The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - CLOSED MOUTHS DON’T GET FED Ft. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson ｜ Episode 228

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00:01:06.440 hey y'all it's me before we get into this week's episode i want to preface this this is one of the

00:01:16.540 biggest ones we've ever done we did do it on the beach on the beach however that being said the

00:01:23.660 audio, not the best. Okay. So if you're an audio exclusive listener, I highly suggest you go watch

00:01:30.860 it on YouTube. If you're watching it on YouTube, ignore me. But if not, and you're listening to

00:01:36.100 audio only, I would suggest going and watching. Otherwise you will hear wind and waves because

00:01:42.380 we're on the beach. And instead of sending me comments like, why does this audio sound like

00:01:47.220 this? Now, you know, okay. But other than that, enjoy me harassing my brother, the rock, and I'll

00:01:53.480 See you next week.

00:01:54.280 Okay, love you.

00:01:54.980 Bye.

00:01:55.700 Should I start lying about my height when I go for roles?

00:01:59.520 And you're a big man, just like I'm a big man.

00:02:02.160 So do you have to lie in your slates, or is that just kind of a me thing?

00:02:06.060 I wouldn't do that.

00:02:07.420 No, no.

00:02:07.820 You don't think so?

00:02:08.520 No, because eventually they'll see that, oh, she's kind of tall.

00:02:13.280 That you're enormous.

00:02:14.280 Like, they're going to see you, Megan.

00:02:15.360 Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another very, very special episode of the comment section. 0.79

00:02:26.860 Guys, you are not going to fucking believe who we have today.

00:02:30.540 We have the one, the only, the iconic, the legend himself, my brother in Christ, 0.96

00:02:34.860 Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

00:02:36.060 My sis.

00:02:36.860 What's up?

00:02:38.060 Hey, hey.

00:02:39.380 Good to see you, brother.

00:02:40.220 Good to see you.

00:02:40.940 This has been a long time coming.

00:02:42.400 Oh, my gosh, hasn't it?

00:02:43.640 Right?

00:02:43.840 We've been two passing ships.

00:02:44.960 Years.

00:02:45.360 equally as successful here we are yes i'm so happy we came back home essentially we did yeah

00:02:52.960 us here we did by the way i do want to start out thank you by the way so i reached out to drew

00:02:57.260 uh and i'm rarely a dm dude that's true but i dm and i was like hey what do you think let's do

00:03:04.340 your podcast let's do it right yes and then we were trying to get it done in la where you were

00:03:10.080 I have your podcast, and I said, I'm so busy, dude, what if we went to Hawaii?

00:03:15.920 Don't threaten me with a good time, you know what I mean?

00:03:18.340 So thank you for doing this.

00:03:19.480 My gosh, thank you for having me.

00:03:20.860 So much better, by the way.

00:03:21.300 I think so.

00:03:22.200 We have the Moana coursing through our veins.

00:03:24.440 Yes.

00:03:24.980 And then we get to talk about Moana.

00:03:26.420 Come on.

00:03:26.920 How exciting, live action, I will say.

00:03:29.900 Well, before we get started, really, can you look in the camera and tell everyone you are my friend?

00:03:34.480 I've been saying you're my friend for years. 0.98

00:03:36.100 Who the fuck has doubted that? 0.98

00:03:37.160 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 0.99

00:03:38.400 that's what i'm saying because some people don't believe me but that's why i'm saying

00:03:41.220 my good friend dwayne dron jockson's gonna tell you himself good friend she's my good friend

00:03:44.720 she's my sister exactly jot it down okay so i did get the pleasure of seeing one already

00:03:50.280 i got to see the new film that you will all get to see very very soon what do you think i

00:03:55.800 loling lmaoing the entire time you know what you have hair in that movie but you are still

00:04:02.620 damn charming come on you are so charming brother i can't get over it i was giggling you had me

00:04:07.840 giggling the whole time good i wanted to bring the comedy that was important yeah that's what 0.99

00:04:11.600 maui is maui is he's a trickster and he's all these things he's got bravado and all of this

00:04:16.360 and right and especially live action version yeah animated is funny but i also felt like well wait

00:04:21.660 this is real flesh and blood yeah we can go a little harder with the jokes i think so yeah a

00:04:27.200 little slapstick comedy a little bit you're real good at that thank you i'm trying to be like you

00:04:31.280 brother come on i'm trying to be like you i'm trying to be a comedy genius like dwayne rock

00:04:34.700 johnson but also i did want to say one of my favorite parts of the film is obviously all of

00:04:39.960 the representation that we see i have never seen so many samuan tongan people in my entire life

00:04:47.220 all in one space maori we had everyone yeah just everyone of all different pacific island descent

00:04:53.040 so beautiful so crazy how did it feel getting to kind of put that together like how how did that

00:04:58.980 feel for you personally you know it felt amazing and i'm so happy that you said that because i feel

00:05:03.820 like my job and your job if you and our job i think as polynesian people if you have

00:05:11.660 big influence or growing influence whatever it is our job is to put on for our culture right

00:05:17.540 and in this case for moana we have the biggest platform in the world which is the silver screen

00:05:29.640 at this level and to be able to put on for culture and and and take it so deeply serious as we all

00:05:39.500 did we have a culture trust um from tiana nonesina kayla we had just so many who understood the

00:05:49.200 assignment right and here we go and it was so cool because look when we were here i grew up here

00:05:54.480 went to school here elementary middle high school you went to uh here yeah um i back then i was 0.96

00:06:01.700 skipping school and i was being like a little asshole not going to class and i would we would 0.94

00:06:06.900 go skip school and just go to movie theaters down in waikiki but i wasn't seeing myself on screen 0.98

00:06:11.860 right but now years later there we are in this big way and our film starts off in our village

00:06:18.720 um and then we set sail and then along the way you meet maui and then there's a giant crab who's

00:06:24.800 singing and then you go face the lava monster at the end it's just i to answer your question

00:06:30.800 directly it made me feel so proud that i could in this way uh represent our culture and put us

00:06:38.720 up there on the big screen absolutely it was beautiful brings me to tears every time i see it

00:06:43.320 Especially seeing the Taupo outfit, like them being dressed culturally accurately.

