PUBLISHED: SEP 9, 2025INDEXED: APR 30, 2026, 10:04 AM

The Rock Has Officially Responded To Steroid Allegations

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Sep 9

The Rock's Hawaiian shirt exaggerated his actual size loss

So, I do think this was a pretty poor choice of wardrobe if he didn't want to exaggerate things. It looks like almost potentially like his suit hasn't been even, you know, tailored to his new low of body weight potentially. But the Hawaiian shirt, bro, like, you know, you're going to get lit up by people who don't understand body composition. When you're that lean and you're wearing a baggy shirt, like, prepare to be told that you don't work out anymore.

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Playing Mark Kerr required Rock's juiciest physique ever in his 50s

Like the role he played, he was achieving, you know, the representation of a MMA legend who was known for being a sauce fiend, and pre-like juice regulation, and also a guy who's a genetic freak for muscle building and being jacked, probably one of the juiciest guys ever in the sport. And that guy, I, the craziest shit about it is the Rock is doing it in his 50s, playing a guy, well, by the way, like he is representing the role, like a spitting image, of a guy in his 20s who is a phenom on gear, and then the guy who's that guy he's playing is actually nearly the same age as the Rock, I believe, in real life, which is like the weirdest contrast ever.

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Sep 9

Rock has dodged steroid admissions his entire career

He is a prominent and outspoken, I suppose, well, he's not really a prominent fake natty, but he has essentially said flat out that he is, you know, doesn't take gear, or is, you know, I think the only admitting he did to anything was, you know, I took something when I was in my teens, and, you know, it was just like a random, like, prohormone or something, and then that was it. And essentially has dodged it for his entire career, if not outright, kind of said in a roundabout way that he doesn't do anything.

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Sep 9

A viral fitness clip falsely claimed Rock came off due to artery plaque

The Rock has officially come off steroids. Now, love him or hate him, this guy is on the top of the charts when it comes to fake naturals. He's right up there with Mike O'Hern. However, the show looks like it's finally coming to an end. He recently found out that he had plaque buildup in his circumflex artery from his decades of gear use. Now, the reason why this plaque buildup can be so fucking dangerous is because it can lead to heart attack, strokes or aneurysms, which is probably why he decided to hop off.

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Rock got a second AI scan that overruled the plaque diagnosis

I called you. And I said, Doc, listen, here's what I got. I'm not indicting anybody. I'm not throwing anybody under the bus, but what do you think? And here's what their suggestion is. And again, I'll never forget on that Zoom. You went, OK, hold on. Let's not jump to conclusions. I don't want you getting on that right now. Don't get on the medication. There's a couple of steps here, I think, that we can do that could be invaluable. For example, let's get a scan done, but let's get an AI scan done.

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Rock never got cardiac imaging despite decades of enhancement

By his account, he's suggesting that he's never had, like, screening done, despite the fact that he is the highest paid athlete, uh, not athlete, uh, actor on the planet, I believe. A guy who is one of the highest paid and one of the most who needs to rely on being, like, a big jacked, probably on hormones guy to be that most paid actor. And yet, at his, in his 50s, he had not even had the screening done. The guy has been exposing himself to huge risks, fluctuating body weights, using significant amounts of hormones, probably, eating 6,000 to 8,000 calories a day, supposedly, which is absolutely not, you know, gonna be healthy for you, ultimately.

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Heart disease remains the leading killer, even for naturals

The leading cause of death in the US is still heart disease. And within that, the subsect of the cause of that heart disease is most often going to be atherosclerosis. So plaque buildup in the arteries. And this is something that manifests early in life, like as early as, you know, like teenage hood, you start to stack plaque in your arteries. And most people are not exempt from this. Even metabolically fit individuals, a lot of them will still have some level of plaque accumulation.

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A clean bill of health may green-light Rock to bulk again

If he is indeed, like, plaque free, as they are suggesting, that would actually put him in, like, a rare, kind of like, probably like a unique, uncommon subsect of the population of, you know, the US., essentially, where he is actually more healthy from a plaque accumulation standpoint or a, you know, atherosclerosis potential standpoint than the majority of people in the country. So the fact, if it is indeed true, like, that's, in my opinion, would kind of lead to the conclusion that he's probably like, huh, I could probably do more of this shit. I could probably, you know, do more of these roles in the future.

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