Viewers stunned as Vin Diesel calls out The Rock in ‘awkward’ moment at the Golden Globes

If there's anything that makes an awkward moment worse, it's if it happens on live TV.

Live TV is full of blunders and red-faced moments, and awards ceremonies are perfect for them.

Kicking of this year's awards season is the Golden Globes, and there was a very awkward exchange between Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.

Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel are thought to have once had bad blood (Buda Mendes/LatinContent via Getty Images)

Diesel, who is best known for starring the Fast & Furious franchise, took to the stage to present the prize for cinematic and box office achievement, which went to Wicked.

But ahead of doing so, he saw his former co-star Johnson in the audience and said: "Hey, Dwayne."

The camera then panned to the Jumanji actor who was seen smiling.

Things seemed less than cordial between the pair though, and fans were quick to notice.

See the moment here:

One person said of the short exchange: "That is what you call an awkward moment!"

"They [hate] each other," suggested another.

A third went on: "Lmao, the tension was real fr."

A different person said: "Vin Diesel and the Rock face off at the Plot twist of the year?"

We don't need another 2022 Academy Awards moment, folks.

While it was quite a prickly exchange, in 2023 Johnson tweeted that he and Diesel had 'put all the past behind us'.

He added at the time: "We’ll lead with brotherhood and resolve — and always take care of the franchise, characters & FANS that we love."

2025 Golden Globe Awards: a list of nominees and winners so far

The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, held on this day (5 January 2025), celebrates outstanding achievements in film and television. Below is the complete list of nominees, with winners updated as announced:

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture

Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a television series — musical or comedy

Jean Smart, Hacks — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a television series — drama

Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a television series

Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a television series

Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a television series — musical or comedy

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear — Winner

Best screenplay — motion picture

Peter Straughan, Conclave — Winner

Best performance in stand-up comedy on television

Ali Wong, Single Lady — Winner

Best motion picture — non-English language

Emilia Pérez — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

Colin Farrell, The Penguin — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Demi Moore, The Substance — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Sebastian Stan, A Different Man — Winner

Best motion picture — animated

Flow — Winner

Best director — motion picture

Brady Corbet, The Brutalist — Winner

Best original score — motion picture

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Challengers — Winner

Best original song — motion picture

'El Mal', by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard (from Emilia Pérez) — Winner

Cinematic and box office achievement

Wicked — Winner

Best television limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television

Baby Reindeer — Winner

Best television series — comedy or musical

Hacks — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a television series — drama

Anna Sawai, Shōgun — Winner

Best television series — drama

Shōgun — Winner

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — drama

Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here — Winner

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — drama

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist — Winner

Best motion picture — drama

The Brutalist — Winner

Best motion picture — musical or comedy

Emilia Pérez — Winner