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The Rock Knew About Bin Laden Before You Did

Photo: Mike Coppola/2011 Getty Images
Photo: Mike Coppola/2011 Getty Images

Hours before President Obama’s announcement that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, Dwayne Johnson tweeted, “Just got word that will shock the world — Land of the free … home of the brave DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!. Post announcement, he followed that up with “..couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present..” and “AMERICA BROUGHT IT — TEAM BRING IT FOREVER PROUD..” (Also of Twitter note: Jack Bauer was a trending topic Sunday night.) Okay, so how does possessing that kind of top level inside information affect Johnson’s Hollywood stature? [TheRock/Twitter]

The Rock Knew About Bin Laden Before You Did