Dwayne Johnson on Surviving His Dysfunctional Childhood and Shedding ‘The Responsibility of Making the Audience Feel Good’

Jan 3, 2026 10:00am PT Dwayne Johnson on Surviving His Dysfunctional Childhood and Shedding ‘The Responsibility of Making the Audience Feel Good’ By Tatiana Siegel Plus Icon Tatiana Siegel @tatianasiegel27 Latest ‘Israel Did Not Kill Charlie Kirk. That Is Insane!’: The World According to Hasan Piker 2 months ago ‘Do They Not Like Us?’: CNN’s Bianna Golodryga Tackles Book on Antisemitism Following Tween Son’s Questions About Kyrie Irving, Kanye West 2 months ago Inside David Ellison’s Dramatic First 100 Days at Paramount: Courting Tom Cruise Blockbusters, Forging Ties With Trump and Daring Anyone Else to Buy Warner Bros. Discovery 2 months ago See All Alexi Lubomirski for Variety As an adolescent, Dwayne Johnson and his family bounced around the country, from urban North Carolina to suburban Connecticut.