Dwayne Johnson reveals ‘really painful’ cancer scare — and why he hid it from wife Lauren Hashian

Dwayne Johnson revealed he recently had a cancer scare that he hid from everyone — including his wife, Lauren Hashian.

In a new interview with Esquire, the 54-year-old actor explained that he was showering one day when he felt a lump on his testicles that “hurt when he touched it.”

He went to the doctor three days later and was told he likely had epididymitis, which is the inflammation of a tube at the back of the testicle that stores sperm.

But Johnson was also warned he could have cancer and would need an ultrasound right away, which wasn’t possible since he was booked all day for an event promoting his next “Jumanji” movie.

“So I had to live with that for those twenty-four hours, not knowing—and I had to be on all day, joking around, making speeches,” he told Esquire.

The former WWE star noted he “didn’t even tell” Hashian, 41, about the health scare.

“I didn’t want to worry her before I knew if it was anything to even worry about,” Johnson explained.

Johnson has been married to Hashian since 2019. They share daughters Jasmine, 10, and Tiana, 8, while Johnson is also dad to daughter Simone, 24, from his previous marriage to Dany Garcia.

The “Smashing Machine” star confirmed he’s “fine” now after the scare.

“But I didn’t know that then,” he said, “and the thing was really painful.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Johnson admitted he uses ChatGPT to help him with his intense workouts.

“Within three seconds it comes back with a training program that’s lights-out, pencils-down spectacular,” he said. “Like it came from ten of the greatest coaches I’ve ever worked with.”

Johnson said the “very specific” exercise plan for ChatGPT led to him “having an extraordinary f—king workout.”