The Rock has had legendary encounters with Hulk Hogan, John Cena and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, but he’s yet to go 10 rounds against the spicy chicken wings of “Hot Ones”. According to “Hot Ones” host Sean Evans, efforts to acquire the elusive interview once led to a peculiar request.
“Hot Ones” is a popular YouTube talk show featuring celebrities answering questions while eating progressively spicier wings. The digital platform has welcomed Shaquille O’Neal, Gordon Ramsay, Billie Eilish, Tom Holland and “Stone Cold” in the past, just to new a few of the Hollywood celebrities to appear.
Evans and the “Hot Ones” team have attempted to lure Dwayne Johnson to the program for years. Evans recalls one correspondence with The Rock’s team that gave “Hot Ones” an odd glimmer of hope.
“We’ve been pitching [The Rock] obviously for years and one time I got a note back that was like, ‘would you be willing to do, instead of wings, grilled salmon strips?’ And in my head I was like, that had to come from his mouth…” Evans told Bloomberg. “That’s as close as we’ve gotten. And then it fell through.”
The conversations between “Hot Ones” and The Rock seemingly fizzled out, as we’ve yet to see “The Most Electrifying Man” layeth the SmackDown on spicy salmon strips.
