Speaking to Joel Madden on Artist Friendly, The Rock reflected on his relationship with his dad, Rocky Johnson.
The former WWE Champion recalled how his father pushed back on the idea of him getting into the wrestling business. He said,
“There was that dynamic of young buck son getting into the business, how is he going to do. I told him, ‘I think I want to do this. I think I have some talent. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll suck, but I feel I have a passion for this.’ He was so adamantly against me getting into pro wrestling. He’s like, ‘You don’t know if you have anything to offer. I don’t want you to live like this. I live in an apartment that I can’t afford in Tampa, Florida for $500 a month. I don’t want this for you.’ We [clashed]. At that time, I didn’t have the emotional tools to realize ‘That’s love, Dad. Thank you, I love you. I still have to make my path.’ I didn’t have that. I was like, ‘What the f**k are you talking about? It’s my life.’ We just [clashed] for a long time. I wish I reconciled. We got into this huge fight Christmas 2019. It was awful, one of the biggest fights we ever got into about some stupid sh*t. About a month later, he passed away. We weren’t talking. When my dad passed away, I felt like, all the dumb sh*t we were arguing about, it didn’t matter.”