00:06:48.320 Yes.

00:06:49.120 Misty eyed, as I'm giggling, and speaking of giggling,

00:06:52.780 I did complain on TikTok, this is public record.

00:06:55.880 I did complain on TikTok about not getting a read for this movie.

00:07:00.080 That is the truth.

00:07:01.000 Did you reach out?

00:07:01.840 Well, no, I made a TikTok basically saying, hey, how come no one called me?

00:07:05.540 The Rock's already in it.

00:07:06.440 Did you reach out?

00:07:07.200 Okay, yeah, well, no, but I just kind of figured me existing was kind of just

00:07:10.680 speaking for itself, but you know, that was me, closed mouths.

00:07:13.200 don't get fed so that's on me so that was me putting my energy out into the universe i did

00:07:18.020 get two reads for i think it was angry coconut farmer and fisherman number three me bitching

00:07:25.140 on the internet literally got me those two background no i didn't hit you up i'm trying

00:07:30.120 to be cool i'm trying to play it cool duane i'm trying to play it cool i've been telling everyone

00:07:34.280 we're friends i'm like i gotta be you gotta go after it that's true again closed mouths don't

00:07:38.060 that's on me obviously that's on me i take that however i did do the read and i gave it my all

00:07:44.540 yeah and i guess my next question is how come you guys didn't pick me well first of all i didn't

00:07:49.740 know that's number one because i i right you know that's fair i don't believe in nepotism but i

00:07:56.460 believe we're taking care of our own i don't know what the difference is but i'll tell you that had

00:08:00.940 i known yeah it would have been a different man nepotism was at play here i trust and believe

00:08:05.580 I'd be telling people you were my dad.

00:08:06.740 Come on.

00:08:07.700 You call me sis, but you are significantly older than me, Dwayne.

00:08:10.320 My dad, why don't you go uncle?

00:08:11.580 Well, dad, well, you're about the same age as my dad.

00:08:13.300 Jesus.

00:08:13.840 Transparently.

00:08:15.020 He's 37?

00:08:15.900 You are 37, that would make you seven years older than me.

00:08:20.820 Yeah, we're about the same age.

00:08:22.820 Wait, you're 30?

00:08:23.600 Yeah, I'm 30.

00:08:24.300 Jesus Christ.

00:08:24.960 Yes, I am, and you're- I'm 108.

00:08:28.100 In TikTok years, I'm about 75.

00:08:32.260 Do you love what you're doing on TikTok?

00:08:35.720 I do love what I'm doing on TikTok, I think.

00:08:38.400 I think like what- You hesitated a little bit there.

00:08:40.360 Tell me about it though.

00:08:41.500 The reason why I asked is because you have grown since we first met.

00:08:45.640 That's true, yes.

00:08:46.460 And met on the set, which that's another story I wanna tell in a second,

00:08:49.660 a set of Black Adam that was years ago, two, three years ago, I think. 0.55

00:08:52.660 Yes.

00:08:53.960 And you have done so well and you've amassed this incredible following.

00:08:57.160 Thank you.

00:08:57.860 Do you love what you do?

00:08:59.460 I do, I love parts of what I do,

00:09:01.700 which is what I think is like you tell me what you love and then but I want to hear maybe more

00:09:05.900 importantly what you don't well being such a way in the rock Johnson therapizing me yes in our

00:09:11.680 motherland something very spiritual about that um I would say right and let's get comfy I I think

00:09:20.280 what I love most about it is the impact it's had both like in what I do talking about misogyny

00:09:26.340 like unpacking white supremacy that kind of thing um especially for women and other marginalized

00:09:31.520 people and i also love the cultural aspect like you said um i'm like yourself a lot of people's

00:09:38.620 first exposure to someone people like they've never uh seen or heard anyone who looks or sounds

00:09:43.420 like us or talks like us and was raised like us yes so that's also something i take a lot of pride

00:09:48.120 and i really really love like dearly about my job what i don't love and i'm sure you can agree with

00:09:53.700 this in a lot of ways tell me the invasion of privacy the kind of like self-sacrificial thing

00:09:59.160 you have to like you really do have to let something go in order to do this which I'm

00:10:03.080 sure you know because you've done it at such a high level for so long to receive you must

00:10:06.880 you must give yeah you have to give something there's a piece of you that you have to give

00:10:10.000 away which I did not think about before doing it it kind of just happened to me and I think

00:10:15.160 that's why which I was going to ask you what's something you missed doing before before you

00:10:20.720 became the rock totally it connects to what you're saying and I want to get back to what

00:10:25.160 you're saying i think it's it's important because today social media with our younger generation

00:10:30.720 but especially young girls yeah and i have all daughters yeah and so very careful in particular

00:10:35.940 with what they're watching what they're absorbing so with what you do to combat misogyny supremacy

00:10:42.240 etc things like that and and how you speak out i think is so important and especially to my

00:10:48.180 daughters who they look and they see you and like oh i see myself in her like that that looks like

00:10:52.900 she could be auntie right um but the thing that i the thing i miss is is just being able to take

00:11:01.800 a walk yeah and whether i have a hat on just but by the way i'm not complaining i do miss it though

00:11:09.180 yeah but i also remember a time where we were here in hawaii and we struggled struggled to pay

00:11:15.800 the rent the rent was 180 bucks a week i'll never forget it yeah on the other side of town

00:11:20.340 and um on the alamoana side of town and then um and then we got evicted and i feel like

00:11:28.460 all that led we got booted off the island we had no place to live but all that led to

00:11:35.420 who i am today yeah so anytime i get a little like i wish i could take a walk i'm like 0.93

00:11:43.140 yeah hey dude yeah you could go back to that shit you know where no one knew you right and so now 0.87

00:11:49.940 you're gonna complain that you can't walk but i do miss that i miss walks i miss just like hanging 0.99

00:11:53.920 out existing you know yeah because when i roll up to this hotel that we're at yeah i go through the

