Still, he noticed people asking him led him to have “a real genuine interest.”
An additional 17% said Johnson only was someone they wanted to see run.
In a 2023 interview on"What Now?
with Trevor Noah,“however, Johnson made it clear that politics wasn’t his current path.
The Rock wants to be there for his daughters
On “What Now?
“It was all very surreal because that’s never been my goal,” Dwayne said.
“My goal has never been to be in politics.
As a matter of fact, there’s a lot about politics that I hate.”
Then, Dwayne explained how his family situation made him question starting a political career.
Dwayne has three daughters, aged 22, 7, and 5 at the time of the podcast interview.
And I didn’t want that.
I don’t want that for my little ones now.”
The “Baywatch” actor didn’t totally shut the door on a potential presidential run, however.
Noah called him “the people’s champ!”
If Johnson did run for president, it would likely be when his younger daughters were much older.
