Apparently Vin Diesel Is The "Candy Ass" Dwayne Johnson Has A Problem With

According to celebrity gossip site TMZ, Vin Diesel is the co-star Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was referring to in an Instagram rant earlier this week

Matt Robinson

Updated: 10 Oct 2024

Both on screen and on set, the whole Fast and Furious deal is portrayed to be all about family. However, judging by a lengthy rant on Instagram posted by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson earlier this week, there’s trouble in paradise.

Johnson was calling out certain male co-stars for being unprofessional, and even labeled them as “candy asses”. It’s now looking like he was just talking about one person: Vin Diesel.

My FINAL WEEK of shooting #FastAndFurious. There's no greatness ever achieved alone.. it's always a team effort. We promised an epic prison break out for you guys and we delivered. HUGE THANK YOU to my ohana (family) stunt coordinator JJ Perry and his bad ass fearless stunt team - as well as my cousin and incredible stunt double @samoanstuntman. Thank you team for the willingness to "die hard" and drop your blood & sweat daily for our movie. #MyStuntBrothers #Loco4Life You guys reading this know how much I believe in the idea of TEAM EFFORT. That means respecting every person, their time and their value when they step on to my set or partner with our production company. And like with any team - that's a family - there's gonna be conflict. Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs. To me, conflict can be a good thing, when its followed by great resolution. I was raised on healthy conflict and welcome it. And like any family, we get better from it. At the end of the day me and #F8 co-stars all agree on the most important thing: Delivering an incredible movie to the world. #Fast8 #IcemanCometh #FamilyGrowth
A post shared by therock (@therock) on Aug 10, 2016 at 2:43pm PDT

Celebrity gossip site TMZ reports that the pair had a meeting in Atlanta on Tuesday in the hope of easing tensions. Apparently, these tensions have arisen because of decisions Diesel has made as a producer that Johnson’s not happy about.

The former wrestler has since posted on Instagram (above) and referred to the on-set troubles, saying: “And like with any team - that’s a family [what is it with these guys and the word ‘family’?] - there’s gonna be conflict.”

Here’s hoping the pair can settle their differences. Presumably by having the manliest bear hug of all time.

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Honestly, this is just pathetic. Throwing all of your other “male co-stars” under the bus in some weak attempt to publicly voice your displeasure with the way your director is calling the shots. Talk about unprofessional…

If this is what F&F has devolved into to generate publicity, it’s a sad day indeed.

So happy I have never seen any FAF movie…

Glad I haven’t watched any since FAF 4

I’ll probably watch the next few movies, but as far as I’m concerned the whole series really ended with the last movie. The ending to that one was spot on, and couldn’t be any better. Anything after that I’ll treat as side stories or some sh*t.

If they would have left out that little bit with Ian Shaw at the end of 7, which set up a sequel. If they would have just left that part out they could have easily ended the series there, and I feel safe in betting that most people would have been happy with that.

I worked with Vin on the Pacifier. I remember for the scene that I was in with him, he showed up 3 hours late and as a 9 year old at the time, I remember asking him for an autograph and he just told me to talk to his agent for one, who then never ended up returning any calls for one. On the other hand, I met Paul Walker on the set of the Skulls and he was the kindest person you could ever meet. He was never too busy for anyone and always just enjoyed the company of others.

Sounds like he’s CHIPped off…

Ok, good…. hmmm.. And I’m sitting here waiting for Cars 3, at least it’s more “car movie” than this other saga…

According to celebrity gossip site TMZ

This isn’t even scraping the bottom of the barrel. You’re already through the bottom of the barrel and on your way to Australia. Seriously, CT, you’re sourcing TMZ these days?