Dwayne Johnson made a particular video for a serious Moana fan.
On July 1, the actor, 52, shared a video on Instagram wherein he mentioned the Make-a-Wish Foundation had reached out to him with an pressing request to ship a message to a 4-year-old woman named Lily Guerrero, who Johnson mentioned is at the moment on house hospice care.
“A ‘rush’ want means what the implication feels like, which is time is simply not on our aspect in terms of this specific want,” Johnson mentioned within the video.
“This rush want is that Lily is on house hospice now and she or he watches Moana day-after-day, all day, her dad mentioned. Her want is to have Dwayne Johnson sing ‘You are Welcome’ to her and have it recorded so she will be able to take heed to it time and again and time and again.”
“In fact, Mother and Dad have requested that I share this want on social media to share Lily’s spirit and power and her mana, and naturally we take that power and we ship it proper again to Lily,” he added, noting that he was instructed the younger Moana fan is “tremendous enthusiastic about this,” whilst she spends time on a feeding tube.
After sharing some information about Lily, Johnson performed the instrumental monitor to his widespread music from the 2016 animated movie Moana, ‘You are Welcome,’ which he sings as his character Maui, and broke into the tune.
“Thanks a lot for permitting me the privilege to make your Make-a-Want come true, me singing ‘You are Welcome’ in a couple of keys I am fairly positive do not exist,” Johnson mentioned within the video. “I hope you loved it. And, Lily, you are so particular,”
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As Johnson mentioned within the video, he has labored with the Make-a-Want Basis numerous occasions over time. He helped elevate tens of 1000’s of {dollars} for the group in 2019 and as soon as shared that his late father Rocky Johnson was one of many group’s first-ever superstar wish-granters.
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“Wanted to share this ‘rush’ want with all of you. And in return all of us can ship this little 4yr previous woman all of the optimistic vibes and delightful MANA she deserves and desires proper now,” Johnson wrote in a caption to his Instagram submit.
“Lily Guerrero, it’s my honor and this one is for you… I really like you, and I need you to all the time know simply how particular you might be,” he added. “ps – inform your cats I mentioned whats up, and sorry for singing in some keys that don’t exist.”
