Logan Paul is the latest celebrity to sign with WWE, and it looks like he’ll be playing matches for at least the next two years. However, one person he won’t interact with in the business is Dwayne”The rock“Johnson.
On a recent episode of the “True Geordie” podcast, Logan Paul explained how one of his lifelong heroes was The Rock, but the Hollywood superstar and former WWE World Champion cut ties with him completely. According to Paul, it was “one of the saddest times of his life”.
The Rock and Logan Paul used to have a relationship
In the podcast interview, Logan Paul revealed that he had a relationship with The Rock, and it was important to him. This relationship was formed in 2017 when Paul, then 22, was building his social media platform and collaborating with other high profile influencers. Paul called The Rock one of his idols and the two filmed videos together. However, that’s when things went wrong for the influencer. In his attempt to create his YouTube channel, he made a rash decision the same year during a trip to Japan.
Logan Paul’s Aokigahara Video Ended His Partnership With The Rock
Logan Paul went to Aokigahara Forest near Mr. Fuji in Japan. It is an infamous place in Japan and Japanese mythology suggests that ghosts live in the forest. It also had the unexpected side effect of making it a place people go to if they choose to die by suicide. Paul went into the forest hoping to get some footage for his growing YouTube show and found more than expected. He and his team came across a corpse and filmed Paul around the body. He posted it on his YouTube channel, expecting the controversy to sell out, and the backlash nearly ruined the young social media influencer’s career. Paul ended up deleting the video, but it was too late to salvage his relationship with Dwayne Johnson.
The Rock has cut off all communication with Logan Paul
In the podcast interview, Logan Paul said he and Johnson had a shared publicist and that The Rock sent a message through the publicist that he wanted “nothing more to do with him.” It disappointed Paul that Johnson didn’t call him personally to talk about it, but that was the last time they spoke. Johnson also demanded that Paul remove all videos and images of them together from social media.
“After Japan came in, I obviously found myself in a hole, deservedly so, that I had never been in before, extremely low mentally,” Paul said. “I got a call from my publicist, who also replaced Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and she was like, ‘Hey, Dwayne asked you to delete all the photos and videos you made with him. “A year after the event nearly destroyed Paul’s social media career, he released a statement of apology about the video, where he said, “With great power comes great responsibility. .for the first time in my life, I regret to say that I mishandled that power. It won’t happen again.”
Paul said he was sad that his hero wanted nothing more to do with him, but he also said he understood and did what the publicist asked. While this ended his relationship with his WWE idol, it doesn’t seem to affect his future with the company itself. Five years after Paul made what he called a “grotesque mistake”, he signed a long-term contract with the company. His first major match was at WrestleMania in a tag team match with The Miz, and his second was a SummerSlam match against The Miz. Paul won both matches and is undefeated in WWE. He also got a surprising DM from The Rock about three months ago complimenting one of his videos and acting like nothing was wrong, but Paul said he never responded. It was clear through his comments that Paul still resented Johnson for ending things with him without appeal, but he said he still thought The Rock was “awesome.” This probably won’t lead to a WWE moment between the two, but if it did, maybe Paul could finally get what he originally wanted, and this was a chance to chat. personally about the incident with The Rock.