The Comment Section with Drew Afualo - July 01, 2026


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

Hosted by
Drew Afualo
Guests
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Mentioned
Dwayne The Rock Johnson Pele Aisha CIBC Investor's Edge Jason Momoa Moana George Clooney Will Jesus Christ Viola Davis Tate Afualo Megan Taupo Oscar Snot Drew
WE'RE DADA Ft. Hannah Berner ｜ Episode 227 ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT 40 Ft. Anna Konkle ｜ Episode 229

Episode Stats


Length

42 minutes

Words per minute

195.58

Word count

8,372

Sentence count

447

Harmful content

Misogyny

9

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Toxicity

76

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Hate speech

26

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Summary

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Dwayne The Rock Johnson joins us on the beach on this week's episode of Lavender Ranks to talk about his trip to Hawaii with his sister, Meghan Johnson, and her new movie, Moana!

Transcript

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Misogyny classifications generated with MilaNLProc/bert-base-uncased-ear-misogyny .
Toxicity classifications generated with s-nlp/roberta_toxicity_classifier .
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Hosts, guests, and mentioned names generated with spaCy (en_core_web_sm), reconciled against Wikidata.
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00:01:06 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 biggest ones we've ever done we did do it on the beach on the beach however that being said the
00:01:23 audio, not the best. Okay. So if you're an audio exclusive listener, I highly suggest you go watch
00:01:30 it on YouTube. If you're watching it on YouTube, ignore me. But if not, and you're listening to
00:01:36 audio only, I would suggest going and watching. Otherwise you will hear wind and waves because
00:01:42 we're on the beach. And instead of sending me comments like, why does this audio sound like
00:01:47 this? Now, you know, okay. But other than that, enjoy me harassing my brother, the rock, and I'll
00:01:53 See you next week.
00:01:54 Okay, love you.
00:01:54 Bye.
00:01:55 Should I start lying about my height when I go for roles?
00:01:59 And you're a big man, just like I'm a big man.
00:02:02 So do you have to lie in your slates, or is that just kind of a me thing?
00:02:06 I wouldn't do that.
00:02:07 No, no.
00:02:07 You don't think so?
00:02:08 No, because eventually they'll see that, oh, she's kind of tall.
00:02:13 That you're enormous.
00:02:14 Like, they're going to see you, Megan.
00:02:15 Hey, everyone, and welcome back to another very, very special episode of the comment section. 0.79
00:02:26 Guys, you are not going to fucking believe who we have today.
00:02:30 We have the one, the only, the iconic, the legend himself, my brother in Christ, 0.96
00:02:34 Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
00:02:36 My sis.
00:02:36 What's up?
00:02:38 Hey, hey.
00:02:39 Good to see you, brother.
00:02:40 Good to see you.
00:02:40 This has been a long time coming.
00:02:42 Oh, my gosh, hasn't it?
00:02:43 Right?
00:02:43 We've been two passing ships.
00:02:44 Years.
00:02:45 equally as successful here we are yes i'm so happy we came back home essentially we did yeah
00:02:52 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 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 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 I have your podcast, and I said, I'm so busy, dude, what if we went to Hawaii?
00:03:15 Don't threaten me with a good time, you know what I mean?
00:03:18 So thank you for doing this.
00:03:19 My gosh, thank you for having me.
00:03:20 So much better, by the way.
00:03:21 I think so.
00:03:22 We have the Moana coursing through our veins.
00:03:24 Yes.
00:03:24 And then we get to talk about Moana.
00:03:26 Come on.
00:03:26 How exciting, live action, I will say.
00:03:29 Well, before we get started, really, can you look in the camera and tell everyone you are my friend?
00:03:34 I've been saying you're my friend for years. 0.98
00:03:36 Who the fuck has doubted that? 0.98
00:03:37 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. 0.99
00:03:38 that's what i'm saying because some people don't believe me but that's why i'm saying
00:03:41 my good friend dwayne dron jockson's gonna tell you himself good friend she's my good friend
00:03:44 she's my sister exactly jot it down okay so i did get the pleasure of seeing one already
00:03:50 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 loling lmaoing the entire time you know what you have hair in that movie but you are still
00:04:02 damn charming come on you are so charming brother i can't get over it i was giggling you had me
00:04:07 giggling the whole time good i wanted to bring the comedy that was important yeah that's what 0.99
00:04:11 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 and right and especially live action version yeah animated is funny but i also felt like well wait
00:04:21 this is real flesh and blood yeah we can go a little harder with the jokes i think so yeah a
00:04:27 little slapstick comedy a little bit you're real good at that thank you i'm trying to be like you
00:04:31 brother come on i'm trying to be like you i'm trying to be a comedy genius like dwayne rock
00:04:34 johnson but also i did want to say one of my favorite parts of the film is obviously all of
