Hot damn. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson covers the August issue of Essence Magazine, which just happens to be the “Sexy Black 40” issue, which picks the top 40 sexiest black celebrities “of all time.” The list not only includes Dwayne but also Common, LL Cool J, Tysen Beckford, and Boris Kodjo. That little preview makes me pretty interested to see the rest of this list when it arrives!
I’ve always had a soft spot for Dwayne, who will always be “The Rock” to me even though I’m not really a wrestling fan at all. Mind you, he looks knuckle-bitingly good in his little black skivvies in the ring. And I’ll forgive him almost every time he adds to his list of roles in cheesy action franchises and silly, tutu-involving kids movies. So when he talks to Essence about how he takes care of a woman and wants to make out for hours at a time, I listen:
How he will drop your panties: “When I say I’m going to take care of a woman, I don’t just mean physically or sexually or romantically. I’m going to take care of her emotionally and spiritually. I’m going to take care of her in all ways. I take a lot of pride in that today.”
What are his turn ons? “Engaging in good conversation” and “embracing the power of kissing.”
On his ideal woman: “I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.”
On what he brings to a relationship: “I want to be a man who is truthful and who won’t let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, ‘Here I am. This is me.’ I feel there’s something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.”
On his ex, Dany Garcia Johnson: “Since our divorce, we’ve become pretty good at working together, and we are also raising our beautiful 11-year-old daughter, Simone. You know, you don’t sign up for a divorce when you get married. It’s very painful. But it’s taught me a great deal about myself.”
[From Essence]
I would totally let The Rock take care of me in every way that he so desires. Not only is he in outstanding physical shape, but he’s got loads of charisma and has a reputation of being a really nice guy. Is it offensive that he wants a woman that desires his “big hands” to take care of them? I don’t think that’s a non-feminist stance at all. I think he’s really talking about emotional security and “in the bedroom” stuff. You know what they say about guys with big hands, right? Plus, dude even causes spontaneous ovulation by holding an umbrella.
Photos courtesty of Essence and WENN
I trust you, Dwayne! Call me!
I’ve figured out that Dwayne is immensely egotistical. That is he constantly needs his EGO boosted/stroked. It is apparent when dating a younger person. It makes him feel & look young to everyone. His GF has white skin something which is accepted more with people & which also gives him more confidence & an ego boost because while he was married to his ex her family wasn’t accepting of his skin color/ethnicity. Also there is a controlling aspect I see. Where after being with Dany for years where she controlled everything, he finally can control this younger GF he has which makes him feel “manly.” Notice he takes care of everything while she flys around the world with him, lives in his homes & just writes crappy music all day… Its like a protective instinct that males have in which men get their EGO stroked by protecting & being in control of women… To do otherwise makes them feel “small” and we all know that’s the last thing he wants to feel. Subconsciously Dwayne is w/ his current GF because she knows how to make him feel like he’s the “king” & manly & all the other guy stuff that some men need. She’s obviously not the most attractive girl but she knows how to manipulate men. She has no identity, he rarely wants people to see her… It’s not a privacy thing like he says, it’s a control issue he has. The more control = the more manly he feels.
A fine man, inside and out.
Yum.
Oh Dwayne I can’t even go there with you right now.
But ladies he is a really nice guy.
I wondered what you had to say about it V4. I would hit it, several times in fact..
V4- you know him? I’ve heard nothing but good things, great guy. ,
@Marie & Vee
Yes I knew him; at one time I knew him very well. (Hangs head in shame).
ha ha, there is no shame in that..
Shame? No that’s called GAME, honey.
*high fives*
V4- I envious! I’m sure very fun memories. 🙂
He is Samoan. When I went to Samoa in 2005 people would literally stop me in the street to talk to me and suggest places to see.
Samoans have a reputation of being the friendliest people in the world- and I’m pretty sure it’s true!
I thought Samoans had a reputation for not speaking English, headbutting people and never, ever, wearing shoes.
Unless they were Japanese.
