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Dwayne Johnson Talks Friendship With Chris Janson and Tears Up Over Late Father Rocky (Exclusive)


The movie star and the country crooner recently spoke with ET about their new music video.

Speaking with ET's Kevin Frazier at the Desert 5 Spot in Hollywood, Johnson and Janson opened up about how they first met and the friendship that came from that fortuitous encounter. - Eric Charbonneau/Getty ImagesJanson, meanwhile, actually got his professional start at Tootsie's Famous Orchid Lounge -- a world-famous hub for aspiring and successful country artists -- and it's this link between his past and Johnson's that makes Janson feel their friendship didn't just happen by chance. Janson explained, "I was shooting the video, we had done the preliminary work at Bass Pro Shops, which is, you know, that's like my second home, we were doing this awesome footage, [but] I said, 'It's just not... feeling done to me yet, and I would like to invite DJ to do it.'

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