Dwayne Johnson Gifts Friend, Who Took Him In As A Teen, A Brand New Car

Updated August 16, 2021

Having lifelong friends is hard work! It's not always easy to put up with some of our friends for decades but it's always worth it when they gift us a new car, isn't it?

Oh, it's not normal to give your best friend lavish gifts?

You mean to tell me my best friend of 20 years isn't planning on gifting me a new truck? That is a major downer! Well, I suppose I'll be preparing myself for another birthday filled with _useful gifts like scented candles and bath bombs!

Do you know who can't relate to these "normal" people problems? The Rock's best friend!

The Rock is truly one of the only celebrities worth respecting these days.

He isn't obnoxious on social media. He isn't selfish or outwardly obsessed with himself.

And look, I know all these things sound like pretty basic stuff but it's 2021 — you'd be hard-pressed to find many other Hollywood heavyweights like that!

It's safe to say The Rock is known for being incredibly generous to his fans.

He knows the importance of treating the people who keep you at the top like gold, like when he sent tequila to one of his biggest fans for her 101 birthday!

Now, the pro-wrestler turned actor is repaying the people in his life that have supported his journey.

Posting an emotional video to his Instagram account, the 48-year-old began: "My life (especially my teenage years) has been full of the wildest twists and turns - yet God and the universe had always found a way to put a few people in my path that would change the trajectory of the road I was going down. Meet one of my lifelong friends, Bruno Lauer."

"My mom and I were evicted off the island of Hawaii and I was sent to Nashville, Tennessee to live with my dad. When I landed in Nashville, I quickly found out I wasn’t gonna live with my dad. [Explective] happens, plans change and that’s the way it goes. Instead, I told I was gonna live with a guy named Bruno. Who at the time lived in a tiny room at a spot called the Alamo Plaza motel."

He continued: "Bruno could’ve (and should’ve) said hell no, I’m not takin’ in some kid who I don’t know. But he didn’t. He took this punk kid in and we became lifelong friends. Then ironically - about 9 years later when I had the infamous “$7 Bucks” in my pocket - I started my wrestling career in Memphis, Tennessee and AGAIN - had no place to live and Bruno took me and let me shake up in his trailer, til I could get on my feet."

"And hell, when I was 15yrs old, Bruno even gave me his last $40 bucks so I could hustle a crackhead out of his car one night at a honky tonk in Nashville. But the hustle was on me, because when I took off down the road there was a SECOND CRACKHEAD passed out on the floor in the back!"

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"Merry Christmas, Bruno and since you helped me 'buy' my first car - I figured I could return the favor and buy you one that 100% does NOT have a crackhead in the back seat. I love you, brother," he joked.

Now that is the kind of friendship I need in my life!

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