00:04:39 the representation that we see i have never seen so many samuan tongan people in my entire life
00:04:47 all in one space maori we had everyone yeah just everyone of all different pacific island descent
00:04:53 so beautiful so crazy how did it feel getting to kind of put that together like how how did that
00:04:58 feel for you personally you know it felt amazing and i'm so happy that you said that because i feel
00:05:03 like my job and your job if you and our job i think as polynesian people if you have
00:05:11 big influence or growing influence whatever it is our job is to put on for our culture right
00:05:17 and in this case for moana we have the biggest platform in the world which is the silver screen
00:05:29 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 did we have a culture trust um from tiana nonesina kayla we had just so many who understood the
00:05:49 assignment right and here we go and it was so cool because look when we were here i grew up here
00:05:54 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 skipping school and i was being like a little asshole not going to class and i would we would 0.94
00:06:06 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 right but now years later there we are in this big way and our film starts off in our village
00:06:18 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 singing and then you go face the lava monster at the end it's just i to answer your question
00:06:30 directly it made me feel so proud that i could in this way uh represent our culture and put us
00:06:38 up there on the big screen absolutely it was beautiful brings me to tears every time i see it
00:06:43 Especially seeing the Taupo outfit, like them being dressed culturally accurately.
00:06:48 Yes.
00:06:49 Misty eyed, as I'm giggling, and speaking of giggling,
00:06:52 I did complain on TikTok, this is public record.
00:06:55 I did complain on TikTok about not getting a read for this movie.
00:07:00 That is the truth.
00:07:01 Did you reach out?
00:07:01 Well, no, I made a TikTok basically saying, hey, how come no one called me?
00:07:05 The Rock's already in it.
00:07:06 Did you reach out?
00:07:07 Okay, yeah, well, no, but I just kind of figured me existing was kind of just
00:07:10 speaking for itself, but you know, that was me, closed mouths.
00:07:13 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 get two reads for i think it was angry coconut farmer and fisherman number three me bitching
00:07:25 on the internet literally got me those two background no i didn't hit you up i'm trying
00:07:30 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 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 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 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 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 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 i known yeah it would have been a different man nepotism was at play here i trust and believe
00:08:05 I'd be telling people you were my dad.
00:08:06 Come on.
00:08:07 You call me sis, but you are significantly older than me, Dwayne.
00:08:10 My dad, why don't you go uncle?
00:08:11 Well, dad, well, you're about the same age as my dad.
00:08:13 Jesus.
00:08:13 Transparently.
00:08:15 He's 37?
00:08:15 You are 37, that would make you seven years older than me.
00:08:20 Yeah, we're about the same age.
00:08:22 Wait, you're 30?
00:08:23 Yeah, I'm 30.
00:08:24 Jesus Christ.
00:08:24 Yes, I am, and you're- I'm 108.
00:08:28 In TikTok years, I'm about 75.
00:08:32 Do you love what you're doing on TikTok?
00:08:35 I do love what I'm doing on TikTok, I think.
00:08:38 I think like what- You hesitated a little bit there.
00:08:40 Tell me about it though.
00:08:41 The reason why I asked is because you have grown since we first met.
00:08:45 That's true, yes.
00:08:46 And met on the set, which that's another story I wanna tell in a second,
00:08:49 a set of Black Adam that was years ago, two, three years ago, I think. 0.55
00:08:52 Yes.
00:08:53 And you have done so well and you've amassed this incredible following.
00:08:57 Thank you.
00:08:57 Do you love what you do?
00:08:59 I do, I love parts of what I do,
00:09:01 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 importantly what you don't well being such a way in the rock Johnson therapizing me yes in our
00:09:11 motherland something very spiritual about that um I would say right and let's get comfy I I think
00:09:20 what I love most about it is the impact it's had both like in what I do talking about misogyny
00:09:26 like unpacking white supremacy that kind of thing um especially for women and other marginalized
00:09:31 people and i also love the cultural aspect like you said um i'm like yourself a lot of people's
00:09:38 first exposure to someone people like they've never uh seen or heard anyone who looks or sounds
00:09:43 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 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 this in a lot of ways tell me the invasion of privacy the kind of like self-sacrificial thing
00:09:59 you have to like you really do have to let something go in order to do this which I'm
00:10:03 sure you know because you've done it at such a high level for so long to receive you must
00:10:06 you must give yeah you have to give something there's a piece of you that you have to give
00:10:10 away which I did not think about before doing it it kind of just happened to me and I think
