Dwayneโ “Teh โRock” Johnson Denies Steroid Use โFollowing Visibleโข Weight Loss
VENICE, ITALY – Dwayne Johnson hasโข directlyโ refuted claims he usedโข steroids, responding to renewed speculation sparked by โrecent โขphotos and a fitness influencer’s assertions. The actor’sโฃ denial โcomes after a period โof public interest surrounding his meaningful weight loss for an upcoming filmโ role.
The recent โขwave of allegationsโฃ surfaced followingโ Johnson’s โmid-June โฃinterview wiht Dr.โค Markโค Hyman on YouTube, where โhe discussed years of battling intestinal problems stemming from antibiotic use and a misdiagnosis โฃof heart artery โฃdeposits later revealed to โคbe an anatomical โpeculiarity. Fitness youtuber greg Doucette subsequently revisited the โtopic of potential steroid โฃuse.
Instagram influencer diagofit then postedโฃ aโ video โclaiming Johnson hadโค stopped using โsteroids, leading toโ his weight loss.Johnson personally responded to theโ claim, stating, “This is 100% not true.” โฃ
Johnsonโฃ clarified the reason for โhis conversion at the โฃToronto Film โFestival, explaining he lost approximately 70โค pounds (around 30 kilograms)โ for his role as an elderly character named “chicken Man” in Benny Safdie‘s upcomingโข film,โข Lizard Music.โฃ Theโค film,โข basedโ on Daniel pinkwater’s novel, โcenters on a boy’s encounter with mysterious, music-playing lizards and โfeaturesโฃ Johnson as a reclusive older man who aids the โboy.