Rocky Johnson had a tough childhood himself and was abandoned by his mother at the age of 13
Dwayne Johnson revealed that his late father didn’t have a smooth childhood. The actor who has himself seen a past life full of struggle mentioned how his father became homeless at the age of 13. Recently he took on a social media post to promote his podcast with Trevor Noah and address all the fathers out there who go through a lot every day to raise their children with love.
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According to Dwayne Johnson, he was raised by a father who couldn’t fill his whole life with love due to the difficulties he faced in childhood. His father, the late Rocky Johnson had a troublesome past when he was left homeless by his mother to save her boyfriend. However, he was proud of his father for fighting through everything.
The heartbreaking story of Dwayne Johnson’s late father
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Dwayne Johnson stated to Trevor Noah that his father faced a bad time when the Baywatch actor’s grandfather passed away. The 13-year-old boy was left homeless after a disheartening situation with his mother’s new boyfriend.
“The man who raised me was my dad Rocky Johnson. His dad died when he was 13. The holiday that came up after his dad’s death, a new boyfriend is in the picture. Boyfriend gets drunk, pi*ses on the turkey, and my dad’s 13. He grabbed a shovel, a big shovel, my dad did, and drew a line on the dirt and said if you cross that line I’ll kill you. The a*shole crossed the line. He knocked him out, cold as a block of ice”
After that when the cops came, they revealed that the boyfriend was just unconscious and not dead. The cops informed her that either he or the young Rocky Johnson would die when he woke up: “He is gonna kill your son, or your son will kill him”
The cops recommended she choose anyone and let the other go. In a painful turn of events, Rocky Johnson’s mother told him to move out. However, Dwayne Johnson was proud that the young man fought through everything and became a professional wrestler. He said that he would love to give more love to his daughters than he could ever get from his father.
Dwayne Johnson loves his daughters
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Dwayne Johnson has three daughters from his two marriages. He has Simone Alexandra Johnson with his ex-wife Dany Garcia and two other daughters, Jasmine and Tiana from his marriage with Lauren Hashian.
The Rock stated that he wanted to pass on the work ethic and culture to his daughters that he learned from his father.
“I want to raise my girls with all the stuff that I didn’t get from my dad when I was growing up. But I will also pass on to my daughters, all the invaluable qualities my dad passed on to me — grit, work ethic, hunger, cultural pride and even if the love is limited — it’s still love and it’s still powerful.”
