Dwayne Johnson tells Jimmy Fallon about his new NBC competition show, “The Titan Games,” his past with the Canadian Football League and why his failed NFL career was the best thing that never happened to him.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says "depression never discriminates."
The actor in an interview with the United Kingdom's Sunday Express talks about his struggles with depression and his mother's suicide attempt after they were evicted.
The 45-year-old says his mother got out of her car on Interstate 65 in Nashville and walked toward oncoming traffic. He says he grabbed her and pulled her to the shoulder. He says his mother has no recollection of it.
Johnson reveals he went through his own dark period when injuries ended his dream of becoming a professional football player.
He eventually turned to the wrestling ring and began acting in 2000.
Johnson says he and his mother have healed, "but we've always got to do our best to pay attention when other people are in pain."
