The 'Fast Five' star shares on Instagram that 'there was a time back in '87 when we couldn't even afford Thanksgiving dinner and was praying someone would invite us over their house to eat.'
- Nov 25, 2017
AceShowbiz - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was extremely grateful for his Thanksgiving celebration on Thursday night, November 23. The 45-year-old wrestler-turned-actor took to Instagram the next day to reveal that his family could not even afford Thanksgiving dinner when he was a kid.
Sharing a happy family photo taken from last night's celebration, The Rock wrote along with it, "After we bowed our heads in prayer, we went around the table and everyone shared what they were thankful for." He continued, "Beautiful seeing and listening to everyone speak from their heart. Tears, laughter and boundless gratitude."
"Personally, I'm a little surprised no one expressed how thankful they were that THE Sexiest Man Alive (I refuse to relinquish my title to Blake Shelton or any man) was sitting at the table," he went on joking. "I didn't want to be a d**k and interrupt the prayer, but at some point someones gotta address the elephant in the room."
"Jokes aside, it was a very special Thanksgiving," "The Fate of the Furious" star continued, before sharing, "As my mom pointed out earlier in the day, there was a time back in '87 when we couldn't even afford Thanksgiving dinner and was praying someone would invite us over their house to eat."
"We were in a tough spot back then, but we got thru it," he said. "And here we are today," the muscled actor concluded his post, "One big, extended, blended, slightly crazy, loving, grateful ohana," adding the hashtag #sib.
The Rock was 15 years old in 1987. But he was one of the biggest stars in WWE about eleven years later. In early 2000s, he turned to acting, making cameo appearances in 2001's "Longshot" and "The Mummy Returns". In the following year, he nabbed his first leading film role in "The Scorpion King", for which he was paid $5.5 million, a world record for an actor in his first starring role. In 2016, he was named the world's highest-paid actor.
