Dwayne Johnson has spoken out about his ongoing feud with fellow Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Johnson revealed he only agreed to appear in The Fate of the Furious as long as he didn't appear in any scenes with Diesel. “I wanted to forgo drama,” Johnson said. “I thought that that was the best thing to do. For everybody.”
The feud started way back in 2016 when The Rock called out some of his unnamed male co-stars as "candy asses." In the interview, Johnson described a "candy ass" as, “something you don’t want to be. And the best way that I can describe a candy ass is: Life is so much easier, I have found, when you are not full of sh*t. And a candy ass is completely full of sh*t.”
Johnson says he shouldn't have shared the post, although he still meant what he said. Johnson also claims members of the film crew agreed with his post, saying "[it was] as if every single crew member found their way to me and either quietly thanked me or sent me a note" after they saw the Instagram post.
The two actors apparently had a talk in Johnson's trailer, where Johnson says, "It really became just crystal clear that we are two separate ends of the spectrum. And agreed to leave it there.”
Diesel spoke out about the feud earlier this summer, saying he gave Johnson "tough love to assist in getting that performance where it needed to be." Responding to this quote, Johnson said, "I go into every project giving it my all. And if I feel that there’s some things that need to be squared away and handled and taken care of, then I do it. And it’s just that simple. So, when I read that, just like everybody else, I laughed. I laughed hard. We all laughed."
It doesn't seem this fight will be resolved any time soon, as Johnson has confirmed he won't appear in Fast and Furious 10 or 11. However, the actor has confirmed that a sequel to 2019's Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is in active development.
Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.