(Sorry, I’m a Rock fan via wrestling so these are wrestling jokes)
I can totally go there. Over and over and over, when CHarms is busy. I am totally getting a ‘great lover’ vibe from this interview.
“I am totally getting a ‘great lover’ vibe from this interview”
Damn straight! 🙂
I think that’s so f*ing hot, what he said. He is right down my alley, and I would gladly be a provider for him as well.
Yup!!! Everything he said was absolute perfection – I’m not ashamed to admit his words turned me on a little! And I don’t even get the feeling he was saying that stuff to sound good. I think he was telling the truth, he really would take care of a woman in the proper and right ways.
Damn, I do love a man with big hands….. 😀
O.M.F.GGG.
That is so %&$*ing hot, I passed out on my mac. Faceplant.
One of my friends saw him in person and apparently he is very very good looking. Also not as “roidy” looking in person – just a well-built muscular guy.
Love him <3
Hmm that’s interesting. Because I find his size unattractive. I appreciate a man that’s in shape but I don’t want them to look like they’re going to explode.
LOL! That’s really the way to put it. I’m not a sucker for that look either.
Agree that size could look fat in clothes if you don’t see the muscles. But I live reading all the horny comments on here and the ones about that wolf from true blood. Can’t remember his name. Alcide I think.
Joe something. I was thinking about him! He seems smaller than the Rock and less roidy. Doesn’t look like he’s gonna explode.
I love him……..so much!
Love,love,love..can wait for Boris!!
I never gave him a second thought before this…….oh my…..
Big hands, big gloves? Sadly, I’ve learned that sometimes, big hands are just that & that’s all. Ugh.
Dwayne Johnson, though? Yummy.
My field research confirms your hypothesis as well.
I was told by a male friend of mine years ago that you needed to look at the hands, feet and ears. If all three are large, then you have a winner. LOL
@Nicola Hopefully! Because that sounds like one goofy looking guy.
Hands, feet, ears, nose. MrBuckeye is my height (5’8″), but looks a lot like Daniel Craig with a size 12 shoe. It’s not a bad thing at all. 🙂
The old-fashioned (but still enlightened) man… Sigh!
He has a great smile and eyes…
Now that’s what I call a real man. Yum!
Samoan Thor, yaaas! (Fast and Furious 6 joke).
Seriously, watching WWF at 13, probably my first “Gud lawd have mercy” crush.
Same here!!
Any pictures of the rest in this black 40 issue?
Seriously-don’t tease us.
…and is Common in there? That hot bastard better be.
Pffft..like he “took care” of his wife before he cheated on her?
Exactly what I thought…. With her brother arranging the hook-ups, since he was his manager or something.
Believe me he did not need anyone to arrange his hook-ups. He had no problem doing that on his own.
wut – wut – WUT?? dang ….
it really should come as no surprise tho. folks b nasty. that is all.
Lol V4Real, he certainly didn’t NEED it, but his brother in law arranged the secrecy.
Yep, that’s what first popped into my head. I like him but this article just comes across as bragging blather.
And now he sounds like a man I would avoid.
@V4Real
You make it sound as though you’re one of the ladies he cheated with…
Perhaps I am.
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yummy…hot…yummy…hot is all I can say.
And BOOM. I’m pregnant.
<3
Is anyone else confused about The Rock being black? Since when does Samoan=black?
His mom is Samoan and his dad is black Nova Scotian
Ok that makes sense. Thanks!
thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering about the samoan comments, bc I thought he was black. that explains it thanks!
one thing’s for sure, he is f-i-n-e! fine!
So he’s a Nova Samoan????
I thought the same thing – never thought of him as either white or black, just smokin’ hot!!
Wait? He’s black? I honestly didn’t know.
He’s biracial. Black and Samoan.
A lot of people didn’t know Vin Diesel was Black as well. He says he’s multi-racial. His father is Black and his mother is White (Italian.
ditto Wentworth Miller.
Hey, where did my pants go?
Oh lord, he can put his hands on me anytime!
Oh he is so beautiful. I love this man and I don’t really buy magazines but I will definitely buy this one. Too many good looking guys to pass up.
