Now that's Christmas cheer!
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show on Friday to promote his upcoming Rock The Troops television special and talk about the importance of giving back to the troops, "because we live and enjoy the life we have because of them." However, unbeknownst to the audience -- and most of the Tonight Show staff, too, it turns out -- the towering former wrestling pro also had a much more immediate way of giving back in mind.
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Telling Fallon that there was a military family "here tonight" that he wanted to give back to, the two left the stage and walked through the seated audience looking for the right person -- but it was inside the control room behind the audience that they found their target.
What followed was one of the most heartwarming segments of The Tonight Show ever!
The 44-year-old...
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show on Friday to promote his upcoming Rock The Troops television special and talk about the importance of giving back to the troops, "because we live and enjoy the life we have because of them." However, unbeknownst to the audience -- and most of the Tonight Show staff, too, it turns out -- the towering former wrestling pro also had a much more immediate way of giving back in mind.
Watch: Dwayne Johnson Does the 'Sexiest Mannequin Challenge'
Telling Fallon that there was a military family "here tonight" that he wanted to give back to, the two left the stage and walked through the seated audience looking for the right person -- but it was inside the control room behind the audience that they found their target.
What followed was one of the most heartwarming segments of The Tonight Show ever!
The 44-year-old...
- 12/12/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Dwayne Johnson just provided us all with another reason to love him. After joking that being named People's Sexiest Man Alive has turned him into a "monster," the Moana star teamed up with Jimmy Fallon to give The Tonight Show producer and Army vet Karina Kabalan the surprise of a lifetime by bringing her husband, Air Force Sergeant Todd Kabalan, home early for the holidays. "You guys have been living apart for the past year and a half because he is 5,000 miles away," Dwayne told Karina. "We wanted to thank you and your husband for your service and your sacrifice and I personally heard you are the most amazing person and we wanted to bring your husband home for you for the holidays." Naturally, tears ensued, and not just from Karina and Todd. Related:22 Times Dwayne Johnson Proved His Heart Was Actually Very Unrock-Like...
- 12/10/2016
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Brb, crying. On Friday's episode of NBC's The Tonight Show, guest Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and host Jimmy Fallon worked together to surprise one of his show's producers, Karina Kabalan, by reuniting her with her husband, Todd Kabalan, a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Johnson had said while being interviewed that people should give back to U.S. troops when given the opportunity and that he "would love to give back to a military family that's actually here in the audience." The Moana actor and Fallon then walked past the audience to a producer's booth and approached Karina, who looked shocked. He gave her a...
- 12/10/2016
- E! Online
Actor — and aspiring politician — Dwayne Johnson brought together a military family in a tearful reunion on Friday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Fallon had the mountain-sized leading man on his show to talk about Johnson’s new movie, “Moana,” an animated Disney tale about a Polynesian girl who sets sail to reunite with a demigod to help save her people. On Fallon’s show, Johnson helped bring about a different kind of reunion — one involving one of the show’s producers, Karina Kabalan, a veteran whose husband was currently deployed thousands of miles away. Also Read: Dwayne Johnson,...
- 12/10/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
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