{"id":669226,"date":"2026-07-02T05:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669226\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:19:23","slug":"dwayne-johnson-faces-hollywood-backlash-over-political-silence-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669226\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson faces Hollywood backlash over political silence &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNM0VZVjdNUEl4Y29yQUlzUTJ2SjVtcllWUDhyT0FoRHNuSnV6U3RhRHlSbkpGRzR5b1hXaGhWUldCTlJVSzkxTnY2Y0pTYXgzc1ZxcHZYS3pmU1VvUUhCR2tLSkh1RUxNUE1kZnREZFJ5ZXlTaVhGS0w5RnZCVXNHSHJQdlBZVkNYcTBCZEdlUzQ5TTZTRmRuQjRlSDF6dXlLTmFF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dwayne Johnson faces Hollywood backlash over political silence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxNdXJQWGR4UkMyZ1psZmUwZXQzNVpkMDBYdWl6a18yWGJlUHA3SGRtTjI2MlQ2UVRzcUdfVjNuc0pqV3ctSnpoV0c4bkhEaWxPQ0dNbWVmVnVGMHZrT1IzM3VQV1V4WklzUWpkUmQtZlUwTGppc1NVQXdRWmpjUnJxRjcwZVMtTHp2elZ5dV96bGJINVlOc0VkVzY1NA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wil Wheaton calls Dwayne Johnson a &#8216;coward&#8217; for staying quiet on politics: &#8216;So disappointing&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Entertainment Weekly<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPdUtibnM1ZWU3X3dXQzhGN3Bja2lyTmF6RXAwVHVWalNJZktuZ2sycXc2R3ppWUVSMl9fQm04U0Rzd0NtaWJNRi02Sm1MTHZWZURmS3ZGNHl0VkpFbnd3ZUZRVGx6X3M4VGJ0MFF6N003ZUQwN0NQbWpNcUpCLXRSYUMtX0NELVhXSXFQRzBrdUtyZG9qTk5vUzN0Y2F0dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wesley Crusher Just Called The Rock a Coward (and He&#8217;s Right)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pajiba<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYkFVX3lxTE56Qk0yaUJiR3ZZVzZINzhYZVJSVl8yb0t0RWxrRTJwT1ZiM1BEOXdNLXdDQnV0REJGWlk3RVhUbXY5RzlJQ0N3dzVYX3dpY1cxeUhuQkxhSkZRNG1BWXZwTndR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Star Trek actor calls Dwayne Johnson &#8216;a coward&#8217; for political stance (or lack thereof)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;IMDb<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNM0lJay13eUx2N1VwY1VRWWsxTnc5VVJ6MUdHYnpIVC00SnlJeHQ0Ti1aQjJhZUhGRnJzR2FKWnY2X296eEl3UFlxeXNqc1RPMklVZFBCLU9wb1RSZktrUG51UjhPNjlQY1EzWWd1SWxla0paT3BfY3FaVnlFQTNpci0tSDV3Ry1aRi1YT3lIeldFVmdDa1o0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Star Trek&#8217; Star Slams Dwayne Johnson Over Staying Apolitical<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wide Open Country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson faces Hollywood backlash over political silence&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentWil Wheaton calls Dwayne Johnson a &#8216;coward&#8217; for staying quiet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}