‘Petty’ Vin Diesel seems to reignite feud along with his Fast & Furious co-star The Rock at Golden Globes – as followers go into meltdown over ‘awkward’ second
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Vin Diesel and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson had an awkward moment at the Golden Globes on Sunday, years after they clashed on the set of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious.
Diesel, 57, and Johnson, 52, had starred in Fast Five, Furious 6 and The Fate of the Furious, though Johnson made headlines for a post calling out one of his co-stars he did not name, though it was later confirmed to be Diesel.
Their beef resulted in Johnson essentially leaving the main franchise, moving on to film the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw with Jason Statham.
All these years later, there’s no indication if the beef between them has simmered, though it’s worth noting Johnson has still not returned to the franchise.
Many fans took note of the awkward mention on the Golden Globes stage, which happened when Diesel went to present the box office achievement award.
While Johnson just laughed it off, some even thought it could have lead to a situation similar to Will Smith‘s slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars in 2022.
Vin Diesel and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson had an awkward moment at the Golden Globes on Sunday, years after they clashed on the set of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious
Many fans took note of the awkward mention on the Golden Globes stage, which Johnson just laughed off.
@dbowe44 said, ‘Vin Diesel walking up to present the cinematic and box office achievement award, seeing The Rock and saying “Dwayne” was hella awkward lmaoooo’
@emilykmm added ‘I thought we were going to have a Chris Rock/Will Smith moment there with Vin Diesel and The Rock.’
Another fan dubbed @ashtonmorris1 said, ‘Vin Diesel and The Rock gotta shoot the fade man I don’t care they’re in their 50s. They hate each other.’
@big_business_ said, ‘You can cut the tension between The Rock and Vin Diesel with a knife.’
X user dubbed @Abtilibaan joked, ‘The Rock wanted to hit Vin Diesel with the Peoples elbow.’
@Eazy_Bake added ‘Vin Diesel better stop playing with the Rock. After this last Fast and Furious movie, it’s over for dude.’
Christian Chavez (@ChrisCinephile) added ‘He’s playing nice because if he insults The Rock, Vin Diesel has to fight Oba Femi on a random episode of NXT.’
@JessicaKnapik said, ‘Wait vin diesel and the rock have long standing public beef that’s why he said sup Dwayne, on the mic that’s actually so funny we love petty.’
@dbowe44 said, ‘Vin Diesel walking up to present the cinematic and box office achievement award, seeing The Rock and saying “Dwayne” was hella awkward lmaoooo’
@emilykmm added ‘I thought we were going to have a Chris Rock/Will Smith moment there with Vin Diesel and The Rock.’
Another fan dubbed @ashtonmorris1 said, ‘Vin Diesel and The Rock gotta shoot the fade man I don’t care they’re in their 50s. They hate each other.’
@big_business_ said, ‘You can cut the tension between The Rock and Vin Diesel with a knife.’
@Eazy_Bake added ‘Vin Diesel better stop playing with the Rock. After this last Fast and Furious movie, it’s over for dude’
@JessicaKnapik said, ‘Wait vin diesel and the rock have long standing public beef that’s why he said sup Dwayne, on the mic that’s actually so funny we love petty’
GOLDEN GLOBES 2025 WINNERS: AT A GLANCE
FILM
Best Film – Drama: The Brutalist
Best Film – Musical or Comedy: Emilia Pérez
Best Non-English Language Film: Emilia Pérez
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Actor – Drama: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Actress – Drama: Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Cinematic And Box Office Achievement: Wicked
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Emilia Perez led the way on the film side with four awards including Best Film – Musical or Comedy
The feud betweeen Vin and The Rock first came to light in August 2016 when Vin released a since-deleted post on Instagram.
‘Some [male co-stars] conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t. The ones that don’t are too chicken s**t to do anything about it anyway. Candy a**es,’ he began.
‘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,’ he said.
While Johnson later deleted the post, he seemed to allude to a reconciliation, posting a few days later, ‘Family is gonna have differences of opinion and fundamental core beliefs.
The actors were not seen together in any press tours or any scenes in the actual movie itself.
Johnson seemed to have buried the hatchet with Diesel in 2019, stating in an Instagram post, ‘Lastly, but not least, want to thank brother Vin for your support of Hobbs & Shaw.’
However, a few years later when Diesel said he was simply giving Johnson some ‘tough love,’ Johnson made it clear he was not returning to the franchise at all.
