This is hardly the first time The Rock has poked fun at his past self on social media. Read on to see him at all stages of life, and for more stars back in the day, here are The Biggest ’90s TV Teen Idols, Then and Now. Read the original article on Best Life. “#HellooooLadies” indeed! And for more celebrities from their younger years, here are The Biggest ’80s Teen Idols, Then and Now.
The matching plaid is just too much.
His shirt is definitely an homage to his dad, Canadian professional wrestler Rocky Johnson. Want to see another adorable celebrity mother-son duo? See Kate Hudson’s Lookalike Son’s Hilarious Impersonation of Her.
The stereo! The supplement bottles! The corded phone! And if this photo sends you down memory lane, check out, The Best Slang Terms From the 1990s That Aren’t Cool Today.
“In Nashville, I was already hangin’ out in honey tonk dive bars on Music Row,” he wrote on Facebook. “Also grateful I straight up kicked puberty’s *** early in life.” At the time, he said, he “didn’t understand how cool it is or how grateful [he] should be to have someone care enough to ask for your signature. … Once I realized that, I never turned down an autograph request again.” And if you’re looking for more celeb content, get it sent straight to your inbox by signing up for our daily newsletter.
Though he was making it big on the field, The Rock said at the time, his goal was to work for the CIA.
“5 months later, I hit puberty,” he joked.
Three years after first posting this 1996 throwback in 2014, The Rock revealed the surprising story of where he was when he took this photo. “I was one year removed from sleeping on a used mattress I took from a garbage dumpster,” he wrote. “Couldn’t afford to buy a bed so we do what we gotta do to get by.” Then, he recreated the photo to show how far he came. “21 years later I’m taking the same photo backstage hosting #SaturdayNightLive for the fifth time,” he wrote in 2017. “If you’re going thru your own tough times ‘used mattress’ stage, do your best to have faith things’ll get better and always be willing to outwork your competition because you never know where life is gonna take you.” His last piece of advice? “Oh and tuck the thumb in the fanny pack. Always tuck the thumb.”