A TikToker has revealed how he ‘changed The Rock’s life’ during an interview with the famous wrestler-turned-actor.
Interviewer Speedy Morman sent Dwayne Johnson ‘into an existential crisis’ after asking him a simple but very important question.
In a TikTok video captioned ‘I changed The Rock’s life’, Speedy explained he interviewed the actor several weeks previously ,and during the interview preparation, he realized Johnson ‘probably doesn’t have that much fun because he’s always f**king working’.
The interviewer began to wonder whether or not the actor was ‘actually happy’, and so he decided to find out.
A clip of the interview shows Speedy telling The Rock: “You, if I’m honest, don’t seem like you have a lot of fun.”
While Johnson laughs in response, Speedy presses: “Do you have fun? Do you enjoy this?”
Speedy asked The Rock whether he has fun (TikTok/ @speedymorman)
Johnson praised the question, noting how much he ‘loved’ it, before asking what Speedy meant by fun, admitting he actually had to ‘think about’ the question.
Speedy revealed Johnson later referenced the pair’s discussion together in a later interview, the actor calling it one of his ‘favorite interviews ever’.
The Rock continued: “I went home and I was talking to my family about that and I was like, it made me think, I should have more fun.”
And then on Monday (December 2), Johnson took to his Instagram to reveal he was doing something he hadn’t done ‘in easily over a year’.
The Rock was clearly inspired by the interview (Instagram/ @therock)
“Putting my feet up, relaxing. We all work hard and we should enjoy and put our feet up and I know a lot of you guys do it well,” Johnson explained. “I need to do a better job at it. I need to do a better job at just stopping and enjoying the hard work. I’m on my way, step one.”
Speedy commented on the post: “Finally. Happy for u bro, stay awhile.”
The Rock replied: “@speedymorman you were the one who motivated me to do this, brother.”
He even sent the interviewer a voice note. *Silent tear*
One TikToker wrote: “You sent the rock into an existential crisis lol.”
“Bro smelled what The Rock was cooking, and told him he’s missing an ingredient,” another added.
A third commented: “Imagine being asked a million different questions but never being asked, ‘You okay, bro?'”
And a fourth resolved: “Making someone self reflect is true journalism indeed.”
Dwayne Johnson shares moment he realized fame had turned him into an ‘a**hole’
When you finally hit the glitzy world of fame, and can have anything you desire all of a sudden, it must be pretty hard to stay grounded and keep your ego in check.
And it seems that even the most loved, humble stars have struggled with fame getting to their heads at some point.
In 2020, Dwayne Johnson took to Instagram to answer a popular question asked by fans: “Do [you] hate being famous or love being famous?”
The actor gave some insight into how ‘cold-blooded’ fame can make a person ‘if you let yourself buy into your own fame’.
The former wrestling pro went on to share the moment he realized fame was turning him into an ‘a**hole’.
He wrote in the caption: “I started to become as a**hole about my fame when I was a famous pro wrestler in my 20s, (and I wore a fanny pack) until one fateful night changed my perspective and self awareness and GRATITUDE for the rest of my life.”
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In the video, Johnson explained: “I was out having dinner one night and I saw fans getting excited at another table and knew they were getting ready to come over.”
The star said they eventually made their way over to his table and were ‘so nice’.
He added: “They probably had no idea that they were part of a defining moment of my life.”
After agreeing to take a photo with the starstruck fans, Johnson said: “But how I said yes was a psychological play, like I was playing chess, because I said yes, but in a way that made them feel bad.”
The Hollywood star continued: “In that moment, their demeanor changed, their energy changed.
“They went from excited, and, ‘sorry’ but really excited, to then they felt bad. I have goosebumps now thinking about it.
“They said, ‘We’re so sorry. You know what? Bad idea’. The wife is hitting the husband, ‘See? I told you we shouldn’t come over’.”
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He proceeded to take the photos and signed their menus but quickly came to a realization.
Johnson continued: “It took all of 30 seconds, not even 30 seconds, for me to realize that I had an opportunity to make somebody feel good, and I made them feel bad.
“And what an a**hole that made me. And what an a**hole, rightfully so, that made me feel like.”
He then made the decision to try and put himself in the fans’ position, and try to think how he would feel if he met one of his heroes, which quickly changed his mindset.
The actor admitted: “I told myself I would never ever make anyone feel bad again for coming up to me.”
Johnson said that was the defining moment for him that he’s ‘glad happened earlier on in his career’ and is now unbelievably grateful to meet each of his fans.
