HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH DWAYNE JOHNSON.
NOW I KNOW YOU'RE NOT PARTICULARLY A POLITICAL PERSON
BUT PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT WHETHER YOU WOULD RUN FOR
POLITICAL OFFICE YOURSELF, BECAUSE-- PEOPLE LOVE A WINNER,
YOU SEEM LIKE A WINNER.
YOU EXECUTE GREAT CONFIDENCE.
DO YOU ACTUALLY TAKE THAT POBTD SERIOUSLY?
>> I ABSOLUTELY DO, YES, YES, I DO..
>> JUST TO PUT IT IN CONTEXT, SOMETHING HAPPENS IN "THE
WASHINGTON POST," THEY POSTED A STORY, HAD WRITTEN A STORY AND
SAIRKSD THE GUEST OF IT WAS IF I WERE TO RUN I COULD HAVE A
LEGITIMATE THOUGHT AT WINNING.
IT KIND OF PICKED UP STEAM.
AND WHEN IT PICKED UP STEAM, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC KIND OF THOUGHT ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
SO WHEN THAT STARTED PIBBING UP, OF COURSE WHEN I'M ASKED, YES, I
HAVE INCREDIBLE RESPECT FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE AND OUR COUNTRY,
SO I SAID YES, I WOULD CONSIDER IT.
AND OF COURSE I WOULD.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, STEPHEN, LOOK, I'M NOT DELUSIONAL AT ALL.
LIKE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, I NEED THAT THING, OH,
EXPERIENCE, YES.
THAT'S-- (APPLAUSE)
SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN IN A 2024, 2028, I WOULD HAVE TO GO
TO WORK AND GET SOME EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTAND POLICY.
>> Stephen: AND GIVE IT 110 PERCENT.
>> I WOULD GO BACK-- .
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT IS EITHER PRESIDENT OR USED CARS.
>> THAT'S IT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY.
>> Stephen: THERE IS A LITTLE, WE KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE
ACCESS TO NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SHOW THESE PEOPLE.
THIS ONE HOUR BEFORE THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REVEALED TO THE
WORLD THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN OSAMA BIN LADEN, ONE HOUR BEFORE THE
REST OF US KNEW, BEFORE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT WAS BEING MADE, YOU
TWEETED THIS.
JUST GOT WORD THAT WILL SHOCK THE WORLD. LAND OF THE FREE,
HOME OF THE BRAVE, DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
WHO READ YOU IN.
WHO READ YOU IN?
WERE YOU IN THE SITUATION ROOM, WAS IT OBAMA AND HILLARY AND
EVERYBODY ELSE WATCHING, JUST RIGHT OFF CAMERA, ARE YOU THERE
GOING WHOOO!
IN THAT ROOM?
>> BUDDY, I WAS RIGHT THERE.
I-- .
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, WHERE DID THIS COME FROM.
WHY DID YOU DO THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH AND LOW PLACES.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND WHEN I HAD RECEIVED THAT, I WAS-- .
>> Stephen: FROM HOME.
>> I CANNOT SAY FROM WHOM IT WAS.
>> Stephen: YOU TWEETED IT.
>> I KNOW BUT WHEN I TWEETED IT, I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS JUST ABOUT TO WALK ON TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN 30
SECONDS.
>> Stephen: BIDEN, RIGHT, BIDEN TOLD YOU.
>> I CAN'T SAY AND THEN I GET A FOLLOWUP TEXT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS BIDEN.
(LAUGHTER) >> I CAN'T SAY.
I CAN CAN'T CONFIRM NOR DENY BUT I GET A FOLLOWUP TEXT SAYING WE
HAD TO PUSH THE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR ANOTHER HOUR.
OH, BUT IT JUST WENT OUT.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
>> WOW.
>> Stephen: THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT IS QUITE AMAZING.
QUITE AMAZING.
NOW AS YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE, YOU ARE SAMOAN, YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE A TRADITIONAL TATTOO OVER ONE ARM AND OVER YOUR CHEST
HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: DON'T SUPPOSE YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE PEEK AT
THAT, COULD YOU?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) YOU DON'T WANT-- .