00:10:15 that's why which I was going to ask you what's something you missed doing before before you
00:10:20 became the rock totally it connects to what you're saying and I want to get back to what
00:10:25 you're saying i think it's it's important because today social media with our younger generation
00:10:30 but especially young girls yeah and i have all daughters yeah and so very careful in particular
00:10:35 with what they're watching what they're absorbing so with what you do to combat misogyny supremacy
00:10:42 etc things like that and and how you speak out i think is so important and especially to my
00:10:48 daughters who they look and they see you and like oh i see myself in her like that that looks like
00:10:52 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 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 yeah but i also remember a time where we were here in hawaii and we struggled struggled to pay
00:11:15 the rent the rent was 180 bucks a week i'll never forget it yeah on the other side of town
00:11:20 and um on the alamoana side of town and then um and then we got evicted and i feel like
00:11:28 all that led we got booted off the island we had no place to live but all that led to
00:11:35 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 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 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 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 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 you kind of miss too yeah and i'm on you know a one one hundredth scale compared to yours which
00:12:11 is kind of what i think i was struggling with because i was like i'm at such a small level
00:12:15 and i'm already kind of struggling with this sacrifice may i jump in and say this though i
00:12:20 think it's important because you're maybe your interpretation of because it's all relative
00:12:25 because your fame just as an influencer and i feel like your fans and people who follow you
00:12:32 i feel like they have this it's almost like just sharper like they're quick to have their knives
00:12:39 out right more very true right with you and i feel like there's like this empowerment that they 0.94
00:12:45 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 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 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 oh yeah and I look around like hey you want to meet me somewhere right for real tell me this
00:13:13 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 especially from people of like that went up a more traditional way I think because it's a new
00:13:26 intersection that you guys haven't experienced yet like you've been in Hollywood for so long
00:13:30 and doing it at such a high level but now this is kind of like almost complicated it even further
00:13:35 the world of fame and celebrity yes and so a lot of people that like yourself ask me like how do
00:13:40 you deal with that because that's all i know is the internet like going up to the internet right
00:13:44 so i feel like part of it i have to like really release like we were talking about like let go
00:13:50 of what i cannot control because i have a big control issue oh really and i think also too
00:13:56 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 it didn't bother if it didn't bother me that would make me not a good person
00:14:05 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 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 a lot of ways yes but it's also untrue most importantly it's not true yeah and it's like
00:14:21 i think that's what's really helped me start to cope with it on that level other than like the
00:14:26 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 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 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 really upsets me because it's not true yeah it's not true and the tricky thing is it's like
00:14:45 you want to respond because that's our human nature and be like hey man that's not true like
00:14:51 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 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 absolutely you know what i mean yeah but i always wondered that about someone you in particular who
00:15:06 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 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 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 to pay now yes i want to be as equally famous as each other equally as famous equally famous why
00:15:25 are you guys laughing same network and everything are you laughing right for real what's so funny
00:15:32 about that jesus i do want to say this thing about control because it's important and i
00:15:36 learned this too over the past especially maybe the past couple of years it's good for i think
00:15:41 our our listeners and people who are watching this is this idea tell me what you think that
00:15:47 when you can't control how the world hugs you hits you comes at you loves you hate you yeah
00:15:55 but you control how you respond right right and that's the thing yeah i feel like i've learned
00:16:01 because like you i'm gonna try and control i'm gonna try and control everything right
00:16:06 need to have to i'm gonna try to but then you realize the moment you release right is when
00:16:13 all that kind of almost like anxiety and pressure goes away because then you realize oh yeah i can't
00:16:19 control what somebody says yeah or what they feel or what they think or mother nature anything i
