like our nation and everybody in it,” Johnson stated. “I additionally love being a daddy.”
“And that’s an important factor to me is being a daddy, No. 1, particularly throughout this time, this important time in my daughters’ lives.”
The star is a proud dad to 3. He shares his 22-year-old daughter Simone Garcia Johnson together with his ex-wife, Dany Garcia.
The Rock shares seven-year-old Jasmine and five-year-old Tiana together with his present spouse, Lauren Hashian.
“I do know what it was wish to be on the highway and be so busy that I used to be absent for lots of years in my first daughter’s,” Johnson stated final yr.
“Rising up on this important age at this important time of their life, and that’s what the presidency will do. So my primary precedence is my daughters. Positive, CEO sounds nice. However the primary factor I wanna be is daddy. That’s it.”