As the 2024 TV schedule offers a lot of material to stream through various platforms and means, Season 25 of the hit talk show Hot Ones is one of the recent returns set to entertain. But while host Sean Evans experiences the sauces ahead of time , he doesn’t always know the curveballs a potential guest will throw when trying to book them. The latest case in point is a story that Evans shared about a wild pitch that only Dwayne “ The Rock ” Johnson could have ever thrown.
Teasing a profile interview with Hot Ones’ iconic host, Bloomberg shared that the popular program still has some white whale guests out in the waters. When discussing how the Red One star is still very much on that list, Sean Evans shared the following anecdote from the one time that booking came close to happening: 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?’ And in my head I was like, that had to come from his mouth ..
. that's as close as we’ve gotten. And then it fell through.
I find it absolutely crazy that the world can claim Conan O’Brien’s viral Hot Ones appearance in the history books before Dwayne Johnson has even set foot in this arena. I mean, you just need to take a look at The Rock’s Wrestlemania 40 cheat meal and know that this man can indeed wolf down a row of chicken wings. While I don’t think the sauce would be the problem, I have a theory on where t.
