Posted on 07/09/2026 11:15:20 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Johnson recently told "Esquire" he is "going to keep my politics to myself."
Key Points:
-Wil Wheaton called Dwayne Johnson a 'coward' for declining to share his politics publicly.
-Johnson recently told Esquire he wants to "keep my politics to myself."
-The Moana star previously endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election, but said he regretted that decision in 2024.
Wil Wheaton doesn't care for Dwayne Johnson's approach to politics.
The Stand By Me actor called out the Jumanji: The Next Level star for declining to publicly comment on his political views.
"So disappointing to find out he is such a coward," Wheaton wrote on Threads on Monday.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Johnson for comment.
Wheaton is a vocal critic of President Trump, and previously campaigned for Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election.
Wheaton's comment came in response to a post by George Takei that quoted Esquire's recent profile of Johnson. "Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's recent comments to Esquire about wanting to 'keep my politics to myself' have divided fans, with some calling out his silence," Takei wrote.
Indeed, Johnson did speak at length about why he won't speak at length about politics during his conversation with Esquire last month after the outlet asked if he intentionally avoids talking about political matters to maximize the audience for his movies.
"What I have learned through experience," Johnson told the outlet, "is that I need to keep — need, not want — the main thing the main thing. And the main thing for me, the thing that in the morning I swing my legs out of bed and I run towards, is creating. It’s art. It’s storytelling."
Johnson explained that he doesn't want his politics to distract from his work, and that he's always open to having a conversation. "I’ve learned I’m going to keep my politics to myself," he said. "There are moments when, hey, there’s nothing we can’t talk about. If I’m wrong, I’ll tell you I’m wrong. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and this is the right way to go, I’ll share it with you."
He continued, "Politics is omnipresent and it’s forever. I don’t like it. [Laughs.] I hate it at times. I hate the slinging. I hate all the bulls--- that comes with it."
The Smashing Machine actor then told Esquire's reporter, who introduced the topic of politics via a comment about Bruce Springsteen's recent anti-Trump tour, that he thinks people who have political disagreements should talk to each other rather than calling each other out in public.
"When I hear you talk about Springsteen, who I love, and this idea that he’s speaking directly to Trump in his concerts, my first thought as you were telling me that, in my head, I went, 'Oh, then why don’t they talk?'" he said. "They should sit down and talk. I don’t know where that goes, but I do know that’s an important step.”
Johnson previously endorsed Joe Biden for president during the 2020 campaign, but in 2024, he told told Fox News' Will Cain that he regretted making an endorsement.
"The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time… And I thought back then, when we talk about, 'Hey, you know, I'm in this position where I have some influence and it's my job then… to exercise my influence and share… this is who I'm going to endorse,'" he said in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election.
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"Am I gonna do that again this year? That answer is no, I'm not gonna do that, because what I realized — what that caused back then — was something that tears me up in my guts, back then and now, which is division," he continued. "And that got me. The takeaway after that, months and months and months, I started to realize, like, 'Oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country.'"
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H-Wil H-Wheaton?
Shut up, Wesley
SHUT UP WESLEY!....................
GMTA!..................
He should tell Wheaton to F off.
Or else say, ok, elect Republicans.
Leftists are annoying offensive creatures.
An entertainer’s job is to entertain. Not to alienate half of their audience with a political stance. That is “unacceptable” to the left wing mob that controls Hollywood and media. They are no different than the Maoists who marched their political opponents in the streets to shame them and force them to pledge their loyalty to the “revolution”. The left is completely unhinged. Live and let live is no longer acceptable to them. Fortunately, Dwayne Johnson has enough FU money to say FU if he wants to, but staying out of the political fray and focusing on his actual job is the more strategic and sensible move.
Haven’t put your money where your mouth is lately, have you Mr. Wheaton...
Talk is cheap.
Only because Joe Biden sucked.
And Mark Zuckerberg found out the hard way and that's why he decided not to endorse Kamala in 2024 after giving hundreds of millions to Joe Biden in 2020.
What money?
I guess I don’t get the reference.
What a joke. Speaking out from the left is taking the easy way out because you are lauded as a hero by Hollywood. What the Rock said obviously takes courage precisely because of the blowback he’s getting from saying it.
Isn’t he a leftist too?
I checked FEC records.
“Better to remain silent and let people think you are a fool (or coward), than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
Apparently Wil never heard this old axiom.
He played a character named “Wesley” on Star Trek TNG. So annoying beta that I didn’t watch that show because he was insufferable.
How successful is his acting career? Does he have a day job?
I have no idea why their egos insist they tell us about their politics. Frankly, I don’t give a crap and they certainly do not influence my opinions..
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