00:16:24 I can show how I respond.
00:16:25 Right.
00:16:26 And you can actually, when you actually start believing that,
00:16:28 I think that's what, that was my biggest struggle
00:16:30 was actually believing that.
00:16:31 As opposed to saying it.
00:16:32 Yeah, as opposed to just saying it
00:16:33 and not walking in it for real.
00:16:35 Yes.
00:16:35 Being like, yeah, whatever, who cares?
00:16:37 Yeah, not me, don't care.
00:16:38 Or walking in it.
00:16:39 Yeah, but I have to fake it till I make it, so.
00:16:41 That's what we do.
00:16:42 That's what we're doing.
00:16:42 That's what we do.
00:16:43 That's what we're doing.
00:16:43 What's next?
00:16:45 For me?
00:16:46 Yes.
00:16:46 Oh my God, that's a great segue
00:16:47 because what's next for me, I'm getting into acting.
00:16:50 Are you?
00:16:51 Yes.
00:16:51 Great.
00:16:52 And this is me growing a nepotism tree actively.
00:16:55 You guys are watching it live.
00:16:57 There's the seeds.
00:16:58 Well, I would love, I do wanna say this like for realsies,
00:17:02 you are so influential to me in so many ways.
00:17:05 Thank you. And I'm not gonna get emotional.
00:17:07 I'm not.
00:17:09 But you are so influential to me in so many ways.
00:17:10 It's the same place.
00:17:11 Thank you, thank you, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, thank you. 0.93
00:17:14 But I do think I admire you greatly for, cuz being the first is fucking hard.
00:17:21 it's really hard being the first and like, I feel like the first in other ways,
00:17:26 my new ways compared to like the longevity of your career so far.
00:17:29 But like it's really fucking hard being the first and I think that you have 0.56
00:17:34 weathered as much amazing wonderful things that you deserve as terrible as as 0.92
00:17:40 much as terrible things that you did not deserve.
00:17:42 And I just want to commend you for continuing to go because it's kept the
00:17:46 door open for people like me.
00:17:48 And so I'm not gonna get emotional, I'm not, give me one second.
00:17:55 Take a moment.
00:17:55 I'm back.
00:17:57 I just wanna thank you, like genuinely, I really wanna thank you because watching
00:18:02 you on screen is the closest I've gotten to representation.
00:18:07 For a very long time, it was just you.
00:18:08 Yeah. And now that you're not only doing wonderful
00:18:12 things like Moana, right, and championing our people through these pieces of art.
00:18:17 You're also doing things like The Smashing Machine, which is just incredible.
00:18:21 My God, the way I was working, I was doing PR for that movie.
00:18:24 Man.
00:18:25 Unintentionally, but I did love it.
00:18:27 Thank you so much.
00:18:28 And I wanted everyone to see you in it because it meant a lot to me.
00:18:30 And I think it's so powerful to see how you continue to go and
00:18:35 rise because it's really hard to transcend audiences when you look like us.
00:18:39 And so I think it's something that really means a lot to me.
00:18:43 So getting to do this here with you means a lot to me.
00:18:46 Thank you so much.
00:18:48 I love that.
00:18:48 Thank you for saying that.
00:18:49 It means everything to me that you would say that.
00:18:54 Because as you know, being the first is hard.
00:18:59 Yeah.
00:18:59 That's okay.
00:19:01 That's in my cards.
00:19:02 But again, how I respond to it, that's up to me.
00:19:07 Yeah.
00:19:07 So I love everything you said, and I feel like we are blessed and we're in this position.
00:19:18 And I thank you for recognizing that and acknowledging that.
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00:19:58 I don't look for it.
00:20:02 I stop hoping for it.
00:20:03 Right.
00:20:03 But when I hear it, it means everything to me.
00:20:07 Yeah, thank you so much.
00:20:08 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, sis, thank you, that's beautiful.
00:20:12 Yeah, of course, I think you're truly transcendent.
00:20:16 And I'll get us back on the silly track.
00:20:18 I have a question for, should I start lying about my height when I go for roles?
00:20:24 I'm noticing that me being big is somehow playing against me.
00:20:29 And you're a big man, just like I'm a big man.
00:20:31 So do you have to lie in your slates or is that just kind of a me thing?
00:20:36 I wouldn't do that.
00:20:38 No, no.
00:20:38 You don't think so?
00:20:39 No, because eventually they'll see that, she's kind of tall. 0.99
00:20:44 That you're enormous, like they're gonna see your big ass walk through the door. 1.00
00:20:47 She's kind of tall, I think, this bitch is big. 1.00
00:20:53 Oh, you meant big, okay. 1.00
00:20:55 No, no, I think you look amazing and that's just not me like, hey,
00:20:59 you look amazing.
00:21:00 I mean, and I would, I think the faster you, like you said earlier,
00:21:05 the faster you walk through that and you own it, the better.
00:21:08 That's true.
00:21:09 Yeah, like you are, okay, and I'm gonna tell you a story.
00:21:11 When I first got to Hollywood, I came as the rock wrestler and
00:21:15 people were like, you're the wrestler, right there, those days.
00:21:20 Yeah.
00:21:21 Man, plucked eyebrows and all.
00:21:23 I had to wear the shirt, obviously.
00:21:24 Thank you so much for that.
00:21:25 Oh my gosh, yeah.
00:21:26 I appreciate that.
00:21:27 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 yeah wow yeah so when you first came to when i first came to hollywood um i came as a rock
00:21:43 and not dwayne johnson but a wrestler and it's funny i was told back then like yeah oh you're
