It looks like Dwayne The Rock Johnson wasnt up for the Hot Ones challenge.

The YouTube series has gotten everyone from Charlize Theron to Shaquille ONeal to sit down for flaming-hot wings with a side of spicy questions, but host Sean Evans recently told Bloomberg that Johnson floated a pretty dramatic menu change when he was considering an appearance on the show. (Hot Ones and HuffPost share a parent company, BuzzFeed.)

Weve been pitching [The Rock] obviously for years and one time I got a note back that was like, would you be willing to do, instead of wings, grilled salmon strips? Evans said.

And in my head I was like, that had to come from his mouth, he added. Thats as close as weve gotten. And then it fell through.

But was maintaining hyper-lean eating habits actually a non-negotiable for the wrestler turned actor?

Curiously, Johnson has admitted he isnt a big fan of salmon. While detailing his diet in an interview with Delish in 2021, he said he hated the stuff but that its a great fish in terms of your health and fitness.

In the same interview, the Moana actor acknowledged that cheat days are a part of his life (as the internet knows well ), so it doesnt seem like his aversion to wings is based on calories alone.

I do believe in working hard throughout the week and earning your cheat meals, he told Delish.

Perhaps Johnson just wasnt ready to test how far he could go up the Scoville scale which, as Hot Ones heads know, is the scientific measure of how foods rank in spiciness.

As the saying goes, if you cant take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.