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What better way to celebrate wrapping a movie than to approach a group of fans who are waiting for you in the middle of the night, get their hopes up, and then smash those hopes with a crushing pile-driver of a joke?
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson indulged in just such a celebration this week and, in an added twist, shared the semi-cruel prank on Instagram for all the world to revel in.
Johnson posted a video to his Instagram account on Friday, detailing the prank with an explanation that sleep deprivation might have driven him to the devilish moment.
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“Exhausted from the work day, but always make time to have a lil’ fun. And by have a lil’ fun I mean I’m an a–hole,” Johnson wrote. “Hey I haven’t slept in days so I have an excuse. Greatest fans in the world. Grateful man. Luv U back!”
In the video, Johnson, fresh off of wrapping “Skyscraper” with a 16-hour workday, drives toward a group of fans who, despite it being 1:15 a.m., are faithfully awaiting his arrival.
“Hey, how you guys doing?” Johnson asks enthusiastically as he approaches them.
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Asked if he would sign an autograph or two, Johnson dismissively declares, “Nah, I don’t like fans” before driving away from them.
Before you fire off a Change.org petition to boycott “Skyscraper” over Johnson’s cruelty, rest assured; he did stop and give the fans autographs. Eventually. But not before having a laugh at their temporary expense.
Watch Johnson punk his fans in the video.
