Ex-WWE Producer Shoots On The Rock: “I Caught Him In A Lie… Fame Got To His Head”

Ex-WWE producer David Sahadi blasts The Rock for lying to him.

At the beginning of The Rock’s WWE career, Sahadi served as his mentor. He is acknowledged for the Brahman Bull’s rise in pro wrestling. He took a young Dwayne Johnson under his wing before he was even on television.

They used to be very close, but over time their bond fell apart, and David blames The Rock’s fame and success for it.

Ex-WWE Producer David Sahadi Claims Fame Changed The Rock’s Personality

In a new interview with Wrestling Life Online, David opened up about working with The Rock before he became the global celebrity icon, and how he believes he changed after achieving fame.

David recalled that The Rock once crossed a personal boundary by bringing up his father during the conversation to deflect from being caught lying. He felt it was inappropriate and unrelated to the issue they were arguing about.

David briefly gave The Rock the benefit of the doubt, acknowledging that everyone has bad days, but added that that’s not a sufficient explanation for how he behaved. He felt that his relationship with Rock had become one-sided.

In his view, The Rock acted as though he had outgrown the people around him and believed they depended on him more than he depended on them. He claimed that The Rock’s attitude changed after achieving fame and success.

“And he’s invoking my father’s card because he can’t admit a lie and because I caught him in a lie. And there’s an old line, I think it was in Batman, from the Joker. Sometimes you need to play the role of the fool in order to fool the fool who thinks that he’s fooling you. And that’s what I did.

‘Oh, he’s doing great, Rock. He really is. Oh, heck, he’s not here, D. You know, he had better things to do.’

I’m glad he wasn’t here because you’re a f**king a**hole today. I don’t want him to see this side of you. ‘Tell him I said hello.’ ‘Oh, I certainly will.’ And I’ll tell him all the stuff too that you’re doing as well.

But to invoke my father card and then to be cool. It’s just like, you don’t go there. I’m sorry. And maybe he’s having a bad day. I don’t think he was, because he was having fun playing poker. I gave a little pass at the end by saying everyone ought to have a bad day because I have a bad day. You have bad days. We all have bad days.

But just like the way he went about that and getting more distant and more distant, you know, as time went on. He’s one of the guys that I thought fame got to his head real big, and like he didn’t need us. He felt like we needed him.” (From 4:18)

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