Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson feels ‘closer than ever’ to late dad after ‘complicated relationship’ growing up

Mandatory Credit: Photo by MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock (10527593a) Rocky Johnson and Dwayne Johnson WWE Hall of Fame, Show, Amway Arena, Orlando, USA - 29 Mar 2008
Rocky died in 2020 (Image: MediaPunch/Rex/Shutterstock)

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson had a “difficult relationship” together with his late father.

The 49-year-old actor – whose late dad Rocky Johnson died in 2020 – has relived childhood reminiscences together with his father by means of his sitcom ‘Younger Rock’ and took the prospect to replicate on their bond.

He informed Leisure Tonight: ‘I used to be an solely baby and I had a sophisticated relationship with my dad, although he was my hero once I was slightly boy.

‘And I've a loving, supportive relationship with my mother, however all the teachings that my mother was capable of train me through the years I didn’t realise as a result of I used to be operating round getting arrested and being an fool at some factors in my life.’

Dwayne – who broke out in Hollywood after making his identify in WWE – had lived in 13 totally different states by the age of 13, and he pointed to his dad changing into homeless at 13 because the experiences that formed his parenting model.

He added: ‘However a few of the issues and the teachings that I discovered from my previous man I didn’t realise how vital these classes had been till years later.

‘And, to be sincere with you, I didn’t realise how vital they had been till he handed away.’

Though he needs he might have given his dad ‘a giant ole hug and a giant ole kiss’ earlier than he died, he’s glad their bond has by no means been stronger now.

He defined: ‘You recognize, once we lose family members like that we now have to undergo our personal course of.

‘However when my dad handed away you look again – and I do know lots of people really feel this manner too – it’s that wild factor that occurs the place in life when you have a sophisticated, loving relationship like I did with my dad, then in dying and in passing – on this wild manner – you truly turn into nearer.’

Dwayne beforehand admitted he didn’t need to draw back from something with Younger Rock.

He defined: ‘Rising up, and you already know we particularly went with these timelines in my life that had been very defining instances at 10 years previous, 15 and 18 … there’s lots of issues in between these years that occurred…

‘But it surely was difficult and the connection that I had with my dad was extremely difficult — that was fuelled by powerful love.’

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