Dwayne Johnson reflects on his public feud with Vin Diesel
It's been five years since Dwayne Johnson sparked reports of a feud with Vin Diesel and, in a new interview, he reflected on his now-infamous remarks.
While filming "The Fate of the Furious" in 2016, the "Jungle Cruise" star, 49, took to Instagram and slammed his male co-stars who fail to "conduct themselves as stand-up men and true professionals" and dubbed them "candya----."
While he eventually deleted the post, Johnson told Vanity Fair he doesn't regret expressing himself.
"I meant what I said. For sure," he told the mag. "I mean what I say when I say it. But to express it publicly was not the right thing to do."
"It wasn’t my best day, sharing that. I shouldn’t have shared that," he continued. "Because at the end of the day, that goes against my DNA. I don’t share things like that. And I take care of that kind of bulls--- away from the public. They don’t need to know that. That’s why I say it wasn’t my best day."
He said there was a silver lining from the whole debacle and revealed that, while "it caused a firestorm," it sparked a conversation on set because "every single crew member found their way to me and either quietly thanked me or sent me a note."
It also resulted in a much-needed meeting with Diesel, 54.
The WWE star added with a laugh, "I wouldn’t call it a peaceful meeting. I would call it a meeting of clarity. He and I had a good chat in my trailer, and it was out of that chat that it really became just crystal clear that we are two separate ends of the spectrum. And agreed to leave it there."
He also defined what a candya-- is: A person who makes life harder for others because they are "completely full of s---."
