Everything to Know About Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel’s Feud Over the Years

From behind-the-scenes drama to interview insults, here’s everything to know about Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel’s feud since it began in 2016

Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel‘s feud has been as turbulent as any action sequence in the Fast & Furious franchise.

Since 2016, countless reports of behind-the-scenes drama between Diesel and Johnson have followed the actors well beyond the filming of 2017’s The Fate of the Furious — the inception point of their longstanding contention.

It was while shooting the eighth installment of the iconic series that the two men were rumored to have butted heads on more than one occasion. As of summer 2023, however, the Furious actors seemingly quashed their differences, with the WWE star announcing his official return to the franchise.

“Last summer Vin and I put all the past behind us,” Johnson posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) on June 1, 2023. “We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve — and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love.”

From conflicts behind the scenes to the various shots they’ve taken at each other during interviews, here’s a rundown of Johnson and Diesel’s feud.

August 8, 2016: Dwayne Johnson calls out unnamed costars, hints at riff with Vin Diesel

On Aug. 8, 2016, Johnson shared a lengthy, now-deleted Instagram post in which he praised his female costars and Fate of the Furious crew but called out some of his male costars (albeit not by name).

“There’s no other franchise that gets my blood boiling more than this one,” Johnson wrote. “My female costars are always amazing and I love’em. My male costars, however, are a different story. Some conduct themselves as stand up men and true professionals, while others don’t.”

He added: “The ones that don’t are too chicken s— to do anything about it anyway. Candy a—-. When you watch this movie next April and it seems like I’m not acting in some of these scenes and my blood is legit boiling — you’re right.”

According to TMZ, after sharing his post, Johnson and Diesel allegedly met up in an attempt to hash things out in private — though it was unclear at the time whether the two had made amends.

August 2016: Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel’s feud was “building up for months”

A source close to the production of The Fate of the Furious told PEOPLE the conflicts between Johnson and Diesel had been “building up for months” before Johnson’s Instagram call-out.

“Vin has been having problems with The Rock because The Rock keeps showing up late for production,” the insider explained. “Sometimes he doesn’t show up at all, and he’s delaying the production.”

(Other sources recounted similar behavior from Diesel to The Hollywood Reporter and Page Six in 2015 and 2016, respectively.)