Dwayne Johnson is one of the most beloved actors working in Hollywood today, hence why his name is often suggested when it comes to a future Presidential run in the United States!
It's rare for the actor to receive any sort of negative press, but Black Adam's release has not been kind to him. While there was a little spin at the beginning, painting it as the biggest opening of The Rock's career, the tide soon turned and it was no longer possible to overlook the movie's poor critical and commercial performance.
Since then, Johnson has become uncharacteristically defensive about Black Adam on social media, with accusations swirling that he and/or his team leaked financial data to Deadline to try and make the movie look like a hit.
The actor had huge plans for this franchise, with sequels, spin-offs, and more. Unfortunately, he's no longer going to have a say in how the DCEU DCU is run, as that's now down to DC Studios' James Gunn and Peter Safran. Could that be why he's supposedly unfollowed the social media accounts for Black Adam, DC Comics, and Warner Bros. Discovery on Instagram?
Well, despite rumours swirling online that The Rock had snubbed his former employers on the site, he quickly took to Twitter to debunk those claims, putting the story to bed.
Johnson would later chime in to say that this is an "insanely toxic time and culture," likely referencing the way he and Black Adam are coming under fire as the DCEU transitions to the DCU.
Considering #FireJamesGunn has been trending, with most of those people being Snyderverse and Black Adam fans who credit The Rock with "saving" Henry Cavill's Superman, we're not sure which side of that toxicity he's referring to here.
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