Wil Wheaton has blasted Dwayne Johnson over the actor’s choice to remain out of politics.
The “Stand By Me” star and President Trump critic branded Johnson a “coward” after the wrestler-turned-actor stated he plans to maintain his political opinions personal.
“So disappointing to seek out out he’s such a coward,” Wheaton wrote Monday on Threads, in response to a put up from George Takei highlighting Johnson’s current feedback to Esquire.
Johnson, 53, defined within the interview that he now not desires to publicly weigh in on politics as a result of he doesn’t need it to overshadow his work.
“What I’ve realized by means of expertise is that I have to preserve — want, not need — the principle factor the principle factor,” Johnson stated.
“The principle factor for me, the factor that within the morning I swing my legs away from bed and I run in direction of, is creating. It’s artwork. It’s storytelling.”
“I’ve realized I’m going to maintain my politics to myself,” he continued. “There are moments when, hey, there’s nothing we are able to’t discuss.
“If I’m fallacious, I’ll let you know I’m fallacious. Or if I really feel like I bought a leg up and that is the proper approach to go, I’ll share it with you.”
Johnson, who identifies as an Unbiased, additionally stated he believes individuals with opposing political opinions ought to speak to 1 one other as a substitute of publicly attacking one another, including, “I hate the slinging. I hate all of the bulls— that comes with it.”
Wheaton has lengthy been outspoken about his political opinions and campaigned for Kamala Harris throughout the 2024 presidential election.
Johnson publicly endorsed Joe Biden throughout the 2020 election, however forward of the 2024 race, stated that he wouldn’t endorse one other presidential candidate, explaining he regretted his earlier endorsement as a result of it fueled division.
Nonetheless, the “Smashing Machine” star has spoken about Trump lately.
Johnson condemned the July 2024 assassination try on Trump in Pennsylvania, saying political violence has “no room” in America.
“Whether or not you like Donald, don’t love Donald, it doesn’t matter. They tried to assassinate him. There’s no room for that,” Johnson stated at The Worth Convention in September 2024.
“Regardless of it being who we had been in that second, I nonetheless imagine in my core that’s not who we’re as a rustic.
“So him standing up at that second, we needed to see that.”
Johnson additionally stated Trump had been a fan of his wrestling profession for years and attended his matches in New York Metropolis.
Throughout an October 2024 look on “Six Toes Beneath with Mark Calaway,” Trump revealed Johnson reached out to him after the assassination try.
“Once I was shot, you’ll have heard about it, Rock referred to as Dana White and stated, ‘I need to have his quantity. I need to have his quantity. What he did is type of unbelievable,’” Trump stated.
“He thought of it bravery. I don’t know, to me, I thought of it, ‘What’s occurring right here?’ But it surely was very good, The Rock.”
