Dwayne Johnson Regrets Not Being Able To Reconcile With His Fater Before He Passed Away

Dwayne Johnson did not have the best relationship with his father. Tough love, they called it. Recalling his childhood when Soulman left Dwayne with his mother Ata Maivia, The Brahma Bull identified more with his grandfather than his father.

In fact, they spent many years in silence and Dwayne couldn’t bring himself to the best terms with his dad, even during his dad’s last days. “We got into a huge fight during Christmas, so we weren’t speaking at the time of his sudden passing.,” Dwayne revealed a painful memory that still lingers.

Today, the Fast and Furious actor may have everything at his fingertips but the fact that he will never be able to make amends with his late father kills the 52-year-old from inside after his father died in 2020.“My regret in this life is that I never had a chance to say goodbye to him, because he died suddenly.

I regret not reconciling our complicated father/son shit before I lost him… What I’d give to have just five more minutes, to hug him hard, kiss his cheek and say: ‘I love you and we’re good,'” The Rock said.

It has been 5 years since we lost the legendary Rocky Johnson. Winning the first black NWA Georgia heavyweight championship and the NWA television championship twice did not come easy for ‘Soulman’. But it was the WWF Tag Team Championship title that he won alongside Tony Atlas in 1983 that further cemented his name in the golden pages of history.

Johnson, along with Atlas, became the first black champions in the history of WWE. His sudden passing from a heart attack in 2020 shocked fans worldwide, but for his son Dwayne, the loss struck on a much deeper level.

On 24 February 2025, ‘The Rock’ shared a video on Instagram, where the visuals showed him walking down the WWE headquarters with Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque. That was when he came across a picture of his father and he couldn’t hold back his tears. He said, “I’ve never seen that picture before.

It was truly heartbreaking to see the former WWE Triple Crown champion in tears. But it was the tribute to his father that made the entire world pray for the late ‘Soulman’s soul. In the captions, ‘The Rock’ sent forth a long letter, showing his love for his old man.

In the end, all he had to write was, “Love you dad, see you down the road and thank you for paving the way.” Johnson’s tribute was enough to make UFC stars like Michael Chandler and Israel Adesanya emotional. And they were joined by Sylvester Stallone.