Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the famed actor, surprised his mother with a brand new house for Christmas.
“This one felt good. Surprise! Bought my mom a new home for Christmas,” he said in the caption, recounting that while he was growing up the family often moved as his parents struggled to pay the rent.
He then noted that he bought his parents their first house in 1999 but they divorced soon after.
Since then, he’s promised both his mother and father that he would buy them whatever they needed.
“This gift is a special one though and the timing is very meaningful. I told her to treat this card like it’s ‘Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket’ because she gets to choose any home she wants—anywhere she wants,” Johnson said.
“I always say, if you got a good mama, then you gotta pretty good shot at becoming a decent human being. And somehow, somewhere along the line I became one lucky [guy] to be able to make stuff like this happen. Merry Christmas Ma and WOOOHOOO enjoy your new home. Dwanta.”
Ata Johnson looks stunned as she reads about the present and laughs while struggling to contain her emotions.
The pair then hugs.
Johnson loves the Christmas holidays and giving out gifts.
When police arrived on the scene, “They told my dad’s mom that when her boyfriend regains consciousness, he’s gonna kill your son so one of them has got to go,” Johnson wrote.
“In front of the entire family, my dad’s mom looked at him and said get out. He was 13yrs old and now homeless,” he added.
Johnson noted that he bought his father cars but his dad is thrifty and will keep driving the same truck as long as he can.
He said his father’s tough love “made a man outta me,” and wished his father a Merry Christmas, posting a picture of the two smiling next to the new vehicle.
New Show
Johnson has starred in many movies but soon his new NBC athletic competition reality show, dubbed “The Titan Games,” will begin airing on television.Chris Watts, a 33-year-old United States Army veteran who is now working as a civilian contractor in Afganistan, is one of the contestants for the first season.
“It was intense from the first round. The first round is ‘Heavy Metal’ and I competed against another guy by carrying heavy cinder blocks chained to either side of a bar while moving up a ramp as quickly as possible. At the top, it was a race to see who could put the bar and weights on a machine and crank it tight.”
“I will never forget how that felt,” he said. “It was tough.”