00:11:59.480 back it's back entrance i don't enjoy the lobby you know it's that kind of stuff yeah is that what

00:12:04.700 you kind of miss too yeah and i'm on you know a one one hundredth scale compared to yours which

00:12:11.200 is kind of what i think i was struggling with because i was like i'm at such a small level

00:12:15.000 and i'm already kind of struggling with this sacrifice may i jump in and say this though i

00:12:20.600 think it's important because you're maybe your interpretation of because it's all relative

00:12:25.280 because your fame just as an influencer and i feel like your fans and people who follow you

00:12:32.300 i feel like they have this it's almost like just sharper like they're quick to have their knives

00:12:39.480 out right more very true right with you and i feel like there's like this empowerment that they 0.94

00:12:45.400 feel like they have to that's like a righteousness to talk shit back to you right so i wonder like 0.97

00:12:50.620 how do you handle how do you handle that because for me i do my bit 99 of the noise and the shit 0.96

00:12:59.060 talk slide on my back yeah come on that doesn't bother me but then that one percent and i'm like

00:13:05.540 oh yeah and I look around like hey you want to meet me somewhere right for real tell me this

00:13:13.720 in my face like how do you deal with that I don't know I think I think I get that question a lot

00:13:20.720 especially from people of like that went up a more traditional way I think because it's a new

00:13:26.260 intersection that you guys haven't experienced yet like you've been in Hollywood for so long

00:13:30.240 and doing it at such a high level but now this is kind of like almost complicated it even further

00:13:35.220 the world of fame and celebrity yes and so a lot of people that like yourself ask me like how do

00:13:40.420 you deal with that because that's all i know is the internet like going up to the internet right

00:13:44.660 so i feel like part of it i have to like really release like we were talking about like let go

00:13:50.260 of what i cannot control because i have a big control issue oh really and i think also too

00:13:56.500 if it didn't bother me my therapist told me this shout out to my therapist she told me it didn't

00:14:01.860 it didn't bother if it didn't bother me that would make me not a good person

00:14:05.160 if it and she said i hope you never get to a point where this doesn't bother you yeah it should

00:14:10.900 bother you because it's not true and also it's mean-spirited and it's a lot of times bigoted in

00:14:16.780 a lot of ways yes but it's also untrue most importantly it's not true yeah and it's like

00:14:21.640 i think that's what's really helped me start to cope with it on that level other than like the

00:14:26.860 other side of like the part you're talking about where you don't care at all that's like when i

00:14:30.500 antagonize awful men i never fucking care what hornet's nest i kick because i'm like i'm i'm 0.92

00:14:36.540 have fun doing that yeah but i know what you mean about that little tiny percent you're like that 0.97

00:14:41.600 really upsets me because it's not true yeah it's not true and the tricky thing is it's like

00:14:45.980 you want to respond because that's our human nature and be like hey man that's not true like

00:14:51.380 what you're saying is bullshit yeah but at the same time there's that quote with the fastest way 0.97

00:14:57.100 to kill something is to not feed it yeah and then it's a balance you don't want to say something 0.99

00:15:01.760 absolutely you know what i mean yeah but i always wondered that about someone you in particular who

00:15:06.800 you have this platform and like you were saying like if they're bad men you go after it you don't

00:15:11.620 care about the hornet's nest yeah but at the same time the the reverb of that is going to come back

00:15:16.520 yeah it always comes back doesn't it yeah that's what i think that's the part of the price we have

00:15:20.380 to pay now yes i want to be as equally famous as each other equally as famous equally famous why

00:15:25.380 are you guys laughing same network and everything are you laughing right for real what's so funny

00:15:32.220 about that jesus i do want to say this thing about control because it's important and i

00:15:36.740 learned this too over the past especially maybe the past couple of years it's good for i think

00:15:41.700 our our listeners and people who are watching this is this idea tell me what you think that

00:15:47.200 when you can't control how the world hugs you hits you comes at you loves you hate you yeah

00:15:55.200 but you control how you respond right right and that's the thing yeah i feel like i've learned

00:16:01.320 because like you i'm gonna try and control i'm gonna try and control everything right

00:16:06.640 need to have to i'm gonna try to but then you realize the moment you release right is when

00:16:13.680 all that kind of almost like anxiety and pressure goes away because then you realize oh yeah i can't

00:16:19.040 control what somebody says yeah or what they feel or what they think or mother nature anything i

00:16:24.080 I can show how I respond.

00:16:25.880 Right.

00:16:26.280 And you can actually, when you actually start believing that,

00:16:28.640 I think that's what, that was my biggest struggle

00:16:30.300 was actually believing that.

00:16:31.660 As opposed to saying it.

00:16:32.560 Yeah, as opposed to just saying it

00:16:33.960 and not walking in it for real.

00:16:35.320 Yes.

00:16:35.600 Being like, yeah, whatever, who cares?

00:16:37.520 Yeah, not me, don't care.

00:16:38.480 Or walking in it.

00:16:39.440 Yeah, but I have to fake it till I make it, so.

00:16:41.560 That's what we do.

00:16:42.080 That's what we're doing.

00:16:42.800 That's what we do.

00:16:43.480 That's what we're doing.

00:16:43.960 What's next?

00:16:45.380 For me?

00:16:46.000 Yes.

00:16:46.800 Oh my God, that's a great segue

00:16:47.880 because what's next for me, I'm getting into acting.

00:16:50.780 Are you?

00:16:51.380 Yes.

00:16:51.940 Great.

00:16:52.240 And this is me growing a nepotism tree actively.

00:16:55.480 You guys are watching it live.

00:16:57.300 There's the seeds.

00:16:58.120 Well, I would love, I do wanna say this like for realsies,

00:17:02.140 you are so influential to me in so many ways.

00:17:05.620 Thank you. And I'm not gonna get emotional.

00:17:07.540 I'm not.

00:17:09.060 But you are so influential to me in so many ways.

00:17:10.740 It's the same place.

00:17:11.840 Thank you, thank you, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, thank you. 0.93

00:17:14.540 But I do think I admire you greatly for, cuz being the first is fucking hard.

