Monday was the birthday of both David Beckham and Dwayne Johnson. Whereas Becks was being gifted with bedazzled headwear, The Rock was gifting us enough feels to last the rest of the month. The Rock has been visiting with various children through Make-A-Wish and on the set of Baywatch and taking the time to introduce them to the world. I don’t know about you but after the last couple of crappy weeks, I can use a healthy dose of Do-Gooding Rock.
Dwayne Johnson is an impossibly impressive specimen of human-shaped magic. Have you seen what this man eats in a day? He announced his own alarm clock today, which is definitely not intended for non-magic humans. And speaking seriously, how many people do you think can dub themselves “The Rock” and actually have it stick. I can’t even refer to Alcatraz by that name without using a snickery Sean Connery voice.
You already knew The Rock was a robot sent from the future to improve our species. This past week, though, he went above and beyond even his own standards of incredibleness. Over the last week, he’s been sharing stories on his Instagram account of the people he’s met, both around the Baywatch set and during his visits to the Make a Wish Foundation. Quick question: How are your tear ducts feeling? If the answer is “fine,” that’s about to change.
This is Ryan who travelled with is family to the Baywatch set unannounced to meet The Rock. They were willing to wait the 12 hours until they had wrapped for the day but The Rock thought that was too long for them to wait. As always, his take-away was about the love he got from them, that he needed them more than they need him.
To ensure there are no dry eyes left, here is a video of The Rock presenting Tator with his own custom Baywatch poster. Beware, The Rock gets so overwhelmed, he has to pause for a minute to fight back tears.
If you can’t get enough of The Rock, you are in luck – now you can wake up to him. As the excerpt mentioned, The Rock Clock app is available for both Android and iOS. Not only has he recorded greetings and motivational phrases to pepper throughout your day, he has created custom ringtones as well. Admit it, who couldn’t use a little more Rock in their world?
He was also in Carl Lagerfeld’s fashion show in Cuba. Incredibly wonderful setting: Outside with modern fashion set against 1950 cars and architecture.
He started his climb to fame as a wrestler in the WWE. His dad was a pro wrestler as well. He moved into movies and has been in some Fast and Furious movies, as well as his own action movies. He also has a TV show called Ballers. He still shows up for some WWE shows so he honours where he came from. And he is an amazing dresser. His tailor needs to be recognized for the amazingness of dressing this guy.
I once had a dream that I was on a top secret sting operation with The Rock as my partner. We were camped out on the roof of my nextdoor neighbor’s house inspecting some shady business. Woke up with a huge crush on him that hasn’t gone away since. 😂
totally agree- he worked very hard to get where he is- not saying other celebs didn’t- just that he seems so constantly grateful for his life which is refreshing.
“Having this platform to shine a little light on the path that these brave children walk – is by far the best part of fame.”
This is the part that triggered the ugly cry in me. What a sweet and compassionate and humble man. I love his ease with the kids and his ease at admitting how much these children have touched him.
yes, I too am in mid ugly cry complete with high pitched whine and hiccups…he’s so amazing, and that adorable lil kid fighting cancer for so long…jeez, where’s my freakin’ kleenex! 🙂
love The Rock. Home town shout out!! Tybee Time in the background in the last photos while theyre on the island. Ya’ll better enjoy dwayne you over served, dead beat, water rats MUAH!
Ladies, if you ever want to wake up to the rock he has a new app alarm that has 20+ variations of him saying “get up” as an alarm. its actually really funny. Rock, you warm my cold, dark heart….
You know how on the Lazy Katie posts some people were saying her job is so hard under the scrutiny?
Nope, this is how you do the job: with love and compassion and gratitude, and by giving back. We should have a CB Hall of Fame of awesome stars – and I am not talking about the looks, let’s celebrate the people who use their fame and success for more than posing on the RC and smirking. The Rock would lead the way with Harry.
Seriously! This guy is the best of the best. You wanna see what a real “king” should look like?? Huh, Princey McWhiny William Pants? Right here.
However, the Rock possesses that special something that the Cambridges could never hope to buy, borrow or steal…humility.
He had me at “proceeded to continue”. Could this man BE more fabulous? Take note the poor put upon Cambridges, this is how it’s done. With grace, compassion, and sincere, deeply felt kinship. If there is a special place in heaven for true heroes, this man takes all the seats. I love him. Someone give him a medal, although he would probably say he doesn’t deserve it!
Most of us cannot even imagine what world these kids and their families live in. I don’t know how they do it. You know…you see the commercials, you make what donations you can, and you empathize. I’m honest-I give thanks that it’s not my family, my kid. In the hospital where I work, I see them, and I try not to look too hard, or hear the crying, cause then I lose it. But this man. This guy who named himself The Rock-he walks in, he holds, he talks right to them, you can see him. He’s seeing them and he’s not showing any fear. A giant heart is in that granite body. It’s a beautiful thing.