00:21:50 gonna make the scorpion king and you might have a career that's cool but um i they said what do
00:21:56 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 and I don't know the difference between like I want to have longevity and I want to have a career
00:22:05 right and I was told okay here's the thing stop going to the gym stop calling yourself the rock
00:22:13 stop talking about wrestling you look how you look nobody looks like you the biggest stars in the
00:22:18 world at that time George Clooney Will Smith Johnny Depp you don't look anything like them 0.98
00:22:22 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 if you don't know any better and if you don't have anyone telling you 0.99
00:22:35 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 that yeah i and i bought into that yeah and i lost weight yeah and the reason why i'm telling
00:22:47 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 came from this world of wrestling doesn't matter if nobody likes it or understands it and you
00:22:57 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 that's what i would recommend thank you yes do you really want to act yes i would love to oh
00:23:08 beautiful i do have an acting coach yeah i have done quite a few auditions no callbacks yet
00:23:13 including this movie but that's okay because i didn't know listen water under the bridge i did
00:23:19 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 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 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 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 If they're like, we would love the route.
00:23:44 And I'm like, well, we're built similarly.
00:23:46 Yeah, yeah, I think.
00:23:49 I mean, from topless from behind, you probably can't tell the difference.
00:23:52 Between the two of us.
00:23:53 If I'm being honest.
00:23:54 Hey, I have great lats too.
00:23:57 I know he has great lats, so do I.
00:23:59 She has great lats. 0.99
00:24:00 And delts. 1.00
00:24:01 Yeah, block it, jot that down.
00:24:02 Glutes, yes.
00:24:03 But do you have any other tips for me as an aspiring actor?
00:24:08 I do.
00:24:10 I think that you should utilize a platform you have and you should share, which I'm sure you already have.
00:24:16 So forgive the redundancy with your following and your fans who follow you and who ride with you.
00:24:21 I think that's important because having this kind of following and platform that you have, it matters.
00:24:27 Yeah, that's true.
00:24:28 So there's a lot of folks maybe in Hollywood who go, oh, it doesn't matter.
00:24:32 Oh, it matters.
00:24:33 Yeah.
00:24:34 It matters and it matters a lot.
00:24:35 So the reason why I say that is let them go on the journey with you.
00:24:39 Yeah.
00:24:39 and the ups and the downs and all of that and i would also recommend keep working with your
00:24:46 acting coach and keep at it yeah yes because all the things i think that you think oh maybe i
00:24:52 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 for this thing or whatever it is it's actually in your favor because like me when i first got
00:25:04 to Hollywood being the first no one looked like me yeah there was no blueprint for a dude running
00:25:10 around trying to write like that dude yeah there was no there was no blueprint so same thing with
00:25:15 you like you just automatically stand out anyway you're playing all the racially ambiguous roles
00:25:20 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 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 it's really different and new from obviously from social media and also like I feel like my job is
00:25:37 like almost the complete opposite of yours well no you're you're a huge personality obviously
00:25:41 you came from wrestling but like mine's like mostly I'm just myself like all the time yeah 0.98
00:25:46 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 the long lines they're like mean older woman next door like those are the lines I'm getting 0.99
00:25:55 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 for business work begets work yeah and like your name's huge it's attached to this so casting
00:26:06 directors if you're in the chat i am ready and available i'm using him actively yes that's me
00:26:11 doing this now pitching myself here i am there you go anyways team make note i do okay we'll pivot
00:26:18 back to moana obviously we want to talk about moana so i really want to know what you would
00:26:24 want fans to take away from this as opposed to like can i ask you one more thing yes please
00:26:28 The only because I'm always curious because we're going to talk about Moana.
00:26:31 Yeah.
00:26:31 When it comes to your acting, what kind of like, what do you foresee?
00:26:35 Like wave a magic wand for me.
00:26:39 I mean, I think I would love to do, I always say like anything in any range,
00:26:44 but I would love to be in comedy.
00:26:45 Obviously I would love to be a comedy actress.
00:26:47 Of course.
00:26:47 I'd love to do like an Abbott elementary kind of vibe in some regard.
00:26:52 I'm not opposed to movies, obviously, but I would love to do something dramatic too.
00:26:57 like something very intensely dramatic.
00:26:59 Like I took theater in college and my monologue that I had to do for my final was
00:27:04 from Fences and it was like the stage play version of Fences though.
00:27:07 Which monologue was it?
00:27:08 I did Viola Davis's monologue like when she's yelling at Denzel Washington.
