Vin Diesel gave a shoutout to Dwayne Johnson at the Golden Globes and reminded us of their famous feud

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One of the biggest beefs in Hollywood briefly returned to the spotlight at Sunday’s Golden Globes.

While presenting at the ceremony, Vin Diesel looked out into the audience and said “Hey, Dwayne,” as the camera cut to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who appeared to smile awkwardly at the greeting.

Some in the audience laughed, perhaps remembering that the former “Fast & Furious” cast members haven’t exactly been the best of friends.

In 2016, Johnson posted a photo on his verified Instagram account, which he has since removed, talking about filming “The Fate of the Furious.”

“Some (male co-stars) act like stand up men and true professionals while others don’t,” Johnson wrote at the time, leading to speculation that he was talking about Diesel.

Johnson also posted a clip from the shoot on Instagram and wrote: “You guys reading this know how much I believe in the idea of ​​TEAM EFFORT. It means respecting every person, their time and their value when they step onto my set or partner with our production company. And like with any team — it’s a family — there’s going to be conflict.”

“The family will have differences of opinion and basic core beliefs,” Johnson continued. “For me, conflict can be a good thing when it’s followed by a great resolution.”

IN an interview in 2021 with Men’s Health, Diesel gave his explanation as to why he and Johnson had an argument.

According to Diesel, as a producer for the franchise, he had to take a hard line with Johnson, who played Luke Hobbs.

“It was a difficult character to embody, the Hobbs character,” Diesel told the publication. “My approach at the time was a lot of tough love to help get that performance where it needed to be. As a producer saying, Okay, we’re going to take Dwayne Johnson, who’s associated with wrestling, and we’re going to force this cinematic world , audiences, to consider his character as someone they don’t know – Hobbs hits you like a ton of bricks.”

Johnson didn’t seem to fully appreciate the approach.

“What I came to realize is that we have a fundamental difference in philosophies about how we approach filmmaking and collaborate,” Johnson said of Diesel in a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone. “It took me some time, but I am grateful for that clarity. Regardless of whether we work together again or not.”

IN a 2021 Vanity Fair storyJohnson pushed back on Diesel’s comments about trying to help his acting.

“I’ve been around the block many times. Unlike him, I didn’t come from the theater world,” he said.

“You know, I came up different and was raised different. And I came from a completely different culture and environment,” Johnson continued. “I go into every project and give it my all. And if I feel there are some things that need to be removed and dealt with and taken care of, I do. And it’s just that simple.”

Johnson went on to star in the 2019 spin-off “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” but did not appear in the 2021 film “F9.”

He and Diesel have not worked together since.