Dwayne Johnson have been friends — “texting, showing love, support, always being there for each other” for almost a decade — but they’ve also just met.
The Rock on Tuesday posted a lengthy account of how he and the country singer struck up a friendship when the “Fast and Furious” actor, in a bad place mentally, heard one of Jellyroll’s songs that “rocked” him.
On Monday, Johnson appeared in Jelly Roll’s trailer for “American Idol,” meeting him in person for the first time. They shared “a brotherly hug almost 10 years in the making,” and the rock brought a gift that made the singer say, “I feel bad even carrying this!”
“Several years ago (around 2017), I was going through something really hard at the time, I was struggling,” Johnson wrote. “Then a song came through my headphones one morning on a random shuffle playlist. ‘Only’ by Jelly Roll. The lyrics shook me. Hard Core. The words moved me so much that I reached for jelly. I said you don’t know me and I don’t know myself.
Johnson said the gift—which we won’t spoil for you here—”is insignificant to the world, but something I knew would mean a lot to him and he would appreciate.”
You can read all about it and watch their first meeting, including the gift exchange, in the X Post with the video below:
“Love you brother and cheers to all our plaques that fall,” Johnson concluded.
