Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura have been governors and a former actuality TV present host was as soon as President of the US. There’s no query that being a celeb can actually assist when you’ve got aspirations for political workplace, and whereas Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has mentioned he has no plans (a minimum of proper now) to run for workplace, apparently each main events have mentioned the chance with him.
Just a few years again a ballot was launched that mentioned that lots of people supported the thought of Dwayne Johnson operating for President of the US. Again in mid-2022, Johnson mentioned he would take into account operating for workplace if that was actually what folks wished. Talking with Trevor Noah on Noah’s What Now? podcast, Johnson says that assertion introduced each main events to his door to debate the chance. Johnson defined…
That was an fascinating ballot that occurred and I used to be actually moved by that. I used to be actually blown away and I used to be actually honored. I will share this little bit with you: on the finish of the yr in 2022, I acquired a go to from the events asking me if I used to be going to run, and if I might run.
The Rock operating for workplace will surely imply fewer Dwayne Johnson motion pictures for some time, particularly if he had been to truly win, however it seems like a number of voters could also be cool with that. Quite a few Hollywood celebrities have used their movie star to run for workplace over time at numerous ranges. Along with Schwarzenegger and Ventura, Clint Eastwood was the Mayor of Carmel, CA. Matthew McConaughey has expressed some curiosity in operating for governor of his residence state of Texas.
A part of the explanation that each events came around Johnson could also be that it’s unclear if he had been to run, what social gathering he would run beneath. Johnson was reportedly a registered Republican previously however is at the moment registered impartial. He endorsed the Biden/Harris marketing campaign in 2020, the primary time he had ever publicly endorsed a candidate.
Contemplating how standard the thought of The Rock For President seemingly is with the general public, it’s not shocking each events would wish to talk to him on the thought. Both social gathering would doubtless need Dwayne Johnson operating beneath their banner. The one he did not choose would wish to put together as early as attainable to marketing campaign towards him. The truth that that is even a risk continues to be fairly a shock to the Rock. He continued…
It was an enormous deal, and it got here out of the blue. It was one after the opposite, and so they introduced up that ballot, and so they additionally introduced up their very own deep-dive analysis that will show that ought to I ever resolve to go down that highway [I’d be a real contender]. It was all very surreal as a result of that is by no means been my objective. My objective has by no means been to be in politics. As a matter of truth, there’s loads about politics that I hate.
Whereas folks might wish to see The Rock as President, it’s not going to occur anytime quickly, if ever. Johnson has said beforehand that he had determined to not run as a way to be certain he was there to observe his younger daughters develop up. Nonetheless, as soon as that has occurred, if folks nonetheless wish to see Johnson as President, who is aware of?
