Vin Diesel and The Rock Share Tense Moment at Golden Globes

As he walked onto the stage to present an award at the 2025 Golden Globes Sunday night, one of the first things to come out of Vin Diesel’s mouth was a nod to his famed frenemy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

“Hey Dwayne,” Diesel awkwardly said while smiling. The Rock, meanwhile, seemed nonplussed and smiled back at his co-star, prompting some hesitant laughs from their peers in the crowd.

Johnson and Diesel famously starred together in the Fast and Furious franchise, with Johnson’s appearances stretching from the fifth film to some later spinoffs, but it was around the eighth installment when rumors of a feud between the two actors started coming to light.

At the time, a source close to the production of the eighth film, The Fate of the Furious, told People magazine that tensions between Johnson and Diesel had been “building up for months.”

“Vin has been having problems with The Rock because The Rock keeps showing up late for production,” the source explained. “Sometimes he doesn’t show up at all, and he’s delaying the production.”

The insider’s remarks came after an incident in which Johnson seemingly shaded Diesel in a since-deleted 2016 Instagram post where he wrote, “There’s no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one.”

“My female costars are always amazing and I love ’em. My male costars, however, are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t,” he continued. “The ones that don’t are too chicken s--- to do anything about it anyway. Candy a----. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling — you’re right.”

Flash forward a couple of years later and it seems that the pair have finally worked things out, despite past tensions. In a 2023 post on X, while announcing his official return to the franchise, Johnson wrote: “Last summer Vin and I put all the past behind us. We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve — and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.

“I’ve built my career on an ‘Audience First’ mentality and that will always serve as my North Star,” he continued.