Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Was Approached to Run for President
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson opened up about running for president of the United States on the podcast 'What Now? With Trevor Noah'.
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00:00 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was apparently approached to run for President of the United
00:04 States.
00:05 While appearing on The Daily Show Hosts podcast "What Now?
00:09 With Trevor Noah," The Rock spilled details on a possible political future.
00:14 The conversation started because of a poll completed in 2021 that surveyed over 30,000
00:20 U.S. adults and found 49% of those adults would support Johnson running for President.
00:26 Johnson commented on the results of the poll, saying, "That was an interesting poll that
00:29 happened and I was really moved by that.
00:32 I was really blown away and I was really honored."
00:34 But that wasn't all The Star had to say.
00:37 The Rock also added that he was approached about doing a presidential campaign for real,
00:41 saying, "I'll share this little bit with you.
00:44 At the end of the year in 2022, I got a visit from the parties asking me if I was going
00:48 to run and if I could run."
00:50 However, The Star added that a career in politics was never what he wanted as he shot down the
00:55 concept to focus on his family.