00:27:11 The monologue.
00:27:12 The monologue.
00:27:13 Snot, tears in that.
00:27:14 Yes, everything, all the most intense emotions.
00:27:17 And then my teacher at the time like wrote on my thing,
00:27:21 I really hope you pursue acting.
00:27:22 But honestly, transparently, I didn't think it was an option for me.
00:27:25 Why?
00:27:26 because of what I look like, and I was like, well, I don't really see anyone that looks like me,
00:27:29 but maybe I could go in a personality route. So I was actually, I majored in journalism and
00:27:34 communication. So I worked in sports journalism, because my dad was in the NFL. And, you know,
00:27:40 all Samoans go to the NFL, play football. Wait, your dad? Went to the NFL, yeah. What was the name?
00:27:45 Tate Afualo. And he played for? The Arizona Cardinals. Yes. Like 2000 to 2002. He was like,
00:27:50 yes. He did great, right? Yeah, yeah, I think so. Yeah, yeah. For someone who just started
00:27:55 playing in junior college yeah yes not bad but like i just really wanted to do i wanted to spend
00:28:01 time with athletes that's what i wanted to do i wanted to interview them i wanted to spend time
00:28:05 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 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 right because your boyfriend's a football player too right or a former yeah college football player
00:28:21 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 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 i thought maybe i could go in that route the sports journalism route yes then i worked for
00:28:39 the nfl got fired then covet hit then i started doing this and now look and now look that's why
00:28:46 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 this door closed that door closed you were in you were unsure I don't know about that I did
00:28:55 the fences monologue yeah my my my professor at that time said hey I hope you pursue acting I
00:29:00 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 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 come on on television just like you I'm sure you've been handsome your whole life I love it
00:29:17 It's true. I came out of the womb.
00:29:18 That's true. That's the thing.
00:29:20 And they probably hate to know it, huh?
00:29:22 They do hate it.
00:29:23 Do you think they hate it in Hollywood the most?
00:29:25 That you're tall, athletic, and handsome, and good at acting?
00:29:29 I don't know.
00:29:30 He's literally, he's trying not to be like.
00:29:33 Take a drink.
00:29:34 Man, but anyway, I love that.
00:29:37 And the reason why I asked about your magic wand is I wanna know.
00:29:41 And I also want you to say it out loud.
00:29:43 That's important.
00:29:44 My gosh, I wanna win an Oscar one day.
00:29:47 you win yours first you get yours first yes of course i do you said it like you were performing
00:29:52 i was performing yeah you right oh my gosh you don't have to be dramatic but i could tell
00:29:58 oh my gosh but but there's truth in that though that's true yeah yeah maybe that's my disbelief
00:30:04 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 the most expensive therapist on planet Earth.
00:30:13 There's you are just, you are just tapping into so much, I think so.
00:30:18 I think so.
00:30:19 Anyway, I got your back, I'm here to support you in any way.
00:30:21 Thank you, and now you said it on camera.
00:30:23 I did say it on camera.
00:30:24 So it's legally binding.
00:30:24 Yeah, I know.
00:30:25 Cuz it's on camera and your team's here. 1.00
00:30:26 That is that shit, yes. 1.00
00:30:27 Cut, make a cut. 1.00
00:30:29 No, no, no, no, no, no, I got you, I got you.
00:30:31 But, okay, back to Moana.
00:30:33 Okay, yes.
00:30:34 What do you hope people take away from this version of Moana as opposed to,
00:30:38 obviously the original beloved cartoon version what do you hope people take away from this one
00:30:42 i think people around the world what i hope they take away from this is to see that our
00:30:49 polynesian culture which is so represented on the silver screen that there is connective tissue
00:30:56 from our culture to every culture around the world yeah because ultimately if there's stuff
00:31:01 that you don't agree with with us value system that may not align at our core we're about family
00:31:07 yeah we're about pride we're about respect we're about taking care of our elderly and taking care
00:31:13 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 these things so i would love for cultures around the world to take that and to be entertained
00:31:23 yeah you said laughing your ass off yeah that was important it's true it's funny it's a funny
00:31:29 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 I could sense improv in there. 0.90
00:31:36 You're funny as hell, man.
00:31:38 Did the shoot come out?
00:31:40 Yes. 0.99
00:31:41 Don't worry, where you said it all sucks. 0.99
00:31:42 It all, come on, come on, come on. 0.99
00:31:45 Yeah, I was like, damn, that was good as hell. 0.98
00:31:48 That was improv. 0.98
00:31:48 That's why I said they hate to see how charming you are. 1.00
00:31:50 It just all sucks. 1.00
00:31:51 Yeah, it just all sucks. 0.99
00:31:54 I had a blast. 0.97
00:31:55 I'm LOLing.
00:31:56 It was the best part for me was to, because the character is so big and
00:32:02 fun and i'm like you know we already have the road map with the first two movies and then also
00:32:07 just me personally that is inspired by my grandfather he was born i'm sorry not born
