Being a world-popular personality, Dwayne Johnson’s statements spread like wildfire. With such an influential background, it becomes very essential for the star to have control over his words. Any statement, although intended for a light cause, may change its direction to something undesirable. That’s exactly what happened when The Rock made a transphobic comment that caught Donald Trump Jr’s attention.
Donald Trump Jr. is the eldest son of the former US President – Donald Trump. He took to Twitter last year and fueled the controversy against Dwayne Johnson by sharing an image of his now-deleted tweet. “Wow, @TheRock, you can’t just try to quietly delete transphobic attacks without giving a groveling apology and expect to ever work in Hollywood again,” he wrote.
The tweet also demanded Under Armour, Ford, Apple, Netflix, and his other partners to give their take on the ‘Black Adam’ star’s statement. Trump Jr’s tweet came in at a point when Dwayne Johnson’s run as the Us President was still very much in talks and he was down with the idea of considering a presidential run. The tweet welcomed the audience to give their take on the matter and many people spoke against the former WWE star.
Transgender rights activist Caitlyn Jenner joined the crowd and called out The Rock for his statement. She asked him to be real and let go of the cancel culture. Caitlyn also asked the Hollywood star to use his platform for better things. She even went ahead to thank Donald Trump Jr. for bringing the statement out before the public. Dwayne’s tweet was not very well received by the audience and had it stayed on the platform, it might have put his career in jeopardy.
What did Dwayne Johnson say that brought him a lot of transphobic controversies?
The Rock took to Twitter back in 2011 to accuse a Twitter user named katierobin23 of turning “tranny tricks.” The now-deleted tweet made a direct shot at Katie and invited a lot of hate. However, Dwayne Johnson must have felt it was incorrect after making such a comment and he deleted the tweet. But before he could realize his mistake, the tweet reached several accounts and has been kept alive since 2011.
Dwayne Johnson made a transphobic tweet back in 2011 inviting a lot of hate (Credits: USA Today, Twitter)
“Don’t be angry Ms Katie. It’s not our fault you’re turning tranny tricks to put yourself thru nursing school,” wrote DJ.
Dwayne has been a fan favorite and any such comment would bring out a very negative aspect of his popular personality. There may be no public display of an apology on the matter but it is expected that once the tweet was taken down, he would have apologized to the affected.
