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Dwayne Johnson Sparks Debate After His Comments About Why He Stays Out Of Politics Rub Some Fans The Wrong Way
Johnson said:
"What I have learned through experience is that I need to keep—need, not want—the main thing the main thing. And the main thing for me, the thing that drives me each morning when I get out of bed, is creating. It’s art. It’s storytelling."
"I've learned I’m going to keep my politics to myself."
In 2020, Johnson had initially endorsed Democratic candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and California Senator Kamala Harris. But in 2024, Johnson refused to endorse Harris or speak out against Trump's racism or otherwise bigoted statements.
Johnson continued:
"There are moments when, hey, there’s nothing we can’t talk about. If I’m wrong, I’ll tell you I’m wrong. Or if I feel like I got a leg up and this is the right way to go, I’ll share it with you.“
"Politics is omnipresent and it’s forever. I don’t like it. I hate it at times. I hate the slinging. I hate all the bullsh*t that comes with it.”
Bringing up longtime liberal singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen and MAGA Republican President Donald Trump, Johnson said:
"Because when I hear you talk about Springsteen, who I love, and this idea that he’s speaking directly to Trump in his concerts, my first thought as you were telling me that, in my head, I went, 'Oh, then why don’t they talk?'"
"They should sit down and talk. I don’t know where that goes, but I do know that’s an important step."
People were disappointed with Johnson's choice to not only not denounce a racist, fascist regime, but to criticize those that do.
On the pop culture subReddit Faux Mois, users had plenty to say about Johnson's integrity and talent.
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Johnson said in a 2024 interview on Fox News that he regretted endorsing President Biden and Vice President Harris because his MAGA fans didn't like it.
He's now finding out his apolitical stance is costing him liberal, progressive, and even conservative fans who value democracy.
CNBC Includes Hilarious Typo In Chyron During Elizabeth Warren Interview About AI—And We're Obsessed
The mix-up happened as Warren was discussing President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly cancel the signing of a bipartisan housing bill and the resulting economic fallout during his second administration.
Warren said, in part:
"AI doesn't get to engage in a bunch of funky, hinky bookkeeping so that investors can't tell what's going on and keep pumping up our economy."
"Part of this is saying, 'Look, every big business in America has to operate within constraints and the reason for those constraints are so investors can have some confidence that the books are honest, that they're not creating other harms that are going to bite them in the rear later on."
But the chyron operator appeared to misinterpret Warren's remark, seemingly mistaking "hinky"—a slang term for something suspicious or dubious—for "kinky."
You can hear what Warren said and see the error in the video below.
Here is a screenshot of the moment in question.
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People couldn't get enough of the moment—and the jokes came flying.
Warren's CNBC appearance came as the network reported that artificial intelligence company Anthropic had accused Chinese tech giant Alibaba of "brazenly" and "illicitly" attempting to extract its AI capabilities.
In a June 10 letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs addressed to Warren and South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott, Anthropic alleged that Alibaba carried out "the largest known distillation attack on Anthropic to date," CNBC reported after reviewing the document.
Distillation is an AI training technique in which a smaller, less capable model is trained using the outputs of a more advanced one. Anthropic claimed operators linked to Alibaba and its AI lab conducted 28.8 million exchanges with its models through roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April 22 and June 5.