00:32:13 here he was born in samoa uh but he passed away here and he was buried here diamond head
00:32:18 and so that meant so much to me to play this character but so i do want people around the
00:32:24 world to experience the film like that laughing recognizing we all go through the same stuff where
00:32:31 we question ourself what's beyond the reef i don't know what's beyond the reef but you could
00:32:36 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 like i'm gonna try and also love loss and loss of our elderly and life lives and that happens
00:32:54 and i lost my dad a couple years ago suddenly didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him and
00:32:59 we were on fighting terms too it's so complicated but that happens in life and when grandma tallah
00:33:05 passes away in our movie that's it's heavy you know especially when you have real people you
00:33:11 know real flesh and blood reno and just amazing actress but finally i want our people to be proud
00:33:18 of what they see like that's important to me be proud absolutely what you see especially and i
00:33:26 will say body representation like i see so many different shapes on one bodies and i love to see
00:33:31 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 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 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 getting to induct a new moana into this new movie what was that experience like for you i have all
00:33:54 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 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 introducing this new actress this new young girl woman lady to the world in this way and to empower
00:34:18 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 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 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 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 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 with me she has to carry this film she has to dance she has to sing and she's singing songs
00:35:01 that are iconically sung by auli the word i keep going back to with her is pressure and how much
00:35:10 pressure this young girl uh was feeling and still stepped on set every day and just
00:35:17 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 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 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 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 for you you get fired from the nfl these other doors closed you you weren't like i'm gonna pack
00:35:44 I saw her trying, she's like, I knew he was gonna make a joke.
00:35:57 My God, I'm so sorry, it's not COVID, I swear to God, it's not.
00:36:04 No, it's not, it's Hantavirus.
00:36:07 Everyone got quiet.
00:36:08 I like to think I'm a pretty good observer and I'm giving my answer like.
00:36:14 I had it, I had it though, I had it.
00:36:16 You did have it.
00:36:17 I'm trying to get it across the finish line, I had it.
00:36:19 I know, and then I keep talking, and then she comes on.
00:36:23 Yeah, you see me struggling, I'm going, hey, wrap it up, brother, I have to cough. 0.98
00:36:27 I get it, she's had fucking pressure on her shoulders, okay? 0.99
00:36:30 I gotta fucking cough. 1.00
00:36:31 Oh my god. 1.00
00:36:33 Oh shit. 0.99
00:36:34 Okay. 1.00
00:36:36 So- Yeah, so anyway.
00:36:37 I do have to, they did give me, while he was making fun of me,
00:36:42 they did give me a five minute warning.
00:36:43 All right.
00:36:44 So I do have to wrap with you.
00:36:46 All right.
00:36:46 But I am, just to reiterate one more time on a serious note,
00:36:50 I need to give you your flowers.
00:36:52 Like, you are just, you're the guy, like, for me,
00:36:57 and have been for a very long time.
00:36:58 So I admire you.
00:37:00 Thank you.
00:37:00 And I see you.
00:37:02 And I know how incredibly hard you have worked to get to this point
00:37:07 and what it's come at the cost of, I feel like, in a lot of ways.
00:37:11 But I truly am so thankful, like this is my dream job.
00:37:16 And I do feel like people like you are on my Mount Rushmore of Polynesian greats.
00:37:22 And I guess Jason Momoa, but I do have beef with him that's invisible.
00:37:26 What's, what make it visible?
00:37:28 Well, I'll tell him, I'll tell you, yeah, I'll start spreading rumors.
00:37:31 The very first red carpet I ever walked, I was so nervous.
00:37:35 I'd never done anything like that.
00:37:36 And I finally was like, they finally wanted to take my picture cuz I'm a nobody.
00:37:41 You don't know this, you've been in the spotlight and famous for a very long time.
00:37:44 But sometimes they don't want to take your picture.
00:37:46 I know that's really heartbreaking to hear, cuz you've never experienced it.
00:37:50 No, but wait, so- So he takes my pictures.
00:37:53 Who?
00:37:54 The paparazzi starts taking my pictures.
00:37:55 Yes.
00:37:56 And then it starts getting a little bit more feverish, and everyone's like,
00:37:59 ooh, everyone starts taking pictures.
00:38:00 And I'm like, okay, period, everyone's awake now.
00:38:03 And then one of them goes, what's your name?
00:38:06 I go, Drew, they go, can you move?
00:38:09 Because he was right next to me. 1.00
00:38:11 And they were like, hey, bitch, you're in my shot. 0.99
00:38:13 And I move over, mind you, you're probably thinking, 1.00
00:38:17 was this a Jason Momoa feature film?
00:38:19 No, he wasn't even in the movie. 1.00
