Try Not to Cry in This Video of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Giving Away His Personal Ford Truck to a Deserving Fan
You have to be a rock not to tear up at this story.
Hollywood A-lister and WWE legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s video gave away his personal custom Ford pickup truck to a fan who attended the special screening of “Red Notice.”
The video, which already had over 10.5 million views shows Johnson surprising Navy veteran Oscar Rodriguez, who’s also a church leader, a personal trainer and volunteer who makes meals for women victims of domestic violence. He also takes care of his 75-year-old mom. This mama’s boy, as Johnson would tease him said that, “You do a lot of good to people brother, his laundry list of doing good is just amazing!”
In the post, Johnson wrote “Today was a good day. I invited fans to a special theater screening of Red Notice and I wanted to do something cool for all of them.”
the actor said he originally wanted to give away a Porsche Taycan, which was a car he used for the movie, but the German carmaker turned down this proposal so he gave away his own custom Ford pickup truck instead.
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An award for Oscar
Johnson is one of the most sought-after and, reportedly, highest-paid actors in the world, but one thing he doesn’t have yet is an Oscar. But this Christmas present to a deserving fan probably trumps the feeling of getting an Academy Award.
Rodriguez posted the experience on his own Instagram page after the shocking reveal.
“Merry Christmas @coach_orod and enjoy your new truck! I also wanted to do something BIG… something MASSIVE… something unforgettable for one fan. My original idea was to give away the Porsche Taycan, that I drive in the movie, Red Notice. So we reached out to Porsche, but they said no. But I still said, yes. I’ll do one better. I’ll give away my personal custom truck as the gift. My baby. I gathered as much information as I could about everyone in the audience and ultimately, Oscar’s story moved me.”
This isn’t the first time Johnson gave away a Ford vehicle. In 2017, he surprised a combat veteran named Marlene who finished three tours of duty and got a serious brain injury and was given a Purple Heart. She was a recipient of Ford’s Go Further award and, in the video, she was given a new never-been-seen before 2018 Mustang which was first unveiled virtually on this YouTube video (link here)
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