Dwayne Johnson​ on His Fast 8 Feud With Vin Diesel: "I Was Very Clear With What I Said"

Dwayne sent social media into a frenzy when he took to Instagram to slam his Fast 8 male costars for their unprofessional behavior. His post reads as follows:

While he didn't name any names, some speculated that "candy asses" referred to Scott Eastwood, since he used the same term recently during an Esquire interview with his dad, though it also happens to be one of The Rock's famous wrestling catchphrases.

The following day, Dwayne's costar Tyrese Gibson responded to the actor's claims in a now-deleted Instagram post, saying that although his comments seemed to come out of nowhere, Dwayne "happens to be one of the most humble, down to earth and professional people" and "as a cast we're ALL married dammit!!!"

A source close to the film's production told People, "Tension has been building for months," adding, "Vin has been having problems with The Rock because The Rock keeps showing up late for production. Sometimes he doesn't show up at all and he's delaying the production." On the contrary, The Hollywood Reporter also reported on Vin's unprofessional behavior in the past, stating, "Vin spent a whole day in his trailer one day. The next day, they waited four hours for him. He called a meeting [May 28] of studio execs to his trailer for two-and-a-half hours to say, 'What the f*ck am I doing here?'"

We might never know exactly who The Rock referred to as a "candy ass," but Dwayne seemingly touched on the issue in his Instagram post, which included a video of the actor thanking his production crew on the final week of filming. His caption reads as follows:

Vin seemingly responded to the reported feud when he talked about the end of filming in a video on Instagram. "So much has gone in this year," he captioned the post. "I can't believe I wrapped two back to back pictures I both starred in and produced. Now I get to return to my family, my life . . . To me." In the video he says:

Tyrese followed up his previous post with a photo of him and Vin, saying, "I'm so f*cking proud to call you my family and my brother . . . I've always said that if ONLY people knew how hard you work to protect this franchise and characters, minds would be blown."

Not long after Tyrese's photo, Ludacris shared his own throwback snap of the cast, which included the late Paul Walker but not Dwayne Johnson.

After wrapping production on Fast 8, Dwayne took to Instagram to thank "all my fellow co-stars for the daily effort and grind," singling out Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Tyrese Gibson. Noticeably missing from his mentions though: Vin Diesel.

Michelle Rodriguez opened up about the infamous feud while attending the Call of Duty XP Fan Celebration at The Forum in Los Angeles. "Any human being who knows what men are like knows to stay out [of those] situations and let them figure it out," she explained to People. "They're 'bros', man. They're friends, and ultimately even friends reach a point where they have to set aside their differences to make a movie for multi-cultural people around the world, and that is the bigger scheme of things."

During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dwayne admitted he had no regrets about posting that now-infamous Instagram photo, adding, "I was very clear with what I said. I've been in the game a long time. Would Universal [Pictures] have preferred that didn't happen? Sure, we talked about it. The irony is after that and as they do their tracking and all their analysis, the interest shot through the roof to a whole other level."