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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnsonis not holding back about his feelings regarding hisFast & FuriouscostarVin Diesel.
“I didn’t like that he brought up his children in the post, as well asPaul Walker’s death. Leave them out of it,” Johnson continued. “We had spoken months ago about this and came to a clear understanding. My goal all along was to end my amazing journey with this incredibleFast & Furiousfranchise with gratitude and grace.”
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel in 2011.Buda Mendes/LatinContent via Getty
“It’s unfortunate that this public dialogue has muddied the waters. Regardless, I’m confident in theFastuniverse and its ability to consistently deliver for the audience, and I truly wish my former costars and crew members the best of luck and success in the next chapter,” Johnson added.
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A representative for Diesel has not commented to PEOPLE.
Johnson and Diesel’s feud first came to light in 2016 as they filmed the eighth installment of the long-running franchise,The Fate of the Furious. “Tension has been building up for months,” a source close to the productiontold PEOPLE at the time.
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Johnson had also penned a since-deleted Instagram post at the time,calling out his unnamed male costars.
“There’s no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one. My female costars are always amazing and I love ‘em. My male costars, however, are a different story,” he wrote, adding, “Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t.”
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In an interview withMen’s Healthin July, Diesel claimed that he used “tough love” on set when it came to Johnson portraying hisFast & Furiouscharacter, federal agent Luke Hobbs.
“I could give a lot of tough love. Not Felliniesque, but I would do anything I’d have to do in order to get performances in anything I’m producing,” he told the magazine.
“I’ve been around the block a lot of times. Unlike [Diesel], I did not come from the world of theater,” he added. “And, you know, I came up differently and was raised differently.”
source: people.com
