Dwayne Johnson says running for president is ‘off the table’

Many were hoping Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could be a potential rock for America, but instead, the beloved actor and businessman intends to be a rock for his daughters.

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A bid for president is “off the table,” Johnson told Tracey Smith with CBS News Sunday Morning.

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“I love our country and everyone in it,” the WWE legend said in the interview. “I also love being a daddy. And that’s the most important thing to me is being a daddy.

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Number one, especially during this time, this critical time in my daughters’ lives.”

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The Rock is a father of three: Jasmine Lia, 6 and Tiana Gia, 4 with his wife Lauren Hashian, and Simone Alexandra, 21 from a previous marriage.

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“I know what it was like to be on the road and be so busy that I was absent for a lot of years,” he lamented.

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Admired the world over, one poll from 2021 found 58% of Americans would have liked to see Johnson as the next president of the United States.

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