00:38:22 His big ass was just there, sucking my limelight. 1.00
00:38:25 And I'm sure you know him, so you can tell him I said that. 1.00
00:38:27 You had to, you, we can tell him now, yes.
00:38:30 Well, now, you'll probably see it now, cuz you're in it.
00:38:32 But anyways, back to my serious thought.
00:38:34 Wait, but I'm so sorry about that, because I can imagine,
00:38:37 like, you were there, and you're thinking, hey.
00:38:38 And I'm getting sunned.
00:38:39 I'm getting sunned. 1.00
00:38:40 By this Hawaiian motherfucker. 1.00
00:38:42 That sucks for me. 1.00
00:38:45 And I was like, handsome as hell. 0.99
00:38:47 Get out of my face.
00:38:49 He, who, him?
00:38:50 Oh.
00:38:50 Yeah, him.
00:38:50 Of course.
00:38:51 Him, obviously him.
00:38:52 I'm a handsome woman, but that's different.
00:38:54 And we can't talk about that because we're brother and sister.
00:38:58 Obviously.
00:38:58 Brother and sister.
00:38:59 We're brother and sister.
00:39:00 Well, I'm sorry.
00:39:00 Well, next, here's the thing.
00:39:02 I bet you, I know.
00:39:04 I want to invite you in Pele?
00:39:07 Pele.
00:39:07 Pele. 1.00
00:39:08 God, fuck. 1.00
00:39:08 It's a tequila. 1.00
00:39:09 I'm like, booga, pili, which I saw a couple of your videos.
00:39:15 Like that dude's in shape too.
00:39:16 Like you guys are like, you're the gym couple, right?
00:39:18 Yeah, I would say.
00:39:19 Yeah. Yeah.
00:39:20 Well, now that you said it, every dude who looks up to you physique wise, 0.95
00:39:24 they're gonna, they just shit their pants all at the same time. 0.87
00:39:28 Someone as masculine as you co-signing me, period. 0.96
00:39:31 Hey, listen, the video I saw and I love this because this is the way I am with
00:39:36 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 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 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 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 invite you to the moana premiere oh my god yes which is so all right so dude this is insane it
00:40:05 It's gonna be at the Hollywood Bowl, 5,000 people.
00:40:08 What the hell?
00:40:08 First time ever.
00:40:09 The LA Philharmonic is gonna be playing our orchestral score in the pit.
00:40:15 My God, I just got chills.
00:40:16 Under the stars.
00:40:18 It's gonna be a historic night for our film and for our people and our culture.
00:40:23 My God, period.
00:40:24 Can I get a plus six?
00:40:25 I want you plus six too much.
00:40:26 Okay, okay, okay.
00:40:27 Too much.
00:40:27 All right, I played the hand too hard.
00:40:28 I played it too hard.
00:40:29 Too hard.
00:40:30 You were in the moment, so I was trying to get as much as I thought.
00:40:32 You tried.
00:40:32 Yeah, I did.
00:40:33 See, you said close the mouth, don't get fed, there you go.
00:40:35 I'm obsessed with trying.
00:40:36 I'm being more aggressive in my approach.
00:40:39 Yes. No worries.
00:40:39 I'll be there.
00:40:41 I love it, okay?
00:40:42 Yes, thank you. And then not only that,
00:40:44 but you and I are gonna get on the red carpet, and we're gonna take our picture.
00:40:48 Yeah, hell yeah. And no one's gonna tell us to move.
00:40:50 My God, I can't wait. 0.99
00:40:53 And we're gonna stay there for as long as the fuck we want. 1.00
00:40:55 And guess who I'm gonna tag, Jason Momoa's ass. 1.00
00:40:58 Yeah, Pride of Gixies, I'm tagging your ass on Instagram, so open it up, ho. 1.00
00:41:03 Okay. 1.00
00:41:03 That's it, brother.
00:41:04 My God, we have an evil plan.
00:41:06 My God, I just made an evil plan with you.
00:41:08 That's so awesome.
00:41:09 I love it, so let's do that.
00:41:10 We're so close, now we're best friends.
00:41:11 Come on, we're besties.
00:41:12 That's what I'm gonna tell everyone anyway.
00:41:13 You can co-sign me later about that.
00:41:15 I love it.
00:41:16 They told me to wrap, so I wanna say thank you again for being an icon.
00:41:19 Before we wrap, I know we gotta wrap.
00:41:22 Thank you for your words.
00:41:23 I do wanna go back to it means so much to me because the world is noisy. 0.97
00:41:29 And the noise of the world is the shit that gets algorithmed up, right? 0.98
00:41:35 As you know better than anyone. 0.99
00:41:37 But it's the good stuff, like the stuff where somebody goes,
00:41:40 hey, I see you, man, and I love what you're doing,
00:41:42 and thank you, thank you for doing the thing.
00:41:44 Keep doing the thing.
00:41:45 That doesn't get algorithmed up.
00:41:47 No.
00:41:47 This is boring.
00:41:48 Right.
00:41:49 But it is the stuff that anchors our world and who we are.
00:41:53 So I just want to say thank you for using your big platform to say that.
00:41:57 and you keep doing your thing and i got your back and i support you thank you likewise i have your
00:42:02 back too man thank you look at us two equally famous equally rich and handsome same level
00:42:08 muscular weight everything same bench everything same squat everything same lats yeah same lats
00:42:18 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 here we go thank you so much to all of you for tuning into this episode of the comment session
00:42:28 thank you to my amazing wonderful guest dwayne the rock johnson make sure y'all check out moana
00:42:32 in theaters july 10th it's gonna be amazing and incredible i already saw it you saw us key you
00:42:38 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 happy to have dwayne the rock johnson fucking period thank you so much to my all my amazing
00:42:46 I'll see you next week, bye. 0.89