00:17:21.720 it's really hard being the first and like, I feel like the first in other ways,

00:17:26.040 my new ways compared to like the longevity of your career so far.

00:17:29.640 But like it's really fucking hard being the first and I think that you have 0.56

00:17:34.520 weathered as much amazing wonderful things that you deserve as terrible as as 0.92

00:17:40.320 much as terrible things that you did not deserve.

00:17:42.400 And I just want to commend you for continuing to go because it's kept the

00:17:46.520 door open for people like me.

00:17:48.200 And so I'm not gonna get emotional, I'm not, give me one second.

00:17:55.380 Take a moment.

00:17:55.960 I'm back.

00:17:57.800 I just wanna thank you, like genuinely, I really wanna thank you because watching

00:18:02.100 you on screen is the closest I've gotten to representation.

00:18:07.060 For a very long time, it was just you.

00:18:08.980 Yeah. And now that you're not only doing wonderful

00:18:12.580 things like Moana, right, and championing our people through these pieces of art.

00:18:17.240 You're also doing things like The Smashing Machine, which is just incredible.

00:18:21.240 My God, the way I was working, I was doing PR for that movie.

00:18:24.580 Man.

00:18:25.180 Unintentionally, but I did love it.

00:18:27.180 Thank you so much.

00:18:28.020 And I wanted everyone to see you in it because it meant a lot to me.

00:18:30.980 And I think it's so powerful to see how you continue to go and

00:18:35.360 rise because it's really hard to transcend audiences when you look like us.

00:18:39.700 And so I think it's something that really means a lot to me.

00:18:43.660 So getting to do this here with you means a lot to me.

00:18:46.300 Thank you so much.

00:18:48.120 I love that.

00:18:48.700 Thank you for saying that.

00:18:49.900 It means everything to me that you would say that.

00:18:54.560 Because as you know, being the first is hard.

00:18:59.140 Yeah.

00:18:59.860 That's okay.

00:19:01.540 That's in my cards.

00:19:02.660 But again, how I respond to it, that's up to me.

00:19:07.720 Yeah.

00:19:07.920 So I love everything you said, and I feel like we are blessed and we're in this position.

00:19:18.280 And I thank you for recognizing that and acknowledging that.

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00:19:28.320 So what brought you here?

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00:19:31.000 No, he wore them around his neck.

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00:19:58.600 I don't look for it.

00:20:02.120 I stop hoping for it.

00:20:03.580 Right.

00:20:03.860 But when I hear it, it means everything to me.

00:20:07.780 Yeah, thank you so much.

00:20:08.940 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, sis, thank you, that's beautiful.

00:20:12.740 Yeah, of course, I think you're truly transcendent.

00:20:16.080 And I'll get us back on the silly track.

00:20:18.340 I have a question for, should I start lying about my height when I go for roles?

00:20:24.240 I'm noticing that me being big is somehow playing against me.

00:20:29.320 And you're a big man, just like I'm a big man.

00:20:31.860 So do you have to lie in your slates or is that just kind of a me thing?

00:20:36.300 I wouldn't do that.

00:20:38.300 No, no.

00:20:38.800 You don't think so?

00:20:39.560 No, because eventually they'll see that, she's kind of tall. 0.99

00:20:44.260 That you're enormous, like they're gonna see your big ass walk through the door. 1.00

00:20:47.680 She's kind of tall, I think, this bitch is big. 1.00

00:20:53.720 Oh, you meant big, okay. 1.00

00:20:55.740 No, no, I think you look amazing and that's just not me like, hey,

00:20:59.740 you look amazing.

00:21:00.480 I mean, and I would, I think the faster you, like you said earlier,

00:21:05.720 the faster you walk through that and you own it, the better.

00:21:08.560 That's true.

00:21:09.060 Yeah, like you are, okay, and I'm gonna tell you a story.

00:21:11.880 When I first got to Hollywood, I came as the rock wrestler and

00:21:15.980 people were like, you're the wrestler, right there, those days.

00:21:20.720 Yeah.

00:21:21.060 Man, plucked eyebrows and all.

00:21:23.280 I had to wear the shirt, obviously.

00:21:24.700 Thank you so much for that.

00:21:25.720 Oh my gosh, yeah.

00:21:26.300 I appreciate that.

00:21:27.600 um you see i can't look too long though that's the thing it's like yeah no i see it

00:21:32.960 yeah wow yeah so when you first came to when i first came to hollywood um i came as a rock

00:21:43.300 and not dwayne johnson but a wrestler and it's funny i was told back then like yeah oh you're

00:21:50.200 gonna make the scorpion king and you might have a career that's cool but um i they said what do

00:21:56.440 you want to do my inner team at that time I said I want to make it I want to make it as an actor

00:22:01.260 and I don't know the difference between like I want to have longevity and I want to have a career

00:22:05.860 right and I was told okay here's the thing stop going to the gym stop calling yourself the rock

00:22:13.420 stop talking about wrestling you look how you look nobody looks like you the biggest stars in the

00:22:18.340 world at that time George Clooney Will Smith Johnny Depp you don't look anything like them 0.98

00:22:22.600 you're too big and maybe go on a diet like all this shit yeah that i didn't know that i 0.97

00:22:30.920 if you don't know any better and if you don't have anyone telling you 0.99

00:22:35.740 no baby you're good yeah yeah like how you are for real that's it and i didn't have anybody like

00:22:42.580 that yeah i and i bought into that yeah and i lost weight yeah and the reason why i'm telling

00:22:47.740 you this is because i wish i had somebody back then to tell me no no no you are who you are you

00:22:53.660 came from this world of wrestling doesn't matter if nobody likes it or understands it and you

00:22:57.820 your size is your size right go to the gym do the things you love eat the food you love so anyway

00:23:03.340 that's what i would recommend thank you yes do you really want to act yes i would love to oh

00:23:08.600 beautiful i do have an acting coach yeah i have done quite a few auditions no callbacks yet

00:23:13.820 including this movie but that's okay because i didn't know listen water under the bridge i did

00:23:19.800 not know because now he's here now he's here i forgive you disney just kidding i'm kidding i'm

00:23:25.220 kidding anyways they'll see this yeah they will see this it's okay but um yes i do really want to

00:23:31.280 act i'm very excited about it oh great i'm excited for you thank you oh i'm gonna just and and then

00:23:36.040 like my backup plan is to just kind of be like maybe a fill-in for you like if you're if you're

00:23:41.860 If they're like, we would love the route.