There are not enough complimentary words in the dictionary to cover it. I’ve been a fan of his for 20 years, and I have yet to read one negative story about him.
no shade. this guy is great.
Honking SO HARD for The Rock! DJ is beyond awesome! You can “feel the real” in him. A forever crush here 😍
He was also in Carl Lagerfeld’s fashion show in Cuba. Incredibly wonderful setting: Outside with modern fashion set against 1950 cars and architecture.
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
No, you’re crying! Now where’s my freaking kleenex?
Goosebumps for this guy. Love him.
I honestly have no idea what this guy does or how he came to be famous, but whenever I read something about him, he’s completely fantastic.
He started his climb to fame as a wrestler in the WWE. His dad was a pro wrestler as well. He moved into movies and has been in some Fast and Furious movies, as well as his own action movies. He also has a TV show called Ballers. He still shows up for some WWE shows so he honours where he came from. And he is an amazing dresser. His tailor needs to be recognized for the amazingness of dressing this guy.
Sweet cheese on an ice cream sammich 😍 I think my ovaries just went boom.
hahahahaha amazing 🙂
my ovaries are similarly twitching away
I love him!
I might LOVE the Rock now.
I once had a dream that I was on a top secret sting operation with The Rock as my partner. We were camped out on the roof of my nextdoor neighbor’s house inspecting some shady business. Woke up with a huge crush on him that hasn’t gone away since. 😂
I love this man so much .. He’s so humble and does so much for his fans.
This guy is just too good. I also love that he seems to be so grateful that his role as a celebrity helps him make others happy.
totally agree- he worked very hard to get where he is- not saying other celebs didn’t- just that he seems so constantly grateful for his life which is refreshing.
“Having this platform to shine a little light on the path that these brave children walk – is by far the best part of fame.”
This is the part that triggered the ugly cry in me. What a sweet and compassionate and humble man. I love his ease with the kids and his ease at admitting how much these children have touched him.
yes, I too am in mid ugly cry complete with high pitched whine and hiccups…he’s so amazing, and that adorable lil kid fighting cancer for so long…jeez, where’s my freakin’ kleenex! 🙂
love The Rock. Home town shout out!! Tybee Time in the background in the last photos while theyre on the island. Ya’ll better enjoy dwayne you over served, dead beat, water rats MUAH!
Ladies, if you ever want to wake up to the rock he has a new app alarm that has 20+ variations of him saying “get up” as an alarm. its actually really funny. Rock, you warm my cold, dark heart….
Mine is beep, beep, beep….I can do this all day.
You know how on the Lazy Katie posts some people were saying her job is so hard under the scrutiny?
Nope, this is how you do the job: with love and compassion and gratitude, and by giving back. We should have a CB Hall of Fame of awesome stars – and I am not talking about the looks, let’s celebrate the people who use their fame and success for more than posing on the RC and smirking. The Rock would lead the way with Harry.
Seriously! This guy is the best of the best. You wanna see what a real “king” should look like?? Huh, Princey McWhiny William Pants? Right here.
However, the Rock possesses that special something that the Cambridges could never hope to buy, borrow or steal…humility.
Omg, I love him so much! Honey, let the tears flow, nothing sextile than a big man with a big heart. 😚😚
Sexier, I mean.
Imagine him meeting (and consequently working with) Prince Harry. You’re all very welcome.
He’s such a good man.
He had me at “proceeded to continue”. Could this man BE more fabulous? Take note the poor put upon Cambridges, this is how it’s done. With grace, compassion, and sincere, deeply felt kinship. If there is a special place in heaven for true heroes, this man takes all the seats. I love him. Someone give him a medal, although he would probably say he doesn’t deserve it!
Most of us cannot even imagine what world these kids and their families live in. I don’t know how they do it. You know…you see the commercials, you make what donations you can, and you empathize. I’m honest-I give thanks that it’s not my family, my kid. In the hospital where I work, I see them, and I try not to look too hard, or hear the crying, cause then I lose it. But this man. This guy who named himself The Rock-he walks in, he holds, he talks right to them, you can see him. He’s seeing them and he’s not showing any fear. A giant heart is in that granite body. It’s a beautiful thing.
There are not enough complimentary words in the dictionary to cover it. I’ve been a fan of his for 20 years, and I have yet to read one negative story about him.
Climbing The Rock is on my bucket list.
Climbing the Rock. That dream of dreams.
God help me I may see Baywatch just for this man. Ugh. Why so awesome Rock?! 😉
Not crying…it’s an eyelash in my eye.
My ovaries just exploded. I freaking love him.
Careful, it’s going around 😉
How did I miss this post about The Rock awesomeness?! Sacrilege!
I love The Rock! Thanks for covering this story, Hecate!
Aw. That’s how it’s done. It’s a great thing when someone uses their fame and privilege to help those less fortunate.