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Dwayne Johnson claims ‘Daily Star’ interview never happened

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The Rock wants to set the record straight: That “generation snowflake” interview “never happened.”

Dwayne Johnson took to social media on Friday in response to a story that claimed the Rampage actor called out millennial­s as a generation that is “looking for a reason to be offended.”

The UK’s Daily Star posted a story alleging Johnson said that “generation snowflake or, whatever you want to call them, are actually putting us backwards.”

In an Instagram post, Johnson insists that he “never said those words” .

“The interview never took place,” said Johnson in the video.

“Never happened. Never said any of those words. Completely untrue. One hundred per cent fabricated.”

He added that he’s “gained such a great trust and equity” with millennial­s and didn’t even know where the term “snowflake generation” came from.

“You know it’s not a real DJ interview if I’m ever insulting a group, a generation or anyone because that’s not me and it’s not who I am and it’s not what we do,” Johnson said.

Addressing millennial­s, boomers and everyone else, Johnson said: “I always encourage empathy. I always encourage growth. But most importantl­y, I encourage everybody to be exactly who they want to be.”

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