00:23:44.740 And I'm like, well, we're built similarly.

00:23:46.860 Yeah, yeah, I think.

00:23:49.420 I mean, from topless from behind, you probably can't tell the difference.

00:23:52.480 Between the two of us.

00:23:53.220 If I'm being honest.

00:23:54.400 Hey, I have great lats too.

00:23:57.660 I know he has great lats, so do I.

00:23:59.460 She has great lats. 0.99

00:24:00.080 And delts. 1.00

00:24:01.260 Yeah, block it, jot that down.

00:24:02.620 Glutes, yes.

00:24:03.860 But do you have any other tips for me as an aspiring actor?

00:24:08.960 I do.

00:24:10.100 I think that you should utilize a platform you have and you should share, which I'm sure you already have.

00:24:16.380 So forgive the redundancy with your following and your fans who follow you and who ride with you.

00:24:21.460 I think that's important because having this kind of following and platform that you have, it matters.

00:24:27.640 Yeah, that's true.

00:24:28.400 So there's a lot of folks maybe in Hollywood who go, oh, it doesn't matter.

00:24:32.580 Oh, it matters.

00:24:33.440 Yeah.

00:24:34.120 It matters and it matters a lot.

00:24:35.820 So the reason why I say that is let them go on the journey with you.

00:24:39.460 Yeah.

00:24:39.820 and the ups and the downs and all of that and i would also recommend keep working with your

00:24:46.080 acting coach and keep at it yeah yes because all the things i think that you think oh maybe i

00:24:52.600 shouldn't maybe i'm too tall maybe i should adjust my height right maybe i'm not like the right look

00:24:58.620 for this thing or whatever it is it's actually in your favor because like me when i first got

00:25:04.280 to Hollywood being the first no one looked like me yeah there was no blueprint for a dude running

00:25:10.020 around trying to write like that dude yeah there was no there was no blueprint so same thing with

00:25:15.840 you like you just automatically stand out anyway you're playing all the racially ambiguous roles

00:25:20.620 yes yeah what is he yeah they're like he can play anything between these I get it that's why I'm

00:25:28.020 are you loving it I am loving it are you loving the process yeah I love it I think it's really

00:25:32.480 it's really different and new from obviously from social media and also like I feel like my job is

00:25:37.860 like almost the complete opposite of yours well no you're you're a huge personality obviously

00:25:41.940 you came from wrestling but like mine's like mostly I'm just myself like all the time yeah 0.98

00:25:46.220 so a lot of the time the roles I get are like biggest bitch in the office like that's like 0.88

00:25:51.220 the long lines they're like mean older woman next door like those are the lines I'm getting 0.99

00:25:55.860 but listen yeah I'm in a who want me phase you gotta start somewhere it's like I'm real open

00:26:01.720 for business work begets work yeah and like your name's huge it's attached to this so casting

00:26:06.000 directors if you're in the chat i am ready and available i'm using him actively yes that's me

00:26:11.620 doing this now pitching myself here i am there you go anyways team make note i do okay we'll pivot

00:26:18.780 back to moana obviously we want to talk about moana so i really want to know what you would

00:26:24.080 want fans to take away from this as opposed to like can i ask you one more thing yes please

00:26:28.080 The only because I'm always curious because we're going to talk about Moana.

00:26:31.080 Yeah.

00:26:31.840 When it comes to your acting, what kind of like, what do you foresee?

00:26:35.680 Like wave a magic wand for me.

00:26:39.980 I mean, I think I would love to do, I always say like anything in any range,

00:26:44.540 but I would love to be in comedy.

00:26:45.780 Obviously I would love to be a comedy actress.

00:26:47.380 Of course.

00:26:47.780 I'd love to do like an Abbott elementary kind of vibe in some regard.

00:26:52.080 I'm not opposed to movies, obviously, but I would love to do something dramatic too.

00:26:57.320 like something very intensely dramatic.

00:26:59.940 Like I took theater in college and my monologue that I had to do for my final was

00:27:04.560 from Fences and it was like the stage play version of Fences though.

00:27:07.940 Which monologue was it?

00:27:08.760 I did Viola Davis's monologue like when she's yelling at Denzel Washington.

00:27:11.880 The monologue.

00:27:12.780 The monologue.

00:27:13.800 Snot, tears in that.

00:27:14.760 Yes, everything, all the most intense emotions.

00:27:17.760 And then my teacher at the time like wrote on my thing,

00:27:21.320 I really hope you pursue acting.

00:27:22.900 But honestly, transparently, I didn't think it was an option for me.

00:27:25.620 Why?

00:27:26.360 because of what I look like, and I was like, well, I don't really see anyone that looks like me,

00:27:29.980 but maybe I could go in a personality route. So I was actually, I majored in journalism and

00:27:34.720 communication. So I worked in sports journalism, because my dad was in the NFL. And, you know,

00:27:40.380 all Samoans go to the NFL, play football. Wait, your dad? Went to the NFL, yeah. What was the name?

