'Fast & Furious' star Tyrese Gibson slates The Rock for 'breaking up the family' with 'Hobbs & Shaw'
Fast & Furious 'family' is shaping up to Christmas Day levels of tension, with Tyrese Gibson taking a swipe at Dwayne Johnson over new spin-off
Hobbs & Shaw." data-reactid="31" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The squabbling among the
Fast & Furious 'family' is shaping up to Christmas Day levels of tension, with Tyrese Gibson taking a swipe at Dwayne Johnson over new spin-off
Hobbs & Shaw.
Hobbs & ShawHas Lowest
Fast & Furious Box Office Opening Since
Tokyo Drift'.
“I have to show my respects for one thing…. He tried…….. Folks called me a hater…. Attacked me for speaking out…..Breaking up the family clearly doesn’t have the value that one would assume it does,” he captioned.
“You know what maybe just maybe… The Rock and the crew will come dance with us again for #Fast10 we can all hug it out and get back to giving the true fans who have supported this franchise for 20 years WHAT they want……..No hating I’m just pointing out the facts.
“#FastFamily has more value as the #FastFamily its [sic] ok.”
Gibson also says that Johnson, who he's sparred with before, isn't 'hurting for work' due to the 'at least 15 franchises' he is also working on.
“There won’t be any tears on his pillow tonight. 180 million dollar global opening on Hobbs and Shaw is NOT a win … When you do get attacked well … That’s that … Again my respects cause he tried his best.”
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Gibson first took issue with the spin-off movie from its first announcement in 2017, and slated Johnson in a series of Instagram posts for making the franchise 'about him' and suggesting the movie would be 'another Baywatch', referring to The Rock's flopped Baywatch movie from 2017.
Hobb & Shaw, then only just announced, after
Fast & Furious 9 and not before.
The actor also posted a video of Johnson from 2015, in which the wrestler-turned-actor joked that Gibson's rap album, released that same year, was 'the biggest piece of dog s**t that I have ever heard'.
“Haters come in all forms,” Gibson captioned.
Fast & Furious movie, calling his male co-stars 'candy asses'." data-reactid="64" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Johnson, meanwhile, hit headlines after filming the eighth
Fast & Furious movie, calling his male co-stars 'candy asses'.
Hobbs & Shaw is out now, while
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Hobbs & Shaw is out now, while
Fast & Furious 9 is currently filming.