The Rock Asked For A Truly Absurd Menu Change To Appear On 'Hot Ones'

It looks like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasn’t up for the “Hot Ones” challenge.

The YouTube series has gotten everyone from Charlize Theron to Shaquille O’Neal to sit down for flaming-hot wings with a side of spicy questions, but host Sean Evans recently told Bloomberg that Johnson floated a pretty dramatic menu change when he was considering an appearance on the show. (“Hot Ones” and HuffPost share a parent company, BuzzFeed.)

“We’ve been pitching [The Rock] obviously for years and one time I got a note back that was like, ‘would you be willing to do, instead of wings, grilled salmon strips?’” Evans said.

“And in my head I was like, that had to come from his mouth,” he added. “That’s as close as we’ve gotten. And then it fell through.”

But was maintaining hyper-lean eating habits actually a non-negotiable for the wrestler turned actor?

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