00:27:45.540 Tate Afualo. And he played for? The Arizona Cardinals. Yes. Like 2000 to 2002. He was like,

00:27:50.780 yes. He did great, right? Yeah, yeah, I think so. Yeah, yeah. For someone who just started

00:27:55.740 playing in junior college yeah yes not bad but like i just really wanted to do i wanted to spend

00:28:01.660 time with athletes that's what i wanted to do i wanted to interview them i wanted to spend time

00:28:05.080 with them off the field so i did like my senior capstone thesis on to a tongue of my law when he

00:28:09.780 went to yeah of course and so i was here when he like started his freshman year at uh so that's

00:28:16.640 right because your boyfriend's a football player too right or a former yeah college football player

00:28:21.100 sorry puka pika pili so sorry brother and it's funny when he says it you can't say it but he

00:28:28.040 can sorry but i knew it was a p yeah it's pili yes yeah okay and um but yeah so i wanted to

00:28:34.960 i thought maybe i could go in that route the sports journalism route yes then i worked for

00:28:39.540 the nfl got fired then covet hit then i started doing this and now look and now look that's why

00:28:46.100 i was like so i went in the personality route yes but here's the thing that i love is that you had

00:28:50.480 this door closed that door closed you were in you were unsure I don't know about that I did

00:28:55.780 the fences monologue yeah my my my professor at that time said hey I hope you pursue acting I

00:29:00.800 don't know I don't know anyone who looks like me but you never gave up I wanted I knew I wanted to

00:29:06.020 be on camera yes I was like I got a lot of things to say and a beautiful face where can we put that

00:29:12.280 come on on television just like you I'm sure you've been handsome your whole life I love it

00:29:17.120 It's true. I came out of the womb.

00:29:18.660 That's true. That's the thing.

00:29:20.060 And they probably hate to know it, huh?

00:29:22.500 They do hate it.

00:29:23.260 Do you think they hate it in Hollywood the most?

00:29:25.620 That you're tall, athletic, and handsome, and good at acting?

00:29:29.040 I don't know.

00:29:30.440 He's literally, he's trying not to be like.

00:29:33.000 Take a drink.

00:29:34.140 Man, but anyway, I love that.

00:29:37.700 And the reason why I asked about your magic wand is I wanna know.

00:29:41.420 And I also want you to say it out loud.

00:29:43.540 That's important.

00:29:44.220 My gosh, I wanna win an Oscar one day.

00:29:47.120 you win yours first you get yours first yes of course i do you said it like you were performing

00:29:52.840 i was performing yeah you right oh my gosh you don't have to be dramatic but i could tell

00:29:58.240 oh my gosh but but there's truth in that though that's true yeah yeah maybe that's my disbelief

00:30:04.020 in myself yeah it's okay oh my god you therapizing me again oh my god but for free he would be the

00:30:10.920 the most expensive therapist on planet Earth.

00:30:13.160 There's you are just, you are just tapping into so much, I think so.

00:30:18.380 I think so.

00:30:19.040 Anyway, I got your back, I'm here to support you in any way.

00:30:21.300 Thank you, and now you said it on camera.

00:30:23.300 I did say it on camera.

00:30:24.020 So it's legally binding.

00:30:24.860 Yeah, I know.

00:30:25.320 Cuz it's on camera and your team's here. 1.00

00:30:26.680 That is that shit, yes. 1.00

00:30:27.680 Cut, make a cut. 1.00

00:30:29.260 No, no, no, no, no, no, I got you, I got you.

00:30:31.640 But, okay, back to Moana.

00:30:33.080 Okay, yes.

00:30:34.360 What do you hope people take away from this version of Moana as opposed to,

00:30:38.200 obviously the original beloved cartoon version what do you hope people take away from this one

00:30:42.600 i think people around the world what i hope they take away from this is to see that our

00:30:49.000 polynesian culture which is so represented on the silver screen that there is connective tissue

00:30:56.500 from our culture to every culture around the world yeah because ultimately if there's stuff

00:31:01.440 that you don't agree with with us value system that may not align at our core we're about family

00:31:07.940 yeah we're about pride we're about respect we're about taking care of our elderly and taking care

00:31:13.140 of our kids and raising them right and we are all about song and we're about dance and we're about

00:31:18.800 these things so i would love for cultures around the world to take that and to be entertained

00:31:23.780 yeah you said laughing your ass off yeah that was important it's true it's funny it's a funny

00:31:29.300 ass movie good it's stunning it's beautiful but it's funny did you improv a lot i felt like i

00:31:34.340 I could sense improv in there. 0.90

00:31:36.340 You're funny as hell, man.

00:31:38.100 Did the shoot come out?

00:31:40.360 Yes. 0.99

00:31:41.120 Don't worry, where you said it all sucks. 0.99

00:31:42.900 It all, come on, come on, come on. 0.99

00:31:45.300 Yeah, I was like, damn, that was good as hell. 0.98

00:31:48.340 That was improv. 0.98

00:31:48.880 That's why I said they hate to see how charming you are. 1.00

00:31:50.620 It just all sucks. 1.00

00:31:51.900 Yeah, it just all sucks. 0.99

00:31:54.060 I had a blast. 0.97

00:31:55.100 I'm LOLing.

00:31:56.620 It was the best part for me was to, because the character is so big and

00:32:02.200 fun and i'm like you know we already have the road map with the first two movies and then also

00:32:07.140 just me personally that is inspired by my grandfather he was born i'm sorry not born

00:32:13.860 here he was born in samoa uh but he passed away here and he was buried here diamond head

00:32:18.120 and so that meant so much to me to play this character but so i do want people around the

00:32:24.680 world to experience the film like that laughing recognizing we all go through the same stuff where

00:32:31.360 we question ourself what's beyond the reef i don't know what's beyond the reef but you could

00:32:36.560 either think i don't want to try it or no i'm gonna try it and i'm gonna go for it like you

00:32:42.880 like i'm gonna try and also love loss and loss of our elderly and life lives and that happens

00:32:54.920 and i lost my dad a couple years ago suddenly didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him and

00:32:59.760 we were on fighting terms too it's so complicated but that happens in life and when grandma tallah

00:33:05.940 passes away in our movie that's it's heavy you know especially when you have real people you

00:33:11.640 know real flesh and blood reno and just amazing actress but finally i want our people to be proud

00:33:18.900 of what they see like that's important to me be proud absolutely what you see especially and i

00:33:26.040 will say body representation like i see so many different shapes on one bodies and i love to see

00:33:31.480 it it's the best thing ever yes it's so important to me and it makes a huge difference like even if

00:33:36.500 it means nothing to anyone except the two of us it feels worth it to me and i feel like it'll need

