We can smell what The Rock’s cooking… A whole lot of alleged unprofessionalism! Oh, and pee apparently…
On Tuesday, The Wrap dropped a shocking bombshell report detailing some of the Black Adam star’s alleged behavior on set… That is, when he would show up to set at all!
Perhaps most bizarrely, Dwayne Johnson has a reputation for peeing in water bottles… This is actually something he’s copped to in the past! He talked about it back in 2021 during an interview with Esquire, explaining the amount of water he drinks doesn’t always work well with gyms that don’t have bathrooms attached… So instead of just counting the long restroom commutes as extra cardio, he opts to let it rip in water bottles. Wild, right? But that’s what he admits to. What he does with them, that’s one of the awful new allegations…
An insider claimed The Rock has brought his filthy habit out of the gym — even while shooting movies, the Moana star still prefers bottles over bathrooms! WTF?! But here’s the grossest part. This source says he makes personal assistants deal with the aftermath:
“On set, away from his trailer, if he needs to pee, he doesn’t go to the public bathroom. He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it.”
So funny that it’s always a specific brand. Is it because of the wide mouth on the Voss bottle, do ya think?
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But that’s not the ONLY thing he’s developed a reputation for…
According to sources, the hulking father of three is also notoriously late to sets. Like, seven to eight HOURS late. That’s almost the whole day! And it happens consistently! That tardiness led his upcoming blockbuster flick to BALLOON in budget!
The 51-year-old has spent the last couple years working on Red One, an action-packed Christmas movie co-starring Chris Evans. It’s slated for release this November, but was originally supposed to come out last Christmas. The delay was supposedly due to the Hollywood strikes, but The Rock’s alleged behavior may also have played a role. A Red One insider told The Wrap:
“The only thing Dwayne was consistent at was being chronically late.”
Oof.
According to the outlet, the Baywatch star apparently showed up to set seven to eight hours late PER DAY and would sometimes even miss entire days!! For those who don’t know, the most expensive thing in a movie is time. A production company has to rent a location for an allotted amount of time and pay dozens of crew members. So every hour costs tens of thousands of dollars, even more on a big action spectacular like this. When they can’t film because the star is off doing his own thing, the money just spills out the door like so many Voss bottles full of human waste…
The Rock being late allegedly cost the studio $50 million, according to three insiders who chose to remain anonymous over the risk of being canned! The film’s budget reportedly shot up to $250 mill thanks to his conduct. DAMN!
That’s especially surprising given how quick Dwayne was to lay the smack down on Fast & Furious co-star Vin Diesel for being unprofessional on set in their famous feud. Because this is another level! One source called the production “a f**king disaster,” while another added:
“Dwayne truly doesn’t give a f**k.”
Another studio insider said The Rock’s “absolute refusal to work more than a four-or five-hour day” is what causes problems, with another calling it “a control thing.”
A “control thing”? Like making sure everyone knows he’s the boss? Yesssh!
Of course, this isn’t the official line on the movie. In response to the story, other production insiders told The Wrap that The Rock averaged no more than one hour of tardiness on the Red One set — and claimed that Amazon MGM, the studio behind the holiday movie, greenlit it at $250 million from the beginning. So he’s definitely late, just not inexcusably late?
As for the urinary activity, another insider denied he ever forced a PA to dispose of a contaminated water bottle on set:
“He would never ask another person to dispose of something like that.”
An official Amazon MGM rep has now released an official response to the report, saying in a statement:
“Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks have been incredible partners on ‘Red One’ — a film that audiences of all ages are going to love this holiday season. Our testing has been very strong — the reaction from CinemaCon speaks for itself — and we couldn’t have made it without Dwayne’s constant work and support. Any reporting that implies that we got to this point with him showing up 7-8 hours late to set is both ridiculous and false.”
Hmm. Of course, the studio has a vested interest in it making money — something tougher to do when the star is known to be problematic, as proved pretty definitively with The Flash… But why lie about it in the first place then??
The San Andreas star himself has yet to address all the rumors. Do YOU believe any of this?? Is The Rock cooked? Let us know down in the comments.
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