As an adolescent, Dwayne Johnson and his family bounced around the country, from urban North Carolina to suburban Connecticut. But there was one constant: the dysfunction.
“My own mom and dad had an explosive and volcanic relationship,” he recalls. “My dad was a pro wrestler at a time when it was the Wild West. There wasn’t million-dollar contracts. It was paycheck to paycheck and just trying to survive. And my dad struggled with his addictions and focused on his career and himself, while my mom was at home, raising me. She had to give up her own dreams and support the man that she loves. All she wanted was
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