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The Rock Responds To Claim Of Being Booed At WWE Press Event For Not Delivering On Maui Wildfire Relief

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The Rock Responds To Claim Of Being Booed At WWE Press Event For Not Delivering On Maui Wildfire Relief

The Rock received a huge backlash from WWE fans after he attempted to steal Cody Rhodes’ WrestleMania spotlight. The Hollywood megastar got a chorus of boos and “Rocky Sucks” chants at this past Thursday’s WWE WrestleMania 40 Kickoff press event.

On Saturday, a user of social platform X posted a video clip of The Rock getting booed at the WWE press event. He stated that the fans booed Dwayne Johnson for misusing Maui wildfire relief. The person also tried to mislead his followers by stating,

“It looks like the audience is fully AMERICA FIRST and is demanding The Rock and Oprah follow through with their commitment to take care of the people of Lahaina.

The crowd started booing and chanting “MAUI! MAUI! MAUI!”

Dwayne Johnson responded to the post and stated that they were able to gather $50 million. Johnson added that funds had already been donated to 8,000 people who survived the tragedy. The Great One then encouraged the person to post something positive for Hawaii.

“I typically refrain from responding to toxic, false clickbait garbage like this because I hate dignifying bullsh-t with a response, but when you use Hawaii’s tragic events to draw attention to yourself I won’t stay quiet.

This moment you’re referring to is from our @WWE press conference this past Thursday where I turned “heel” – wrestling parlance for bad guy. I’m playing it up with our crowd as they boo. It’s what we do in our WWE universe, and we all love every second of it.

For the record:
Our People’s Fund of Maui has already DELIVERED over $50 MILLION DOLLARS to over 8,000 survivors who were affected by the fires, and I’m grateful to the bone that we’ve been the primary funders.

Hawaii is where I grew up, where I raise my children throughout the year and where my ancestors are buried. These are my Polynesian people and these are OUR American people. You can’t imagine how much they are still struggling daily to put their lives back together and take care of each other. Our Poly American people are as resilient as people come, and they will raise and get back on their feet.

Nick, instead of posting bullsh-t like this that you know is false – I encourage you to post something positive for Hawaii, for our Polynesian American people. Or actually take positive action and come to Hawaii to help out in an uplifting way.
I’m in Hawaii now, and I guarantee you, you’ll get great content that can actually make a difference in people’s lives.
Genuinely.

Let’s put our energy and our online platforms into lifting people up. Acknowledging the good things that people do. Raising awareness for the suffering in ways that can effectively help. It takes so much effort to be negative, and create and spread bullsh-t – but when you spread positivity, kindness, and lead by example you can really impact lives.

I’m sorry to all our Poly/Hawaiian ohana of Maui, for shining light on this toxicity as you struggle through tough times – I always try to be Na’au Pono.
Love U.

Aloha,
DJ”