Love him!
His mother is Samoan and his father is African American.
Actually, his father is Black Nova Scotian (Canadian), not African American.
For some reason “Black Nova Scotian” cracks me up but yes, yes he is.
so he’s african canadian instead of african american
Whole lot of man pretty right there!!!!
Yum yum gimme some 😉
Gorgeous!
Man, that interview was like my birthday, Christmas and Cinco de Mayo all wrapped into one. Can he get any hotter?
Um, his big hands can take care of me any time.
I would bathe him like a mama cat.
^^^^Awesome!
HAA!!!!!! im laughing so loud right now at WORK!
Hot hot hot hot.
I have told my husband and kids that Dwayne is my back up husband if God forbid . . . What a hunk!
Please God – help me find the end of the line or the top of the pile – I wanna get pleased too!
Dwayne Johnson is one of the few men that makes me full on swoon. He’s the most amazing combination of brute and sensitivity. If I ever ran into him on the street I’d probably just hand my husband my wedding ring and then throw myself onto Dwayne’s lips.
I’ve got to say I feel exactly the same way..
HE GOT DIVORCED AND NO ONE TOLD ME????? Where is he? Where? I so need to have him manhandle me. Like now.
hes got charisma to burn…. no doubt
Hells to the no. I love watching ‘The Rock’ in movies, and he seems pretty cool…but there’s no way I’m letting him near the biscuits! What if he makes them crumble?!? o_O
he is a cheater. my friends were approached by him in a club when he was married. hes a gross egomaniac phony
Darn. From what you and V have said in the posts here, I’m really disappointed in him. Had no idea he was a cheater, and had y’all not set us straight, I would’ve thought he was a great guy. Oh well.
That is too bad. I hope he’s changed.
I like him. If he was the sort who seemed utter obsessed with overt machismo 100% of the time, I’d be suspicious of the whole “big hands” and “take care of a woman” thing. But the fact that he’d be willing to shed the ultra-hardass action man image to be in films like “The Pacifier” and “The Tooth Fairy” (even if those aren’t the best films) tells me he’s not so wrapped up in being macho that he’d channel that into overt dominance. I’m a BIG feminist, and I don’t mind the idea of a man taking care of me, as long as he trusts me to be able to take care of myself, take care of him and live my life. Taking care of a person and letting them take care of you doesn’t necessarily equal dependence or have to be about power. In my last relationship, I paid fifty/fifty on dates, save for on his birthday, when I paid entirely, drove, was independent. But at the same time, I had him take care of me at times, like driving me home if I was drunk and couldn’t get another driver, getting me stuff at Wal-Mart when I was sick, being the shoulder to cry on when I was having a bad day, fixing my bike. I did stuff for him too, driving him places, helping him with schoolwork, all sorts of stuff. It’s give and take. There’s nothing unfeminist about it. People need to be taken care of by other people sometimes, male and female. I would trust my man to take care of me just like I expect my friends and family to take care of me when I need it. I, in turn, take care of them. It’s how human beings work. So no, there’s nothing wrong with a man wanting to take care of you. The big hands thing is a little silly, but whatever. I’d expect my man to take care of me, big hands or small.
He said ‘trust’ a few times. It’s very important to him. I like that.
What he says is almost too perfect… it seems like he heard that somewhere before and is receiting it because it makes good press. Not that I am criticising him for that… its just… well… suspicious.
I met him ten years ago at TRL (remember her?). I burst into tears as soon as we lock eyes. His smile made all my holes leak.
Hahahaha!
Ewww. Any man who thinks he has to ‘take care’ of me is not getting anywhere.
This is the first time I have ever commented. But I could not resist commenting. I used to feel the same way as you, Lisa. I felt that letting a man take care of me meant giving a piece of me up or letting him control me somehow. After being with a fantastic Man that not only took care of me but encouraged me in all things I learned that there is a great difference in being taken care of and being controlled. It made him happy to take care of me, to make me smile/laugh, to worry about things less and that in turn made me feel happy, satisfied, and strong as a woman. Sadly he was killed in an accident at work and I miss him every day… but I would never trade a day with him for anything.
awww i am so sorry for your loss.
