The Rock's bizarre 'no-lose' clause in contract may explain extremely awkward interview moment

An awkward red carpet interview with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson might just show his rumored 'no lose' clause in action.

Podcaster Amelia Dimoldenberg caught up with Johnson and challenged him to an off-the-cuff game.

And while Dimoldenberg specialises in her own brand of awkwardness - as fans of Chicken Shop Date will know - her encounter with The Rock was especially cringeworthy.

And there could be an explanation as to why the interview was difficult to watch... it may be that the 52-year-old is simply just a winner.

I mean, he was and is THE MAN in the WWE wrestling world, he's tall, strong, rich, successful, good looking, and a father - there's not a thing in life that he's not winning in.

So what's this 'no-lose clause' that he has written into all his movie contracts?

It's that reportedly he can't ever lose a fight on screen, or even be seen to take too much punishment in his many on screen fights.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Vin Diesel was the first to have such a clause in the Fast and Furious franchise.

Vin Diesel had reportedly developed a system where he assigned a numerical value to each blow he receiving on screen.

These were meticulously counted up by a producer, his younger sister, to make sure that the rules of the contract were being followed.

Johnson and Statham saw this system and had a similar clause added into their contracts.

But does this contract extend to... a game of rock, paper, scissors?

That's what Dimoldenberg was about to find out when she challenged The Rock to a round of the playground game, no doubt punning on his nickname.

I'm not suggesting Dimoldenberg signed a contract in which she was supposed to lose to The Rock... just that his winning mentality may have been the reason that he presumed the presenter was cheating.

Let's quickly detail how events unfolded.

While at the Oscars, Johnson agreed to speak to the 30-year-old, and they played a quick game.

He chooses rock, and Dimoldenberg paper, and so she won.

But then Johnson argues that in the game you're supposed to reveal your answer on the word 'go', but Dimoldenberg did it on 'scissors'.

Johnson then jokes: "This is cheating, what kind of bulls*** is this?"

Dimoldenberg replies: "I think I just won."

He quips: "You just cheated."

They play again and Johnson wins choosing scissors to her paper.

Dimoldenberg then suggests the reason for the confusion.

She said: "I think my way is the British way and it's a lot better."

Which, I'm in agreement with - having seen multiple videos online prior to this, I've seen the difference between how the US play the game versus how the UK does.

The comedian continued: "At first I thought that you were just only doing rock."

To which The Rock revealed: "That's usually what I do, but since you cheated I recognised your game."

So there you have it - if you get the chance to play The Rock at rock, paper, scissors... choose paper.

UNILAD has contacted Dwayne Johnson's representative for a comment.