Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson photographed together.Photo:Dwayne Johnson/InstagramDwayne Johnsonis wishing his mother Ata Johnson a happy birthday!On Wednesday, Johnson, 51, shared a video toInstagramof himself singing with his mother Ata, who turns 75 today. Ata can be seen playing a ukelele in the video as she and Dwayne performed a special birthday song together.“Don’t start crying," Dwayne jokes in the video, before his mother says: “I want to sing. Do you know how to sing in tune?”“I know how to sing in keys that don’t exist,” Dwayne joked, before launching into the tune. During the song, the pair joked that Ata is only turning 59 before Dwayne placed a pink-colored lei around her neck and planted a kiss on her head.“Before I even start singing to my mom her special Happy Birthday song, she starts to cry 🥹,” Dwayne wrote in an caption to his post. “Probably because I always sing in keys that don’t exist 🤣 🎶🙋🏽♂️"“HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!” he added in the caption. “75 years of experience, wisdom, hard times, good times, laughter, mana, and yet thru it all — you TRULY have the KINDEST HEART I have ever known ❤️💫 I feel like the luckiest son on earth.“To top the post off, Dwayne wrote “Ou Te Alofa Ia Te Oe 🌺,” which roughlytranslatesfrom Samoan to English as “I love you.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Dec. 9, 2019.JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty ImagesDwayne’shappy birthday post to his mother comes nearly nine months after he shared with his fans that Ata wasinvolved in a serious car crashin February. The actor said days after the incident that his mother was “doing good” and that he was alerted of the accident via a phone call in the middle of the night.“Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night. She’ll survive and continue to get evaluated,” Dwayne wrote of the incident in a Feb. 2Instagrampost. “This woman has survived lung cancer, tough marriage, head on collision with a drunk driver. She’s a survivor, in ways that make angels and miracles real.Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Nov. 14, 2016.Albert L. Ortega/Getty ImagesBack in May, Dwayne shared anInstagramvideo of himself and Ata slow dancing together as a band played Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” to celebrate Mother’s Day.“I always say, if we got a good, loving mom, then we got a shot at growing up to become a decent human being,” he wrote in a caption at the time. “I got lucky, my mom is one of the good ones.“Dwayne’s father, professional wrestlerRocky Johnson, died of a pulmonary embolism in 2020 at age 75.
Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson photographed together.Photo:Dwayne Johnson/Instagram
Dwayne Johnson/Instagram
Dwayne Johnsonis wishing his mother Ata Johnson a happy birthday!On Wednesday, Johnson, 51, shared a video toInstagramof himself singing with his mother Ata, who turns 75 today. Ata can be seen playing a ukelele in the video as she and Dwayne performed a special birthday song together.“Don’t start crying,” Dwayne jokes in the video, before his mother says: “I want to sing. Do you know how to sing in tune?”“I know how to sing in keys that don’t exist,” Dwayne joked, before launching into the tune. During the song, the pair joked that Ata is only turning 59 before Dwayne placed a pink-colored lei around her neck and planted a kiss on her head.“Before I even start singing to my mom her special Happy Birthday song, she starts to cry 🥹,” Dwayne wrote in an caption to his post. “Probably because I always sing in keys that don’t exist 🤣 🎶🙋🏽♂️"“HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!” he added in the caption. “75 years of experience, wisdom, hard times, good times, laughter, mana, and yet thru it all — you TRULY have the KINDEST HEART I have ever known ❤️💫 I feel like the luckiest son on earth.“To top the post off, Dwayne wrote “Ou Te Alofa Ia Te Oe 🌺,” which roughlytranslatesfrom Samoan to English as “I love you.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Dec. 9, 2019.JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty ImagesDwayne’shappy birthday post to his mother comes nearly nine months after he shared with his fans that Ata wasinvolved in a serious car crashin February. The actor said days after the incident that his mother was “doing good” and that he was alerted of the accident via a phone call in the middle of the night.“Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night. She’ll survive and continue to get evaluated,” Dwayne wrote of the incident in a Feb. 2Instagrampost. “This woman has survived lung cancer, tough marriage, head on collision with a drunk driver. She’s a survivor, in ways that make angels and miracles real.Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Nov. 14, 2016.Albert L. Ortega/Getty ImagesBack in May, Dwayne shared anInstagramvideo of himself and Ata slow dancing together as a band played Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” to celebrate Mother’s Day.“I always say, if we got a good, loving mom, then we got a shot at growing up to become a decent human being,” he wrote in a caption at the time. “I got lucky, my mom is one of the good ones.“Dwayne’s father, professional wrestlerRocky Johnson, died of a pulmonary embolism in 2020 at age 75.
Dwayne Johnsonis wishing his mother Ata Johnson a happy birthday!
On Wednesday, Johnson, 51, shared a video toInstagramof himself singing with his mother Ata, who turns 75 today. Ata can be seen playing a ukelele in the video as she and Dwayne performed a special birthday song together.
“Don’t start crying,” Dwayne jokes in the video, before his mother says: “I want to sing. Do you know how to sing in tune?”
“I know how to sing in keys that don’t exist,” Dwayne joked, before launching into the tune. During the song, the pair joked that Ata is only turning 59 before Dwayne placed a pink-colored lei around her neck and planted a kiss on her head.
“Before I even start singing to my mom her special Happy Birthday song, she starts to cry 🥹,” Dwayne wrote in an caption to his post. “Probably because I always sing in keys that don’t exist 🤣 🎶🙋🏽♂️”
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!” he added in the caption. “75 years of experience, wisdom, hard times, good times, laughter, mana, and yet thru it all — you TRULY have the KINDEST HEART I have ever known ❤️💫 I feel like the luckiest son on earth.”
To top the post off, Dwayne wrote “Ou Te Alofa Ia Te Oe 🌺,” which roughlytranslatesfrom Samoan to English as “I love you.”
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Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Dec. 9, 2019.JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images
JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images
Dwayne’shappy birthday post to his mother comes nearly nine months after he shared with his fans that Ata wasinvolved in a serious car crashin February. The actor said days after the incident that his mother was “doing good” and that he was alerted of the accident via a phone call in the middle of the night.
“Angels of mercy watched over my mom as she was in a car crash late last night. She’ll survive and continue to get evaluated,” Dwayne wrote of the incident in a Feb. 2Instagrampost. “This woman has survived lung cancer, tough marriage, head on collision with a drunk driver. She’s a survivor, in ways that make angels and miracles real.
Dwayne Johnson (left) and his mother Ata Johnson on Nov. 14, 2016.Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Back in May, Dwayne shared anInstagramvideo of himself and Ata slow dancing together as a band played Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” to celebrate Mother’s Day.
“I always say, if we got a good, loving mom, then we got a shot at growing up to become a decent human being,” he wrote in a caption at the time. “I got lucky, my mom is one of the good ones.”
Dwayne’s father, professional wrestlerRocky Johnson, died of a pulmonary embolism in 2020 at age 75.
source: people.com