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T WANT-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> OH MY GOD.
>> Stephen: IR'S WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU MADE ME PROMISE TO ASK THAT.
>> I DID.
PLEASE ASK ME TO OPEN MY SHIRT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
>> Stephen: OKAY, TELL ME ABOUT LIKE WHAT-- YOUR SAMOAN
HERITAGE INFORMS WHO YOU ARE.
>> WELL, JUST TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT, I'M HALF BLACK AND
HALF SAMOAN.
AND HALF OF MY FAMILY CAME UP THROUGH THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
AND FINALLY SETTLED IN CANADA.
AND MY OTHER HALF, WHOOO FOR CANADA.
AND MY OTHER HALF IS, THERE ARE TWO ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, ONE IS AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE OTHER IS WESTERN-- THAT
IS MY MOM WHO JUST DID THAT, BY THE WAY.
I RECOGNIZED THAT IN THE OTHER IS WESTERN SAMOAN AN MY FAMILY
IS FROM WESTERN SAMOA.
AND VERY PROUD CULTURE.
AND WE SING AND WE PLAY UK LAY LAY AND WE DANCE.
>> Stephen: YOU DO SING, YOU SANG IN MONA.
>> I DID.
I DID, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WHAT, HAD YOU SUNG A LOT OR WERE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT
THAT?
HOW DID YOU TRAIN FOR THAT?
>> ABOUT SINGING?
WELL, I WASN'T NERVOUS ABOUT SINGING IN MONA.
WE HAD LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA WHO WROTE THE MUSIC AND SET IT UP
REALLY NICELY, HE IS AMAZING, OF COURSE.
BUT PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE WE WERE SINGING ALL THE TIME, AS A
FAMILY JUST GROWING UP AND ALWAYS SINGING AND SOMETIMES
SINGING SAMOAN SONGS, HAWAIIAN SONGSZ AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DID A LITTLE SINGING
FOR OUR SHOW.
LIKE IN SAMOAN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, LIKE SAMONA SONGS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A SAMOAN SONG, LET'S SEE-- .
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU USED TO WARM UP BEFORE YOU SANG
ON THE, IN THE MOVIE, YOU WARMED UP WITH A LITTLE TEQUILA.
WOULD YOU BE-- INTERESTED IN?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I DON'T WANT, DO YOU WANT.
>> I DON'T LIKE TO DRINK ALONE.
>> Stephen: NO, I WILL DRINK WITH YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH, UH-HUH.
OKAY.
THERE YOU GO.
>> A SIP, ARE WE SIPPING TZ I DON'T THINK SO.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING.
YOU DIDN'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE.
>> Stephen: OH.
>> VERY IMPORTANT, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: I TELL YOU WHAT, ARE YOU KNOWN FOR YOUR EYEBROW,
I'M KNOWN FOR MY EYEBROW, OKAY.
LET'S LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYEWITNESSES OKAY AND DO THE
EYEBROW?
>> Stephen: LIKE MEN.
>> CHEERS.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: OKAY, TEACH ME A SAMOAN SONG.
>> LET'S SEE, SAMOAN SONG.
ALL RIGHT.
I HAVEN'T SANG THIS IN A LONG TIME, I MIGHT VIEW IT UP, I WILL
SING THE FIRST VERSE.
♪ THAT'S IT.
COMEERS PLAWS (APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT MEANS LIKE ANSWER ME OH MY LOVE, JUST WHAT IT IS THAT I AM
GUILTY OF, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS WHAT IT MEANS, I WILL SAY I
HAVE NEVER LOOKED A MAN DIRECTLY IN THE EYE WHEN I SANG THAT.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: WELL, THE NEW MOVIE, THE NEW MOVIE, SUMMER
BLOCKBUSTER, OKAY, SKY SCAPER.
>> TO HELL WITH THE MOVIE, LET'S DRINK!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) IS.
>> Stephen: ROLL THE CLIP.
>> WHOOO!
>> DWAYNE.
>> A REAL PLEASURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SKYSCRAPER IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY, DWAYNE JOHNSON
EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY ALESSIA CARA.