Actor and former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson has revealed that several political parties approached him to contest for the United States presidential elections, but he rejected those calls as politics never interested him.
Speaking to comedian Trevor Noah on his "What Now?" podcast, the 51-year-old said that he was contacted by various political parties after a poll conducted in 2021 revealed that 46 per cent of the country's population would support him, if he stood for the presidential elections. "That was an interesting poll that happened and I was really moved by that. I was really blown away and I was really honoured. I'll share this little bit with you: at the end of the year in 2022, I got a visit from the parties asking me if I was going to run, and if I could run," Johnson in the podcast.
He further said that he felt "surreal" by calls to stand for the presidential elections, but declined to do so due to a lack of interest in politics. "It was one after the other, and they brought up that poll, and they also brought up their own deep-dive research that would prove that should I ever go down that road (I’d be a real contender). It was all very surreal because that’s never been my goal. My goal has never been to be in politics. As a matter of fact, there’s a lot about politics that I hate," the actor said.
Johnson also spoke to Noah about other aspects of his personal life like how his wrestling career forced him to miss out on watching his eldest daughter Simone grow. The United States presidential elections is scheduled to take place in November 2024.
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