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What dickhe*ds came up with this? The guys in the photo?
The Rock was really popular.
I want to really stress the word âwas.â
For whatever reason, he endorsed Joe Biden in 2020, and to the surprise of no one, he got a massive backlash from action movie fans. He later apologized for doing this, but the damage was done.
At the same time, his film career was developing poorly. He had been built up as an action star and then things got out of control, he ended up on some sitcom about himself, it was really a mess.
Whoa, yikes. Whatâs going on here, buddy? What were you thinking?
Iâm not surprised he accepted $11 milly to shill for kids to go die for Israel, but Iâm also not surprised that people were like âf*ck off, Rock.â
This deal sank like a stone.
Legendary pro wrestler Dwayne âThe Rockâ Johnsonâs $11 million partnership with the US Army was so disastrous that it appears to have actually hindered recruitment efforts for the military branch, according to a report.
The Army is now trying to recoup its money after claiming âThe Rockâ didnât hold up his end of the deal by sharing an agreed-upon number of social media posts during the United Football League season, Military.com reported.
The Army declared the relationship as a net negative â with an evaluation projecting that it led to a loss of 38 enlistments as resources tied up in the deal could have potentially been used elsewhere with a more advantageous recruitment outcome, according to an internal review of the plan obtained by the outlet.
The military branch inked a contract with Johnson, a UFL co-owner, earlier this year that would see prominent Army branding on player uniforms and during games, while Johnson acted as a de facto spokesperson for the Army on social media.
With 396 million followers on Instagram, Johnsonâs posts were valued by the Army at $1 million each. As part of the agreement, the âMoanaâ star would share five posts elevating the military branch throughout the UFLâs inaugural season from March through June.
But Johnson allegedly failed to hold up his side of the deal â only sharing two Army-related posts since April, the documents state.
Well, it seems like ripping off the military would be a bad idea. Iâm not even sure if I believe he did that. If he did it was probably a clerical error.
Regardless, he was known as the face of the US military, and theyâre going to have a problem wiping that stupid steroid face off of their brand.
They should have just hired Shane Gillis to do commercials saying:
âIâm not doing it, because I think itâs retarded, but as a paid spokesman for the military, I think you should sign up to go die in pointless foreign wars, primarily for the sake of a country I like to call âChosenville,â but many know as Israel. Real patriots donât ask questions about whatâs going on in Gaza. They just sign the papers and go die. And hey â the benefits are great. They gave me $11 million, and I asked for something to sweeten the deal, and they sent me an entire case of Fleshlights. They have the US Army logo on them and everything.
âPeople ask me if I would put my money where my mouth is and go die for Israel, and the answer is, of course not. But I donât have to, because they will pay me to use my celebrity status to manipulate you into doing that. I hate to break it to you chief, but things arenât easy out there, the jobs market is less than great, and you need money if you want puss*, and probably the best way to get that money for you is by going and fighting wars for the chosen ones. Iâm pretty connected with my fanbase, and I know most of you really donât have anything better to do. And guess what? Even if you get your legs blown off, you can still get puss*. These army motherf*ckers will give you robot legs. And if youâre dead, well, in the Christian Bible I subscribe to, dying for Israel means you get 72 virgins in Heaven.â
Seriously. Thatâs what I would do if I was the Army. I would go full âit is ironically hilarious to die for Israelâ and hire a bunch of comedian podcasters to sell it like they sold âBetter Help.â
