Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has friends in high places.

The “Smashing Machine” actor has revealed how he knew Osama bin Laden was killed before then-President Barack Obama even announced the news to the world in May 2011.

Johnson, 53, explained that he has “a friend of a friend” who gave him a call at the time to relay the news, although the “Black Adam” star refused to name any names.

“The call was like, ‘Hey, this thing happened,'” Johnson said during a recent appearance on the “Awards Chatter” podcast. “And I said, ‘Okay, wonderful news.'”

“I was told on the call that the president at that time was going to make his speech in 20 minutes or whatever,” he continued. “I said, ‘Okay, great.'”

Johnson, however, jumped the gun and put out a tweet celebrating bin Laden’s death before Ob

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