‘I laughed and I laughed hard. I think everyone had a laugh at that. And I’ll leave it at that. And that I’ve wished them well,’ Johnson said.
The feud betweeen Vin and The Rock first came to light in August 2016 when Vin released a since-deleted post on Instagram
GOLDEN GLOBES 2025 WINNERS
FILM
Best Film – Drama
The Brutalist – WINNER
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
September 5
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Anora
Challengers
Emilia Pérez – WINNER
A Real Pain
The Substance
Wicked
Emilia Perez earned top honor Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Best Non-English Language Film
All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez – WINNER
The Girl with the Needle
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Vermiglio
Best Animated Film
Flow – WINNER
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
Cinematic And Box Office Achievement
Alien: Romulus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Deadpool & Wolverine
Gladiator II
Inside Out 2
Twisters
Wicked – WINNER
The Wild Robot
Best Actress – Drama
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Tilda Swinton, The Room Next Door
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here – WINNER
Kate Winslet, Lee
Best Actor – Drama
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist – WINNER
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig, Queer
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Adrien Brody was recognized in the Best Actor – Drama category for The Brutalist
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance – WINNER
Zendaya, Challengers
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Gabriel LaBelle, Saturday Night
Jesse Plemons, Kinds of Kindness
Glen Powell, Hit Man
Sebastian Stan, A Different Man – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley, The Substance
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Zoe Saldana was crowned Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy for Emilia Perez
Best supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain – WINNER
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Best director
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Edward Berger, Conclave
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist – WINNER
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light
Best screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Peter Straughan, Conclave – WINNER
Best Original Song
Beautiful That Way, The Last Showgirl
Compress/Repress, Challengers
El Mal, Emilia Pérez – WINNER
Forbidden Road, Better Man
Kiss The Sky, The Wild Robot
Mi Camino, Emilia Pérez
Best Original Film Score
Conclave
The Brutalist
The Wild Robot
Emilia Pérez
Challengers – WINNER
Dune: Part Two
TV
Best TV Series – Drama
The Diplomat
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Shōgun – WINNER
Squid Game
Slow Horses
The Day of the Jackal
Shōgun was the most honored television series with four including coveted Best TV Series – Drama
Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
The Gentlemen
Hacks – WINNER
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Best Limited TV Series
Baby Reindeer – WINNER
Disclaimer
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Best TV Actress – Drama
Kathy Bates, Matlock
Emma D’Arcy, House of the Dragon
Maya Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Keira Knightley, Black Doves
Anna Sawai, Shōgun – WINNER
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Best TV Actor – Drama
Donald Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Jake Gyllenhaal, Presumed Innocent
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun – WINNER
Billy Bob Thornton, Landman (Paramount+)
Best TV Actress – Comedy or Musical
Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Jean Smart, Hacks – WINNER
Jean Smart earned Best TV Actress – Comedy or Musical for Hacks
Best TV Actor – Comedy or Musical
Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear – WINNER
Best TV Actress – Limited Series
Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer
Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country – WINNER
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Sofía Vergara, Griselda
Naomi Watts, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
Kate Winslet, The Regime
Best TV Actor – Limited Series
Colin Farrell, The Penguin – WINNER
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Kevin Kline, Disclaimer
Cooper Koch, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Best Supporting Actress – TV
Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Dakota Fanning, Ripley
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer – WINNER
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Kali Reis, True Detective: Night Country
Jessica Gunning took home Best Supporting Actress – TV for her incredible work on Baby Reindeer
Best Supporting Actor – TV
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun – WINNER
Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Diego Luna, La Maquina
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Best TV Stand-Up Comedy Performance
Jamie Foxx, What Had Happened Was
Nikki Glaser, Someday You’ll Die
Seth Meyers, Dad Man Walking
Adam Sandler, Love You
Ali Wong, Single Lady – WINNER
Ramy Youssef, More Feelings
Ali Wong beat out Nikki Glaser for Best TV Stand-Up Comedy Performance
‘I wish them well on Fast 9. And I wish them the best of luck on Fast 10 and Fast 11 and the rest of the Fast & Furious movies they do that will be without me,’ he said.
A few months later, Diesel posted on Instagram that he ‘must show up’ for the franchise finale,’ adding that he has an ‘important role.’
Johnson did not appear in 2021’s F9: The Fast Saga, though he did return as Hobbs in a post-credit scene in 2023’s Fast X.
He confirmed on X in June 2023 that he was returning to the franchise, stating, ‘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.’
