Dwayne Johnson says ‘there’s no need’ to talk to Tyrese Gibson after feud
16 July, 2018
DWAYNE ‘The Rock’ Johnson has made it clear his friendship with Fast and the Furious co-star, Tyrese Gibson, is over.
Gibson, who plays Roman Pearce in the movie franchise, publicly attacked Johnson on social media last year after the Rock revealed he’s making a Fast and Furious spin-off based around his character, Luke Hobbs.
“If you move forward with that #Hobbs Movie you will have purposely ignored the heart-to-heart moment we had in my sprinter,” Gibson wrote on Instagram.
“I don’t wanna hear from you until you remember what we talked about. I’m on your timeline cause you’re not responding to my text messages. #FastFamily is just that a family — we don’t fly solo.”
Gibson also claimed on Instagram that he wasn’t willing to star in another movie alongside Johnson.
“I’m sorry to announce that if Dwayne is in Fast and Furious 9 there will no more Roman Pearce,” he wrote.
“You mess with family and my daughter’s survival. I mess with yours. Close your eyes, dude, you’re a clown.”
Johnson appeared on US TV show Watch What Happens Live! late last week and was asked if he’s spoken to Gibson since his online outburst.
“We haven’t talked at all,” the Rock said.
“That whole thing with Tyrese, it was pretty disappointing because I’d been friends with Tyrese for a very long time.
“I always feel like a beef requires two people to actually jump in it. It was really one-sided, and he had voiced his opinion a lot on social media and apparently he was going through some stuff too in his personal life, but no, we haven’t talked and I don’t see where we would.
“To me, there’s no need to have a conversation.”
Johnson’s latest movie, Skyscraper, is in cinemas now and has been described by news.com.au’s Wenlei Ma as “of the most ridiculous movies you’ll ever see”.
His Fast and Furious spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw, is expected to be released in August 2019.
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