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Sorry America, President Rock volition not be sworn into bureau anytime soon.
After toying with the thought for years, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson declared that a presidential run is officially, "off the table" arsenic helium has chosen to absorption connected his family.
"I emotion our state and everyone successful it," helium shared successful an interrogation with CBS Sunday Morning, which aired Oct. 9. "I besides emotion being a daddy."
Johnson, 50, is dada to 3 kids—Simone Johnson, 21 with ex Dany Garcia and Jasmine Johnson, 6, and Tiana Johnson, 4 with woman Lauren Hashian. He called his daughters his "No. 1 priority."
"Especially during this time, this captious clip successful my daughters' lives," helium continued, "Because I cognize what it was similar to beryllium connected the roadworthy and beryllium truthful engaged that I was absent for a batch of years for my archetypal daughter's increasing up, [at] this captious property astatine this captious clip successful her life. And that's what the presidency volition do."
He added, "Sure, CEO sounds great, but the No. 1 happening I privation to beryllium is daddy. That's it."
Johnson previously teased his governmental aspirations successful 2016, aft which the Washington Post ran an sentiment portion noting that "he could really win."
"A twelvemonth ago, it started coming up much and more," helium told GQ successful 2017. "There was a existent consciousness of earnestness, which made maine spell location and deliberation 'Let maine truly rethink my reply and marque definite I americium giving an reply that is truthful and besides respectful.'"
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Weighing successful connected politicians in power astatine the time, the erstwhile pro wrestler admitted he''d "like to spot a amended leadership."
"I'd similar to spot a greater leadership," helium continued. "When there's a disagreement, and you person a ample radical of radical that you're successful a disagreement with—for example, the media—I consciousness similar it informs maine that I could beryllium better."
He added, "We each person issues, and we each gotta enactment our s--t out. And I consciousness similar 1 of the qualities of a large person is not shutting radical out. I miss that part. Even if we disagree, we've got to fig it out."
In 2021, erstwhile a poll recovered that 46% of Americans would beryllium enthusiastic astir the erstwhile nonrecreational wrestler moving for president, Johnson responded to the ballot of assurance connected Instagram, saying, "I don't deliberation our Founding Fathers EVER envisioned a six-four, bald, tattooed, half-Black, half-Samoan, tequila drinking, prime up motortruck driving, fanny battalion wearing feline joining their club—but if it ever happens it'd beryllium my grant to service you, the people."
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In a cover communicative for Vanity Fair aboriginal that year, the Jungle Cruise prima said helium wouldn't regularisation retired moving 1 day, but confessed helium didn't "know the archetypal happening astir politics."
He added, "I attraction profoundly astir our country. I attraction astir each f---ing American who bleeds red, and that's each of them. And—there's nary delusion here—I whitethorn person immoderate decent enactment qualities, but that doesn't needfully marque maine a large statesmanlike candidate. That's wherever I americium today."
Johnson's imaginable tally for bureau was adjacent integrated into his deed NBC comedy Young Rock. In the show's 2nd season, the star runs for president successful the twelvemonth 2023. However, erstwhile the predetermination results were revealed during the May 24 play 2 finale, Johnson did not assertion victory.
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