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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson started a donation fund for victims of the tragic Maui wildfires last year, but he ended up getting a lot of backlash for asking for donations. Someone claimed that The Rock got booed at the WrestleMania 40 press event due to the Maui controversy. Now, The Rock decided
In September of last year, The Rock and Oprah Winfrey launched “The People’s Fund of Maui” to aid Lahaina residents impacted by wildfires. The initiative began with their joint donation of $10 million. Subsequently, The Rock encouraged working-class individuals to contribute to the fund, sparking considerable backlash, which left him confused.
At the WrestleMania 40 kickoff press conference, The Rock effectively turned heel as he went against Cody Rhodes and even slapped him. What many saw as a heel turn, one person saw as fans booing The Rock due to the Maui wildfires fund controversy.
The Rock took to Twitter and decided to address this claim and blasted the person for what he said, as he explained he was being a heel and then explained the entire Maui wildfires debacle.
”I typically refrain from responding to toxic, false clickbait garbage like this because I hate dignifying b****** with a response, but when you use Hawaii’s tragic events to draw attention to yourself I won’t stay quiet.”
”This moment you’re referring to is from our @WWE press conference this past Thursday where I turned “heel” – wrestling parlance for bad guy. I’m playing it up with our crowd as they boo. It’s what we do in our WWE universe, and we all love every second of it.”
”For the record:
Our People’s Fund of Maui has already DELIVERED over $50 MILLION DOLLARS to over 8,000 survivors who were affected by the fires, and I’m grateful to the bone that we’ve been the primary funders.”
”Hawaii is where I grew up, where I raise my children throughout the year and where my ancestors are buried. These are my Polynesian people and these are OUR American people. You can’t imagine how much they are still struggling daily to put their lives back together and take care of each other. Our Poly American people are as resilient as people come, and they will raise and get back on their feet.”
‘‘Nick, instead of posting b****** like this that you know is false – I encourage you to post something positive for Hawaii, for our Polynesian American people. Or actually take positive action and come to Hawaii to help out in an uplifting way.
I’m in Hawaii now, and I guarantee you, you’ll get great content that can actually make a difference in people’s lives.
Genuinely.’
”Let’s put our energy and our online platforms into lifting people up. Acknowledging the good things that people do. Raising awareness for the suffering in ways that can effectively help. It takes so much effort to be negative, and create and spread b****** – but when you spread positivity, kindness, and lead by example you can really impact lives.”
”I’m sorry to all our Poly/Hawaiian ohana of Maui, for shining light on this toxicity as you struggle through tough times – I always try to be Na’au Pono.
Love U.”
”Aloha,
DJ”
Eric Bischoff also believes Roman Reigns played second fiddle to The Rock at the press conference. Nonetheless, The Rock will be returning to Friday Night SmackDown next week, so we will have to wait and see what he will have to say at the show.
What do you think of this response made by The Rock? Do you feel he was justified in what he had to say? Let us know in the comments section below!
February 11, 2024 6:08 am
