Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia have been divorced since 2008. The ex-couple broke up amicably six years after giving birth to their first child, Simone, in 2001. Despite the split, they maintained a good friendship and remained business partners.
Garcia is an entrepreneur, film producer, and bodybuilder. Her companies cater to brands, talents, and varied enterprises. She also serves as The Rock’s manager alongside working with him in their shared investments, such as the football league XFL. Fans could tell that both have found success in life and career.
Dwayne Johnson Reveals The Real Reason For His Divorce From Dany Garcia
Speaking with Oprah Winfrey in her 2020 Vision Tour, former wrestler Dwayne Johnson explained why he remains business partners with his ex-wife:
“It was just one of those things where it wasn’t an ugly divorce. It was just… marriage wasn’t in our cards. Great friends. Marriage wasn’t in our cards, but we both had an appetite for business and to accomplish things. And we thought, well, what if we continued to do business together?”
The Rock said the same thing in his interview with Piers Morgan via CNN:
“We realized that we weren’t meeting the expectation of [our] marriage… And I was very fortunate that I had [Dany] who had the wherewithal to say, ‘OK, we’re gonna go through this, and it’s terrible, but somewhere on the other side of this, we’re going to become better.’”
Dany Garcia told Marie Claire that they stuck together despite the separation, redefining what divorce means:
“Some people go through separation, and there’s no conversation, and it’s a dark time, and one person goes off, but that was never us. We went on this journey together. We were going to change the manner of the relationship together. We spoke every day, and multiple times a day—not only on business but on what was happening personally.”
The ex-couple was aware of the fact that they would experience shock as they drift away from each other emotionally, and both of them tried to handle it as openly as possible:
“We gave ourselves room to know that there may be emotional freak-outs as new people come into our lives. We were like, ‘Okay, we’re human, so we’re going to work through that.’”
Despite the divorce, Johnson and Garcia still share a beautiful connection that could serve as a great example for other couples going through similar circumstances.
Dwayne Johnson Confesses To His Mistakes On His First Marriage
Dwayne Johnson is now married to Lauren Hashian, with whom he has two children: Jasmine, 5, and Tiana, 3. Meanwhile, Dany Garcia married her ex-husband’s personal trainer, Dave Rienzi. There is no doubt that both of them will always remain in each other’s lives.
After The Rock admitted his mistake and expressed his frustration over his failed marriage, both have come to terms with the decision to lead on different paths in life. The Black Adam star revealed he was clueless about marriage:
“I don’t quite know what my expectation of marriage was back then. I had made a lot of mistakes, and I didn’t have the ability or the wherewithal or I think the capacity to stop for a moment and say, ‘God, I’m really screwing up. Let me just stop for a moment. Let’s talk about this.’ So I can’t tell you what it was then.”
Realizing their mistakes and shortcomings, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia found resolution and peace in the last thing any couple would wish to have. So far, it has been working great in their favor.
Sources: Oprah, CNN, Marie Claire
