Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (b. 1972) is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He performed with WWE for eight years prior to pursuing an acting career; appearing in such films as The Mummy Returns, Get Smart, Moana, Baywatch, Jungle Cruise and multiple installments of the Jumanji and The Fast & The Furious franchises.
In 2022, after Johnson quoted a tweet from Elmo about rocks eating cookies, Johnson paraphrased Roddy Rod Piper in They Live with a promise to come to Sesame Street.[1] An enthusiastic Cookie Monster accepted his challenge in a following tweet.[2]
Johnson has worked with the Will Rogers Institute, and appeared in a print mosaic with the Muppets advertising the charity.
References
- While backstage at the Genesis Awards in 2003, Kermit the Frog told VegTV that he knew The Rock and could live in one of his sleeves.
- Following a preview of the 2005 movie Doom in From the Balcony episode 9, Waldorf says, "I think I'd like this movie a lot better if I could just tell The Rock apart from Vin Diesel."
- Pepe the King Prawn has referenced Johnson in several Twitter posts:
- "I've been named Sexiest Prawn Alive six years in a row by Crustacean Magazine. My only competition is Dwayne 'The Shrimp' Prawnson."[3]
- "Peoples you should never argue with: Your girlfriend, your momma, your girlfriend's momma, and Dwayne @TheRock Johnson, okay."[4]
- "Always be yourself. Unless you can be @TheRock, then you'd be unbelievably crazy to not be @TheRock, okay."[5]
- "In Hollywood, everybody's gotta have a solid elevator pitch, okay. Mine is about how I'm free to star in any movie @TheRock turns down.[6]
- "In showbiz, you gotta quit while you're ahead. (This means you @TheRock and @johnkrasinski. If you take a break, I might have a shot at action movie stardom, okay.)"[7]
- "Another week, another weekend nearly gone, okay. I've done just about everything I wanted to... but I still can't figure out where @TheRock hangs out so I can borrow part of his entourage for a day."[8]
- "Dios mio! There's only four more shopping days 'til Christmas! That leaves you four days to find me the perfect gift. (Hint: I could use @TheRock's phone number, so we can be best friends, okay. I am so often mistaken for him.)"[9]
- Gonzo tweeted in 2016, "I got stuck next to Dwayne Johnson and a wall once at a party. I was between @TheRock and a hard place!!"[10]
- During a 2018 Twitter Q&A, Statler and Waldorf responded to a question about a celebrity they've always wanted to heckle: "We've always wanted to heckle Dwayne @TheRock Johnson. But we're not that fast and he might get furious."[11]
Sources
- ↑ @TheRock on Twitter, January 6, 2022
- ↑ @MeCookieMonster on Twitter, January 6, 2022
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, March 13, 2016
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, September 29, 2016
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, January 31, 2018
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, July 31, 2018
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, December 9, 2019
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, January 12, 2020
- ↑ @SpicyPrawn on Twitter, December 21, 2020
- ↑ @GonzotheGreat on Twitter, December 16, 2016
- ↑ @StatlerWaldorf on Twitter, September 26, 2018