Live TV is full of blunders and red-faced moments, and awards ceremonies are perfect for them.
Kicking of this year’s awards season is the Golden Globes and there was a very awkward exchange between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.
Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel are thought to have once had bad blood (Buda Mendes/LatinContent via Getty Images)
Diesel, who is best known for starring the Fast & Furious franchise, took to the stage to present the prize for cinematic and box office achievement, which went to Wicked.
But ahead of doing so, he saw his former co-star Johnson in the audience and said: “Hey, Dwayne.”
The camera then panned to the Jumanji actor who was seen smiling.
Things seemed less than cordial between the pair though, and fans were quick to notice.
One person said of the short exchange: “That is what you call an awkward moment!”
“They [hate] each other,” suggested another.
A third went on: “Lmao, the tension was real fr.”
A different person said: “Vin Diesel and the Rock face off at the Plot twist of the year?”
We don’t need another 2022 Academy Awards moment, folks.
While it was quite a prickly exchange, in 2023 Johnson tweeted that he and Diesel had ‘put all the past behind us’.
He added at the time: “We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve — and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.”
