Reason No. 4,398 we love Dwayne Johnson: his winning #TBT photos (long live the fanny pack throwback pic!).
This week, The Rock shared another amazing Instagram photo of himself as a 16-year-old high school student – complete with an admittedly terrible pornstache.
“#TBT By the time I was 16 yrs old, I had already enrolled in four high schools across the country due to being evicted and lil’ trouble with the law.. McKinley HS (Honolulu, HI), Glencliff HS (Nashville, TN), McGavock HS (Nashville, TN), Freedom HS (Bethlehem, PA),” he captioned the black and white photo.
“I was also 6’4 225lbs, rockin’ a dead caterpillar on my lip (aka the porn ‘stache) and all the kids in every high school thought I was an undercover cop cause I looked like a mutated, yet handsome SOB of a man child,” he continued. “Plus in Nashville I was already hangin’ out in honey tonk dive bars on Music Row and hustlin’ cars from crackheads. Yup, one of the many reasons why I’m a grateful man for the life I have today and also grateful I straight up kicked puberty’s ass early in life. #GodBlessSamoanAndBlackGenetics #AndGodBlessOurTeenageYears #AndWTFWasIThinkingWithThisMustache”
The only thing better than Dwayne’s photo is arguably his ability to laugh at himself, and his use of the words “mutated, yet handsome SOB of a man child.”
In related Dwayne news, the “San Andreas” star’s new show, “Ballers,” was recently picked up for a second season by HBO, after a record-breaking premiere on the cable network.
— Erin O’Sullivan
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