00:33:43.460 so much more to so many more people because it's so beautiful to watch and to see and how was it

00:33:48.220 getting to induct a new moana into this new movie what was that experience like for you i have all

00:33:54.720 daughters and i feel like katherine is i look at her as my own daughter too as well uh it was so

00:34:02.900 cool like how what how lucky am i you know that i get a chance to introduce i to be a part of

00:34:10.140 introducing this new actress this new young girl woman lady to the world in this way and to empower

00:34:18.980 her in this way and to embolden her in this way i love that let me tell you have you did you know

00:34:23.920 yet have you met her no no i haven't okay so you'll meet her yeah and she's out of new zealand

00:34:29.440 and she's just such a proud someone and i watch this young lady on set she gets cast when she's

00:34:40.100 16. she comes on set at 17. the movie is called moana it's globally loved all of that is on her

00:34:48.680 shoulders right she comes to set and every day and i'm watching her and she's gotta go toe to toe

00:34:54.660 with me she has to carry this film she has to dance she has to sing and she's singing songs

00:35:01.360 that are iconically sung by auli the word i keep going back to with her is pressure and how much

00:35:10.620 pressure this young girl uh was feeling and still stepped on set every day and just

00:35:17.080 rocked it and sure she had days where she was it was hard yeah to get through these days oh my god

00:35:23.700 i can only imagine huge shoes to fill huge shoes to fill but she was also like listen i don't want

00:35:28.220 to try and fill those shoes because it's ali and that's her thing i want to make it my own totally

00:35:32.780 you know but i feel like that's the kind of stuff that's in our blood yeah it's like doors closed

00:35:38.060 for you you get fired from the nfl these other doors closed you you weren't like i'm gonna pack

00:35:44.260 I saw her trying, she's like, I knew he was gonna make a joke.

00:35:57.600 My God, I'm so sorry, it's not COVID, I swear to God, it's not.

00:36:04.900 No, it's not, it's Hantavirus.

00:36:07.660 Everyone got quiet.

00:36:08.500 I like to think I'm a pretty good observer and I'm giving my answer like.

00:36:14.260 I had it, I had it though, I had it.

00:36:16.820 You did have it.

00:36:17.340 I'm trying to get it across the finish line, I had it.

00:36:19.500 I know, and then I keep talking, and then she comes on.

00:36:23.360 Yeah, you see me struggling, I'm going, hey, wrap it up, brother, I have to cough. 0.98

00:36:27.200 I get it, she's had fucking pressure on her shoulders, okay? 0.99

00:36:30.540 I gotta fucking cough. 1.00

00:36:31.900 Oh my god. 1.00

00:36:33.480 Oh shit. 0.99

00:36:34.620 Okay. 1.00

00:36:36.140 So- Yeah, so anyway.

00:36:37.800 I do have to, they did give me, while he was making fun of me,

00:36:42.140 they did give me a five minute warning.

00:36:43.780 All right.

00:36:44.420 So I do have to wrap with you.

00:36:46.120 All right.

00:36:46.800 But I am, just to reiterate one more time on a serious note,

00:36:50.900 I need to give you your flowers.

00:36:52.500 Like, you are just, you're the guy, like, for me,

00:36:57.240 and have been for a very long time.

00:36:58.920 So I admire you.

00:37:00.280 Thank you.

00:37:00.780 And I see you.

00:37:02.420 And I know how incredibly hard you have worked to get to this point

00:37:07.360 and what it's come at the cost of, I feel like, in a lot of ways.

00:37:11.660 But I truly am so thankful, like this is my dream job.

00:37:16.140 And I do feel like people like you are on my Mount Rushmore of Polynesian greats.

00:37:22.060 And I guess Jason Momoa, but I do have beef with him that's invisible.

00:37:26.320 What's, what make it visible?

00:37:28.240 Well, I'll tell him, I'll tell you, yeah, I'll start spreading rumors.

00:37:31.540 The very first red carpet I ever walked, I was so nervous.

00:37:35.080 I'd never done anything like that.

00:37:36.940 And I finally was like, they finally wanted to take my picture cuz I'm a nobody.

00:37:41.220 You don't know this, you've been in the spotlight and famous for a very long time.

00:37:44.260 But sometimes they don't want to take your picture.

00:37:46.460 I know that's really heartbreaking to hear, cuz you've never experienced it.

00:37:50.360 No, but wait, so- So he takes my pictures.

00:37:53.460 Who?

00:37:54.080 The paparazzi starts taking my pictures.

00:37:55.900 Yes.

00:37:56.900 And then it starts getting a little bit more feverish, and everyone's like,

00:37:59.900 ooh, everyone starts taking pictures.

00:38:00.920 And I'm like, okay, period, everyone's awake now.

00:38:03.820 And then one of them goes, what's your name?

00:38:06.580 I go, Drew, they go, can you move?

00:38:09.060 Because he was right next to me. 1.00

00:38:11.100 And they were like, hey, bitch, you're in my shot. 0.99

00:38:13.680 And I move over, mind you, you're probably thinking, 1.00

00:38:17.500 was this a Jason Momoa feature film?

00:38:19.500 No, he wasn't even in the movie. 1.00

00:38:22.180 His big ass was just there, sucking my limelight. 1.00

00:38:25.680 And I'm sure you know him, so you can tell him I said that. 1.00

00:38:27.940 You had to, you, we can tell him now, yes.

00:38:30.220 Well, now, you'll probably see it now, cuz you're in it.

00:38:32.800 But anyways, back to my serious thought.

00:38:34.780 Wait, but I'm so sorry about that, because I can imagine,

00:38:37.220 like, you were there, and you're thinking, hey.

00:38:38.800 And I'm getting sunned.

00:38:39.900 I'm getting sunned. 1.00

00:38:40.780 By this Hawaiian motherfucker. 1.00

00:38:42.960 That sucks for me. 1.00

00:38:45.940 And I was like, handsome as hell. 0.99

00:38:47.940 Get out of my face.

00:38:49.220 He, who, him?

00:38:50.080 Oh.

00:38:50.360 Yeah, him.

