Tennessee mayor Glenn Jacobs, ex-WWE star, says he would advise Dwayne Johnson against going into politics

Glenn Jacobs, the erstwhile WWE superstar who became the politician of Knox County, Tennessee, said helium would counsel Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson against stepping into the governmental ring.

Jacobs appeared connected "Going Ringside" earlier successful the week and was asked astir the anticipation of Johnson – a WWE legend, movie prima and TKO committee subordinate – trying his manus astatine politics.

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Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs (Jamar Coach/Jackson Sun/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images/File)

"If I’m him, I wouldn’t. Politics is incredibly contentious and toxic close now," Jacobs said. "Everybody likes Dwyane, nary substance wherever you are connected the governmental spectrum, due to the fact that he’s a large entertainer, and he’s a bully guy.

"Got to retrieve that nary substance what you accidental successful politics, 50% of the radical are conscionable going to knee-jerk disagree with you, and you’re going to truly tick immoderate folks off. I’ve had to woody with that, obviously. If I were him, I would counsel him not to bash that, personally."

Johnson’s sanction has been floated arsenic a imaginable statesmanlike campaigner and astatine 1 constituent had aspirations to run. But helium said successful 2022 each of that took a backseat to raising a family.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (WWE/Getty Images/File)

Jacobs said determination are inactive ways to marque an interaction down the scenes, and portion Johnson has historically been likable, it’s not going to beryllium the aforesaid if helium steps into the governmental sphere.

"What’s going to hap is that you’re going to instantly alienate astir fractional your instrumentality base, which tin beryllium an uncomfortable spot to be," helium added. 

Johnson got a sensation of however toxic authorities tin beryllium aft helium endorsed Joe Biden for president successful 2020. He told "Fox & Friends" successful April the endorsement was close for him astatine the clip but that helium regretted the part it caused.

"Am I going to bash that again this year? That answer's no. I'm not going to bash that," helium told Fox News’ Will Cain astatine the time. "Because what I realized that what that caused back then was thing that tears maine up successful my guts back then and now, which is division. And that got me."

"The takeaway aft that months and months and months, I started to realize, like, ‘Oh man, that caused an unthinkable magnitude of part successful our country.’ So I recognize present going into this election, I'm not going to bash that. I wouldn't bash that due to the fact that my extremity is to bring our state together. I judge successful that, successful my DNA. So in the spirit of that, there's going to beryllium nary endorsement."

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports/File)

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"Not that I'm acrophobic of it astatine all, but it's conscionable I recognize that this level of power – I'm going support my authorities to myself, and I deliberation it's betwixt maine and the ballot box."

Fox News’ Kristine Parks contributed to this report.

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