Dwayne Johnson on Vin Diesel's 'F&F' invitation: An example of his manipulation

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson has publicly declined Fast amp Furious series actor Vin Diesels request to rejoin the action franchise for its upcoming 10th mainline entryIn November Diesel extended an invitation to Johnson on Instagram imploring the latter to reprise his role as secret agent Lucas Hobbs for the next entry in the series reports varietycomThe world awaits the finale of Fast 10 Diesel wroteHe added As you know my children refer to you as Uncle Dwayne in my house There is not a holiday that goes by that they and you dont send well wishes but the time has come Legacy awaits I told you years ago that I was going to fulfill my promise to Pablo I swore that we would reach and manifest the best Fast in the finale that is 10In a new interview with CNN Johnson responded to the request criticising Diesel for voicing an invite on social media after the two had already reached an agreement in privateI told Diesel directly that I would not be returning to the franchise I was firm yet cordial with my words and said that I would always be supportive of the cast and always root for the franchise to be successful but that there was no chance I would return Johnson explainedVins recent public post was an example of his manipulation I didnt like that he brought up his children in the post as well as Paul Walkers death Leave them out of it We had spoken months ago about this and came to a clear understandingHowever Johnson went on to express his well wishes for the Fast amp Furious family ahead of their next and ostensibly penultimate outingMy goal all along was to end my amazing journey with this incredible franchise with gratitude and grace Johnson saidHe added Its unfortunate that this public dialogue has muddied the waters Regardless Im confident in the Fast universe and its ability to consistently deliver for the audience I truly wish my former costars and crew members the best of luck and success in the next chapterJohnson joined the Fast amp Furious franchise with 2011s Fast FiveAt first his Agent Hobbs is an antagonist to Diesels Dominic Toretto though Johnsons character later joins his family of physicsdefying heroesJohnson bowed out of the mainline series following his appearance in 2017s The Fate of the Furious teaming up with Jason Statham to headline a spinoff 2019s Fast amp Furious Presents Hobbs amp ShawThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever