--- title: The Rock Takes Photo With Crying Fan VIDEO description: Dwayne Johnson proved he can't stand to see a fan in tears when he took his time to take a selfie with a fan who had been waiting for hours. canonical: https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-01T18:10:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:06.189Z og:title: Don't Let The Rock See You Cry Unless You Want a Selfie og:description: Dwayne Johnson just can't stand to see someone in tears og:url: https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Don't Let The Rock See You Cry Unless You Want a Selfie twitter:description: Dwayne Johnson just can't stand to see someone in tears twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Don't Let The Rock See You Cry Unless You Want a Selfie > Sponsored content. 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In a post shared to his social media channels, [_Baywatch_ star](http://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/) Dwayne Johnson admitted that he has no defense against tears. “If I see ya crying, I’ll call an audible and the game plan changes,” he wrote on the post, explaining that he’s often hustled away from crowds and through back entrances in order to avoid getting slowed down by copious fan attention during his travels. But in this particular instance, he was distracted from his destination by a distraught fan who happened to be in the back area he was moving through, even though she shouldn’t have been there. “Security says no, I see tears and say YES, then I get mascara and tears on my new shirt,” he added. “These lil’ \[sic\] moments w/ fans will always be some of the best parts of fame.” The fans said that they had been waiting since eight in the morning for the chance to encounter Johnson, so he took his time to take pictures with both of them and joke about his _Baywatch_ co-star [Zac Efron](http://time.com/4779464/zac-efron-dwayne-johnson-baywatch/) before moving on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/"},"headline":"Don't Let The Rock See You Cry Unless You Want a Selfie","datePublished":"2017-06-01T18:10:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:06.189Z","description":"Dwayne Johnson proved he can't stand to see a fan in tears when he took his time to take a selfie with a fan who had been waiting for hours.","url":"https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","the rock","dwayne johnson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4801319/the-rock-crying-fan/","name":"Don't Let The Rock See You Cry Unless You Want a Selfie"}}]}] ```