According to actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, politics should stay between me, myself, and I at the end of the day.
In a recent interview, Johnson, 51, explained that he has no plans to publicly endorse anyone in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, after previously endorsing President Joe Biden in 2020.
“Am I going to do that again, this year? That answer’s no. I’m not going to do that,” Johnson said. “Because what I realized, what that caused back then, was something that tears me up in my guts back then and now, which is division. And that got me.”
“The takeaway after that, after months and months and months, I started to realize, like, ‘Oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country.’ So I realize now going into this election, I’m not going to do that,” he continued. “I wouldn’t do that, because my goal is to bring our country together. I believe in that, in my DNA. So in the spirit of that, there’s going to be no endorsement.”
“Not that I’m afraid of it at all, but it’s just I realize that with this level of influence, I keep my politics to myself, and I think it’s between me and the ballot box,” Johnson concluded his interview.
Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 77, are their parties’ presumptive nominees in the 2024 presidential race.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein, meanwhile, are running on third party tickets.
Some notable names who previously put their hat into the ring, but have since dropped out from their bids for president include former Vice President Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie, who all ran as Republicans, as well as Dean Phillips, who campaigned as a Democrat.
Marianne Williamson and Jason Palmer remain in the Democratic primary race, despite Biden securing the delegates needed to win.
According to Johnson, no matter who wins the upcoming November election, he will 100% support the person that is chosen to be president.
Johnson said, “I trust my fellow American people and have faith that they will choose the right person to vote for. That’s going to be my president, and that’s who I’m gonna support 100%.”
Johnson also explained that he has no interest in running for politics at this time, despite what rumors may be saying while circulating.
“As of now? No, that’s not my intention. I’m not a politician, I’m not into politics. I care deeply about our country. I’m a patriot and right now, my desire and my priorities are my babies and school drop-offs and pickups and things like that. That’s important to me,” he said.
“In the spirit of bringing people together and bringing our country together, I don’t know if that’s the right move at this point,” Johnson added. “Possibly. I don’t know, as of now.”
