Dwayne Johnson tears up as Rob Delaney thanks him for support following son’s death

nme.com:

Dwayne Johnson was brought to tears during an appearance on The One Show alongside Rob Delaney.In an emotional interview, Delaney recalled a time after the death of his two-year-old son Henry when Johnson reached out to offer support.Henry passed away in January 2018, having undergone two years of treatment for a brain tumour.Appearing alongside Johnson on the chat show, Delaney said: “We hadn’t [worked together] at this point, but yeah he sent me a lovely tweet after Henry died, which he didn’t have to do, you know?“And that was very sweet and made me feel great, and then a couple of years later we did Hobbs And Shaw.”Johnson was visibly emotional after hearing Delaney’s anecdote.

The Black Adam star then explained how Delaney’s grief had impacted him as a father of three girls.“That story, hearing that rocked us in our household,” said Johnson.Delaney described Johnson’s messages of support as “sweet” and a “good template” for how to approach someone grieving.In the first of two public tweets, Johnson simply wrote “Henry” and linked to Delaney’s Facebook post about his son’s passing.The second tweet read: “Stay strong my friend.

My ohana sends love and light to you and your ohana.”Delaney recently released a book about his son’s story, titled A Heart That Works.

In it, he described Henry’s cancer diagnosis as “the heaviest pain in the world”.“Grief drove a bus through the part of my brain where memories are stored,” Delaney wrote.When announcing Henry’s death in 2018, Delaney wrote: “I have very sad news,” Delaney wrote. “My two and a half year year old son Henry has passed away.“Henry had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2016, shortly after his first birthday, following persistent vomiting and weight loss.