00:38:50.820 Of course.

00:38:51.460 Him, obviously him.

00:38:52.600 I'm a handsome woman, but that's different.

00:38:54.920 And we can't talk about that because we're brother and sister.

00:38:58.180 Obviously.

00:38:58.780 Brother and sister.

00:38:59.580 We're brother and sister.

00:39:00.420 Well, I'm sorry.

00:39:00.940 Well, next, here's the thing.

00:39:02.020 I bet you, I know.

00:39:04.980 I want to invite you in Pele?

00:39:07.280 Pele.

00:39:07.740 Pele. 1.00

00:39:08.240 God, fuck. 1.00

00:39:08.920 It's a tequila. 1.00

00:39:09.460 I'm like, booga, pili, which I saw a couple of your videos.

00:39:15.000 Like that dude's in shape too.

00:39:16.260 Like you guys are like, you're the gym couple, right?

00:39:18.340 Yeah, I would say.

00:39:19.840 Yeah. Yeah.

00:39:20.380 Well, now that you said it, every dude who looks up to you physique wise, 0.95

00:39:24.740 they're gonna, they just shit their pants all at the same time. 0.87

00:39:28.320 Someone as masculine as you co-signing me, period. 0.96

00:39:31.980 Hey, listen, the video I saw and I love this because this is the way I am with

00:39:36.520 my wife is that he was he was doing a video i think and he was like yo so anyway and this is

00:39:43.000 what i want you guys to do it's back day and he was doing something and you kind of came in the

00:39:46.740 background and he was like hey baby what's up yeah and gave him a kiss well you're a big fan

00:39:51.460 like i love that yeah i'm standing on yeah give him my dad um so i know we're gonna i want to

00:39:59.280 invite you to the moana premiere oh my god yes which is so all right so dude this is insane it

00:40:05.640 It's gonna be at the Hollywood Bowl, 5,000 people.

00:40:08.240 What the hell?

00:40:08.860 First time ever.

00:40:09.880 The LA Philharmonic is gonna be playing our orchestral score in the pit.

00:40:15.500 My God, I just got chills.

00:40:16.640 Under the stars.

00:40:18.640 It's gonna be a historic night for our film and for our people and our culture.

00:40:23.540 My God, period.

00:40:24.300 Can I get a plus six?

00:40:25.200 I want you plus six too much.

00:40:26.660 Okay, okay, okay.

00:40:27.260 Too much.

00:40:27.720 All right, I played the hand too hard.

00:40:28.860 I played it too hard.

00:40:29.480 Too hard.

00:40:30.300 You were in the moment, so I was trying to get as much as I thought.

00:40:32.040 You tried.

00:40:32.700 Yeah, I did.

00:40:33.500 See, you said close the mouth, don't get fed, there you go.

00:40:35.620 I'm obsessed with trying.

00:40:36.820 I'm being more aggressive in my approach.

00:40:39.040 Yes. No worries.

00:40:39.980 I'll be there.

00:40:41.060 I love it, okay?

00:40:42.300 Yes, thank you. And then not only that,

00:40:44.200 but you and I are gonna get on the red carpet, and we're gonna take our picture.

00:40:48.380 Yeah, hell yeah. And no one's gonna tell us to move.

00:40:50.620 My God, I can't wait. 0.99

00:40:53.120 And we're gonna stay there for as long as the fuck we want. 1.00

00:40:55.560 And guess who I'm gonna tag, Jason Momoa's ass. 1.00

00:40:58.140 Yeah, Pride of Gixies, I'm tagging your ass on Instagram, so open it up, ho. 1.00

00:41:03.180 Okay. 1.00

00:41:03.760 That's it, brother.

00:41:04.600 My God, we have an evil plan.

00:41:06.680 My God, I just made an evil plan with you.

00:41:08.160 That's so awesome.

00:41:09.240 I love it, so let's do that.

00:41:10.080 We're so close, now we're best friends.

00:41:11.500 Come on, we're besties.

00:41:12.080 That's what I'm gonna tell everyone anyway.

00:41:13.860 You can co-sign me later about that.

00:41:15.560 I love it.

00:41:16.140 They told me to wrap, so I wanna say thank you again for being an icon.

00:41:19.700 Before we wrap, I know we gotta wrap.

00:41:22.200 Thank you for your words.

00:41:23.320 I do wanna go back to it means so much to me because the world is noisy. 0.97

00:41:29.460 And the noise of the world is the shit that gets algorithmed up, right? 0.98

00:41:35.280 As you know better than anyone. 0.99

00:41:37.360 But it's the good stuff, like the stuff where somebody goes,

00:41:40.380 hey, I see you, man, and I love what you're doing,

00:41:42.720 and thank you, thank you for doing the thing.

00:41:44.700 Keep doing the thing.

00:41:45.880 That doesn't get algorithmed up.

00:41:47.340 No.

00:41:47.660 This is boring.

00:41:48.600 Right.

00:41:49.200 But it is the stuff that anchors our world and who we are.

00:41:53.440 So I just want to say thank you for using your big platform to say that.

00:41:57.020 and you keep doing your thing and i got your back and i support you thank you likewise i have your

00:42:02.420 back too man thank you look at us two equally famous equally rich and handsome same level

00:42:08.480 muscular weight everything same bench everything same squat everything same lats yeah same lats

00:42:18.560 all of it twins can you do the eyebrow i can't do the eyebrow but we could do this we could do that

00:42:24.100 here we go thank you so much to all of you for tuning into this episode of the comment session

00:42:28.360 thank you to my amazing wonderful guest dwayne the rock johnson make sure y'all check out moana

00:42:32.860 in theaters july 10th it's gonna be amazing and incredible i already saw it you saw us key you

00:42:38.740 saw us have a great time make sure you go see it it's a great it's amazing incredible and i'm so

00:42:42.620 happy to have dwayne the rock johnson fucking period thank you so much to my all my amazing

00:42:46.420 I'll see you next week, bye. 0.89

The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - July 01, 2026

CLOSED MOUTHS DON’T GET FED Ft. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson ｜ Episode 228

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