After 11 years of dating, Dwayne Johnson “The Rock” and his girlfriend Lauren Hashian finally ties the knot in an intimate ceremony in Hawaii yesterday.
Johnson shared the news on Instagram with a picture showing himself and Lauren wearing white drapery wedding clothing.
The couple met on stage, a while back in 2006 during the filming of the movie “The Game Plan.” At the time of their meeting, Johnson was still with his former wife Dany Garcia, a producer and professional bodybuilder.
Though, the couple split in 2007 after being married for 10 years. They had a daughter together, Simone who is 18 today. Their divorce was amicable with Garcia even serving as Johnson’s manager.
What you should know about Lauren Hashian
Lauren, 34 is a music producer, songwriter, a singer and mom of two. She comes from a musical family with her dad, Sib Hashian playing the drums for the rock band Boston. Lauren started her musical career when she was just 19 in her dorm room at Emerson College.
In an interview with Coveteur, she told the publication that her father never wanted them to go into music as a result of some nasty experiences he had. He would [her father] always say things like “you guys don’t want to get into this business.”
“I grew up thinking that we wouldn’t go in that direction. I really thought I would go off and get a normal nine-to-five, but I don’t know; if you love doing something, you just find a way back to it no matter what, right?”
An award at Emerson formally marked her foray into music. In that same interview with Coveteur she said:
“We formed this little collective and started turning our dorm rooms into recording studios. Our school was big into the arts, and it supported kids’ creativity.
There was a show called The Evvy awards, and it was a version of the Grammys or the Emmy Awards.
Myself and this kid who called himself ‘Reality’ recorded a song – I sang and he rapped – and we ended up winning the award that year.”
She went on to release her own singles on SoundCloud, “You Are Mine” and “Memory.” She has also co-written a song “Only you” with YaBoi Shad. And shot two musical videos for “Go Hard” and “Samson” with Naz Yokio. A feature in “Serve It Cold” by Manus is her most recent work.
Why “The Rock” and Lauren waited so long to finally get married?
Dating for 11 years feels like such a lifetime, especially when you are a celebrity. We are happy for the couples for sure… we are just curious.
According to the former wrestling super-star, he and his long-time girlfriend would have been married in 2018; but she got pregnant with their second daughter Tiana.
“We were going to get married in the spring [2018] and we got pregnant,” he said. “Lauren felt like, well, you know, mama doesn’t want to take pictures being pregnant in a wedding dress, so we’re just going to wait and not quite sure when, but I know it’s going to happen,” Johnson told “E! Tonight” at the time.