Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson used Instagram on Friday to “set the record straight” after U.K. tabloid the Daily Star published an alleged interview with him in which he “raged” about “Generation Snowflake.”
The wrestler-turned-actor said the interview ― which was featured on the front page, was dubbed an “exclusive chat” and subsequently went viral online ― was “100 percent fabricated.”
Johnson said he was “quite baffled” to find out about the purported interview.
It “never took place, never happened, never said any of those words, completely untrue, 100 percent fabricated,” he said.
“You know it’s not a real DJ interview if I’m ever insulting a group, a generation or anyone,” he added in the Instagram clip. “Because that’s not me, that’s not who I am and that’s not what we do.”
“I always encourage empathy,” he concluded. “I encourage growth, but most importantly, I encourage everybody to be exactly who they want to be.
Check out Johnson’s video here:
Reach plc, the U.K. media company that owns the Daily Star, did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
The newspaper had quoted Johnson as saying:
It also alleged that the movie star said:
Johnson doubled down on his denial on Twitter:
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