During a press run for Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming movie, Black Adam, a stop in Mexico caused mixed reactions because of a baby making an appearance on stage.
A video clip went viral when a young infant was “crowd surfed” to a stage “The Rock” was occupying while promoting his latest film project. The incident occurred in Mexico at the Diego Rivera Museum. Johnson accepts the baby while the crowd screams around the infant, passing her to the stage. The actor quickly smiles and looks back to the crowd.
The former wrestler posted a video clip of this memorable moment to his Instagram account and briefly explained what transpired.
“Our BLACK ADAM⚡️ Tour has been electric, fun and emotional
“People do cry and they hand me things – I was NOT surprised to be handed this beautiful little baby
❤️
“Her father caught my attention because he had tears in his eyes when he held her up high and gestured for me to hold her.
“I honestly thought he was holding a toy doll he wanted me to have as a gift.”
After viewing the clip, many Twitter users instantly came out to defend the baby, recognizing that the infant could have been harmed and/or killed. Also, with so many strangers touching the baby, someone could have passed an illness to the child.
As the above clip shows, the scene was similar to one seen in a movie named Mother. In the clip, a baby is passed up in an identical fashion, and the baby does not make it safely to its destination.
In another edited video clip on Johnson’s Instagram account, the scene was included in the montage as it also showed Johnson introducing
the baby.“Mexico, I want to introduce you to someone very special — our biggest fan, Luciana.”