Best of 2021: Dwayne Johnson

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Willie looks back on his memorable interviews of the year. Growing up, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson bounced around the country as the son of barnstorming professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. He eventually got into the family business and became the biggest star in wrestling, before transitioning to Hollywood where he is now the highest-paid actor in the business. In this “Sunday Sitdown,” Willie Geist gets together with Johnson to talk about that career move, the latest calls for him to run for president and his successful new tequila brand, Teremana.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another special edition of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.
0:07.0	Where I pick my favorite conversations from 2021.
0:11.4	And I got a great one for you now with one of the biggest stars on Earth.
0:15.5	Is he the biggest star on Earth?
0:17.1	Maybe.
0:18.1	Let's consider that question for a moment.
0:19.4	He is Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock.
0:23.5	Dwayne and I got together over Zoom back in May, right around both of our birthdays we
0:28.1	should point out the toast will make sense when you know that.
0:31.3	We kicked things off with that toast to his latest successful venture.
0:34.8	It was the one year anniversary of his big tequila brand called Teramana.
0:39.7	But we of course talked about much more than that about his childhood, about his career
0:43.8	as a professional wrestler, as The Rock and WWE, and then becoming one of the biggest
0:48.5	movie stars on the planet.
0:51.2	One of the biggest stars also truly one of the best guys out there.
0:54.9	Please enjoy my conversation.
0:56.4	Out of my favorites of 2021 with Dwayne The Rock Johnson right now on the Sunday Sit Down
1:01.8	Podcast.
1:02.8	Dwayne, it's great to see you, man.
1:06.0	Great to see you too, Willie.
1:07.0	Long time buddy right here.
1:08.7	How you doing?
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