Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s mother is lucky to be alive.
The actor revealed that his 74-year-old mother, Ata Johnson, was in a car accident in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. He shared a photo of the damage to her red Cadillac on Instagram, which shows the front passenger side—the hood and front bumper—of her car completely torn up. “She’s OK,” he wrote.
“Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night,” he continued. “She’ll survive and continue to get evaluated. This woman has survived lung cancer, tough marriage, head-on collision with a drunk driver. She’s a survivor, in ways that make angels and miracles real.”
He concluded, writing, “I got one parent left, so if you still got your mom and dad make sure you hug ‘em hard, cos you never know when you’ll get that 3 am call we never want to get.”
The Rock is very upfront with his fans. Back in December, he shared on Instagram that when he was 14 years old, he would steal a Snickers bar from a 7-11 in his Hawaii hometown while on the way to the gym. As a way to right his wrongs, the 50-year-old actor and former WWE star purchased all of the Snickers from that same convenience store.
“I finally exorcised this damn chocolate demon that’s been gnawing at me for decades,” Johnson wrote. “We were evicted from Hawaii in ‘87 and after all these years—I finally got back home to right this wrong.”
He added, “We can’t change the past and some of the dumb stuff we may have done, but every once in a while we can add a little redeeming grace note to that situation, and maybe put a big smile on some strangers’ faces.”
