Happy New Year, Celebitches! I hope everyone enjoyed the various holidays and general merriment over the last month. I loved seeing the celebrations and decorations on Instagram so thank you to all who posted them, they were beautiful. Our buddy Dwayne Johnson posted a few Christmas themed pics to his Insta as well, all with his general message of positivity and spreading the love. Then he put his money where his mouth is and posted this video of his mother opening her Christmas gift from him, which turned out to be a new house. Good lord – that must have been one impressive tree to fit a whole house under it:

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This one felt good. Surprise! Bought my mom a new home for Christmas. All our lives growing up we lived in little apartments all across the country. Lived like gypsies on the road from one state to another. The first home my parents ever lived in was the one I bought for them in 1999. They divorced about 5yrs later and as with life, stuff happens and things got a little complicated. Since then I always made sure my mom and dad have everything they’ll ever need – houses, cars etc. But the house this time is a special one and the timing is very meaningful. I told her to treat this card like it’s “Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket” because she gets to choose any home she wants – anywhere she wants. I always say, if you got a good mama, then you gotta pretty good shot at becoming a decent human being. And somehow, somewhere along the line I became one lucky SOB to be able to make stuff like this happen. Merry Christmas Ma and WOOOHOOO enjoy your new home. Dwanta ??

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DJ is always generous, especially with his mother. And he’s explained before how tight things were growing up but that she made sure she was able to provide the necessities. This is lovely. I’ll bet it felt good to give it, too. And clearly Mama Rock can be trusted with the Real Estate Section because if I got a “Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket” for any house, anywhere, there’d be a castle with my name on it in the middle of Europe pronto. I hope he posts what she selects. Like, is she keeping the house he already bought her and just getting a pied-a-terre somewhere cosmopolitan? Or maybe a vacation getaway in some sunny locale? A ski cabin? (Yes, I’ve thought about what I’d choose – a lot).

One thing no one seems to have to worry about is how much this is going to set DJ back. It was recently reported that he picked up a $22M paycheck for The Jungle Cruise. Ah, Disney money. DJ’s co-star, Emily Blunt, is likely stunned at that number as well, considering she was only paid $9M to star in the same film. I understand there are box office numbers and track records to consider, possibly high-powered, better-negotiating agents as well but that percentage is gob-smacking. Considering Emily’s track record, less than half what he’s making? That’s outrageous. I hope Disney makes some kind of amends to Emily but I won’t hold my breath. That said, $9M would be a nice little down payment for my Castle Hecate.

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