Life lessons I’m so sorry for your loss.
And I agree with you. He says he wants to take care of his woman. He doesn’t say he wants a woman that needs to be taken care of. It sounded to me that he means he’s not a selfish partner. I take care of my husband and he takes care of me.
He never did it for me….then he said that big hand thing. My biscuit squealed and fanned itself I’m pretty sure.
I would curl up into those big hands like a purring kitten
I consider myself a feminist and his big hands comment made me melt. Yum…my!
Oh man, some of the other guys mentioned in that issue needs a separate post. Common, Boris Kudjoe…yes please!
Rock doesn’t light my fire, he’s a little too muscular for my tastes but I loved what he had to say here. Even in print this man has charisma and I’m happy to have it confirmed (Thanks V4Real) that he’s as nice a guy as I’ve heard.
Wait, now I’m hearing he’s a cheater? Sigh.
Oy, lots of naughty thoughts. And…yea pretty sure his interview was like 50 shades of grey for me.
However, I hate cheaters….I hope that’s not the case.
Id climb that Rock so fast…um..!! whew..where’s that fan?
and boris–if he wasnt married…gawd…man overload.
I <3 him.
Damn!!!
I believe his dad was a Canadian wrestler, and I think Dwayne even played in the CFL (Canadian Football League).
Is he saying he’s single??? SINGLE?! SINGLE?!?!?!?!?!
I GOT DIBS! YOU CAN HAVE SLOPPY SECONDS1 LOL!
I never buy magazines but I will have to buy Essence just for the Rock. I am so in love with him, not literally, but you know what I’m saying. I love his smile and how he does action movies and then he’ll do kids movies. And I know he has a college degree so that’s a plus too. and da*n he looks good in a suit!
we need more posts on him and less on kk!
DAYAAMM!
I wish more men were like this. Lots of men these days expect you to take care of them, so it’s nice to here him say that.
Sigh, Rock is so hot. They just don’t make em like that where I live and trust me I’m looking. I would sooooooo tear that gd headboard clean OFF the bed…….
That smile makes me weak in the knees!
he can put his big hands on me any time.
normally i’d find his type too big and just a no-no, but there’s something about him..mmmmmmmm
I’m enjoying ALL the comments. I have nothing to add but DITTO!
Totally agreeeeeeeee!!!
Oh Rocky, where art thou my Rock! He can take care of me anytime with his big hands, big heart, big smile, big arms and big umm ok you get it.
Yeah there are stories told by one or two of his groupies online if you look for them. But I guess he is nice enough in real life that the stories haven’t gained much traction.
I’m not into big built guys, but I just love him. Especially his comment about taking care of a woman with his big hands. Mmmm hmmm.
PULP FICTION
Dwayne Johnson, Jason Momoa, and Idris Elba are on my bucket list
I read this whole article & it’s obvious he is lying & is trying to portray an image he’s not. First of all he’s never “dated” a black woman. He’s “hooked up” with black women, but never dated. The generic characteristics of why he loves black women is a bit contrived. He loves thier nose, lips and nails?! C’mon really? Secondly he’s been dating his current home wrecker girlfriend for more than 6 years. They’ve been dating for 8 years. They met while he was still married & ultimately led to his divorce w/ his ex wife. Of course for “image” sake he won’t say 8 years. This interview was a shame…
THANK YOU! I thought I was only one who picked up on that after reading the entire interview. His PR person should be slapped for coaching him…as if black women wouldn’t know he’s lying through his teeth. Yes, he’s definitely “eye candy”, but his comment about black women was too fake. I’ve lost all respect for him.
He is secretly GAY.
Anyone who has to go to those lengths to claim they know how to satisfy a woman, is just over-compensating.
Yes, the article was kind of fluffy and seemed a bit contrived but that’s ok..I love the Rock anyway.
I have to say though..the eye candy behind his article (starting at pg 100) was so worth this issue!!!!
Absolutely love this man!
He comes across as very classy.