Rocky Johnson will always be Dwayne Johnson’s hero. Even though The Rock claimed he had a strange relationship, The Soulman loved and cared for his son.
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However, once DJ made a heartfelt gesture towards his father, it strengthened their bond. Rocky Johnson was left speechless at this gesture from his son.
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A few years ago, Dwayne Johnson shared the purchase of a house for his father, Rocky Johnson. He shared the news via an Instagram post in which The Rock was happy to hear his dad was happy with the gesture.
‘The Great’ said, “He couldn’t believe it, he was speechless. So he just called now, it’s a big weekend. He will go and see the properties. He’s a boy from Florida so he’s going to look up North Florida. And he said, ‘I’m so excited, and I’m also so nervous. My dad’s an old school badass, I said, “What’s got you on your nerves?”
The Rock added, ‘He said, ‘Well, nobody’, he was struggling for his words, and he’s like, ‘Nobody ever called me to tell me that they were going to buy me a house before, and the fact that this It’s you, it’s my son, I’m so proud of you, and I love you so much. I never heard my father speak like that. It felt good to me, and it felt good to my heart,”
It really surprised ‘The People’s Champion’ to hear his father speak in such an exciting way. He wrote, “Great conversation with my old man. It felt good for my cold 🖤 to hear him express his love.
Additionally, DJ talked about their strange relationship. He talked about how the former WWE Tag Team Champion was strict with him and The Rock hated it. However, he is lucky that his father raised him strictly, as the former WWE Champion claims it made him a better man.
Dwayne Johnson couldn’t hold back his emotions after meeting Rocky Johnson onscreen
A few days ago, the actor of Teth Adam visited the set of season 3 of Young Rock. There he met actor Joseph Lee Anderson, who plays Rocky Johnson in the series based on the life of The Great One.
DJ wrote, “I didn’t want our embrace to end. It was moving to finally meet Joseph, whose likeness, manners and spirit of my father are uncanny. It was as if I was there talking with my father once again.
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The moment was indeed emotional for The Rock, as it further expressed all the memories that crossed his mind about his father. Additionally, Johnson wrote that he never got to say goodbye to his father, but after meeting Anderson he was indeed able to say hello again.
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Rocky Johnson died in January 2020. Dwayne Johnson still remembers his father and often shares what he learned from The Soulman on social media.
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