Dwayne Johnson on $7 moment before fame
by Tufail: Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson opened up about his financial struggles before fame. He recalled a specific '7-dollar moment' after being cut from the Canadian Football League. Johnson said, 'As I got a little older, my dream became the NFL. That's what I wanted to do. I always say I had this $7 moment when I got cut from the CFL.' He also mentioned that upon arriving in Canada for the CFL, he and four other guys were living together.
Transcript (en)
But then as I got a little older, my dream, my North Star became the NFL. Right. That's what I wanted to do. And, yeah, so things for me, I always say, like, I had this seven bucks moment was when I got cut from the CFL. And seven bucks was all you had, huh? I had a five. A dollar and some change. And some change, dude, yeah. It might not have even been seven bucks. No, but I rounded up. It was like $6.80. Seven bucks sounds a lot better. I was optimistic, so I rounded up. You used to drive around Canada looking for mattresses with as little blood as possible on it? Yeah, we did. You've done your research. So when I got to Canada for the CFL, it was me and four other dudes living in one apartment. And I was making $275 per week on the practice squad, Canadian. And so my buddy at that time, who was a player on the team, he goes, hey, there's a motel down the road that they always throw out their mattresses every six months. and it's about that time. And we get there and it's one of those hourly sex motels. So there was a, you can imagine the shit that was on those mattresses. There's blood and some other stuff. Yeah, blood and other stuff. You just take the Lysol bottle and brand new sheets and it all goes away.
