Actor and writer Wil Wheaton<\/strong> didn’t hold back his frustration with Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson<\/strong> this week, slamming him as a \u201ccoward\u201d for selecting to stay politically neutral.<\/p>\n Johnson played coy when asked whether he had stayed silent to maximise the audience for his movies.<\/p>\n He leaned Democratic in 2020 when he endorsed Joe Biden, but later said he regretted his endorsement.<\/p>\n Star Trek actors George Takei and Wil Wheaton attack Dwayne Johnson for saying he is not going to talk out on politics. <\/p>\n George Takei on Threads: “Silence is complicity.”<\/p>\n Wil Wheaton in reply: “So disappointing to seek out out he’s such a coward.”<\/p>\n Is that this why nobody respects\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Rn5A15sMLM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Fandom Pulse (@fandompulse) July 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson has come under fire from a Hollywood colleague for selecting to stay silent politically, at the same time as the country plunges deeper into political division.<\/p>\n In a passionate social media post, Wil Wheaton labeled Johnson a \u201ccoward,\u201d seemingly maintaining that public figures have an ethical obligation to take a stand on critical social and political issues.<\/p>\n \u201cSo disappointing to seek out out he’s such a coward,\u201d Wheaton wrote on Threads on Monday, per Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wheaton\u2019s criticism got here in response to a post by George Takei that quoted Esquire\u2019s recent interview with Johnson.<\/p>\n \u201cDwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson\u2019s recent comments to Esquire about wanting to \u2018keep my politics to myself\u2019 have divided fans, with some calling out his silence,\u201d Takei wrote on Threads<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a follow-up response, he added, \u201cSilence is complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n Wheaton has remained a vocal Trump critic and previously campaigned for Kamala Harris within the buildup to the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n Unlike him, whose political stand is thought, Johnson is neither here nor there. In an interview with Esquire<\/a> last month, he explained why he intentionally avoids the subject when asked whether he was trying to maximise his movies\u2019 audience by doing so.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I even have learned through experience is that I want to maintain \u2014 need, not want \u2014 the primary thing the primary thing. And the primary thing for me, the thing that within the morning I swing my legs off the bed, and I run towards, is creating. It\u2019s art. It\u2019s storytelling,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n Wheaton has remained a vocal Trump critic and previously campaigned for Kamala Harris within the buildup to the 2024 presidential elections.<\/p>\n Johnson went further to clarify within the interview that he doesn’t want his politics to distract from his work, but is all the time open to dialogue.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve learned I\u2019m going to maintain my politics to myself,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are moments when, hey, there\u2019s nothing we are able to\u2019t speak about. If I\u2019m flawed, I\u2019ll let you know I\u2019m flawed. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and that is the proper approach to go, I\u2019ll share it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cPolitics is omnipresent, and it\u2019s without end. I don\u2019t prefer it. [Laughs.] I hate it at times. I hate the slinging. I hate all of the bullsh-t that comes with it.\u201d<\/p>\n He then addressed the reporter, who had brought up politics with a remark about Bruce Springsteen\u2019s recent anti-Trump tour, saying it might be higher<\/a> if each parties that don’t see eye to eye had a conversation moderately than calling one another out.<\/p>\n\n
Dwayne Johnson Says Art Is His \u2018Primary Thing\u2019<\/h2>\n
Johnson Says He \u2018Hates\u2019 Politics<\/h2>\n
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Dwayne Johnson Vowed Not To Repeat 2020 Endorsement<\/h2>\n