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Dwayne Johnson Stresses the Importance of Father-Son Relationship, Using His Own Story of “Regret” With His “Old Man”

Published Jun 19, 2023 | 2:00 PM EDT

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Dwayne Johnson is the third generation in his family who is in the wrestling business. His late father, legendary Rocky Johnson, was a successful wrestler. Following in his footsteps, Johnson made a remarkable career in WWE. Hollywood superstar Johnson misses his father. He has been vocal about their bond and expressed his feelings on various occasions.

Dwayne Johnson, in a heartfelt video, shared a powerful message on father’s day. Remembering his late father, The Rock had a special message about the significance of father and son relationship with his fans.

Dwayne Johnson has a special message for Father’s Day to all the fans out there

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Dwayne Johnson is a proud father of three amazing daughters. Recently, he posted a video on Instagram and addressed a very sensitive matter with his followers. The Rock spoke about his father and warmth and sincerity.

“We don’t have the privilege to call or even text them in person or give them a hug a kiss on the cheek and say hey I love you, happy father’s day, um and it was just my moment to acknowledge you guys out there because it’s a tricky thing that we have to contend with I feel we just as men were raised by our fathers in a specially lot of you guys out there like me who had a tough love, complicated relationship with our fathers”, said the Hollywood megastar.

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Johnson explained the privilege that other people have as their father is alive, and unfortunately, his father is not. Johnson, through his video, highlights the importance of reconciling with their fathers before it is too late to express.

The Rock shared his personal experience of having issues with his father and a massive fight three weeks before he passed away.

He said, “i had that with my old man and i know a lot of you guys too. Also it’s tricky because they are not here now and we wish they were, i do. I wish he was here one more time, so i could say hey I love you happy father’s day thank you for raising me with the capacity which you did have”

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The Rock regretted not having solved his issues with his father. He wishes if he could get just one more chance to hug and kiss his dad and tell him he loves him.

Dwayne Johnson explains why his relationship was complicated with his father

The Rock opened and share his childhood experiences and how he was brought up. Johnson recalls spending half of his childhood growing up in Hawaii. For Johnson, his father was a superhero.

Speaking about growing around wrestlers and his father, he revealed that there were many things that took place around that time. Those incidents led to the complications in their ratio.

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Johnson further explained that their relationship was different and there was “tough love” between the father-son.

Dwayne Johnson regrets not having the chance to express his feelings to his father. The WWE star wishes to use the platform to make his fans aware of the opportunity they have. He urges his followers to make amends and try to reconcile with their parents.

Johnson says he’s a lucky man to have three daughters who express their love to him. Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t do the same for his father.

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Johnson’s plea has made his fans emotional. Hopefully, his message will inspire many fans to reconcile with their parents.

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Gayatri Sudame

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Gayatri Sudame is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports and has three years of experience in content writing and journalism. She has been following WWE from an early age though her career path took her in a different direction she has found her way back to the sport she loved growing up. As an experienced writer, she has a keen eye for detail which reflects in her work.
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Debmallya Chakraborty