Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is apologizing for asking his followers, particularly those living paycheck to paycheck, to donate to the Maui wildfire fund he started with Oprah Winfrey.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is responding to backlash he received after asking his social media followers to donate to his Maui wildfire fund this summer. Johnson, along with Oprah Winfrey, started the People’s Fund of Maui, pledging a combined $10 million to help with the devastation from the fires. Both the stars implored people to contribute, prompting immediate criticism, to which the actor is now responding.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwayne Johnson APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW INSTAGRAM LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? get it and I completely understand. And I could have been better. And next time I will be better. And I understand, you know, money ain't fallin' out of the sky, and it's not growing on trees. And there's a lot of people out there living paycheck to paycheck, and I get it, and I know what that's like. I've lived paycheck to paycheck,' he said.
When you are living paycheck to paycheck, I don't want to speak for everybody, I'll speak for myself, but I feel it's connected. When you're living paycheck to paycheck, I was easily p----- off and I was frustrated. And the last thing you want to hear when you are living from paycheck to paycheck is someone asking you for money, especially when the person asking you for money already has a lot of money,' he shared. 'So I get it, I understand.
According to Johnson, the first round of funds has been given to survivors of the Hawaiian fires.
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