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Skilled wrestler and actor John Cena prompted a stir on the Academy Awards on Sunday night time when he introduced the award for Finest Costume Design carrying nothing however a placard that learn “Costume Design” above his genitals.
As Deadline experiences, the stunt is paying homage to the notorious Oscar streaking incident of 1974, during which photographer and activist Robert Opel got here on stage bare whereas David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor, inflicting each shock and laughter. It had unfold.
The previous WWE Celebrity, recognized for his iconic jean shorts or “jorts”, expressed discomfort on the skit.
“Man, I don't wrestle bare, I wrestle in jorts,” he protested to Kimmel, whose response was: “Jorts are worse than bare.”
Cena proceeded to the stage with a placard in hand and gave a breathless speech concerning the significance of costume design, however encountered issue opening the winner's envelope. Kimmel then took the reins and introduced the nominees and the eventual winner, “Poor Issues”, for Finest Costume Design.
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John Cena went on stage on the Oscars NAKED
The autumn of man continues.
weak man. onerous time. pic.twitter.com/854Qltrt2R
– Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) 11 March 2024
The provocative show was broadly criticized on-line, as viewers took to social media to specific their discomfort and disapproval of the stunt. One person apparently known as the act an “abusive ritual.”
“All that energy and he can nonetheless be managed so simply by Jagruti. “A robust wholesale doesn't matter when the one controlling it’s so weak,” one tweet stated.
One other person lamented the ideological divide: “We're in two completely different worlds proper now…actually. These creepy self-worshipping progressive ideologies have infiltrated in all places and Hollywood is a severe instance of this. Unhappy to see Cena take part.”
One other person wrote, “Chicom made him do that.”
It may be recalled that John Cena had apologized on social media in 2021 for calling Taiwan a rustic. Cena and Hollywood proceed to bow earlier than their new overlords.
He apologized in Chinese language!
That is very shameful. And right here we thought he was a Hollywood robust man?
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When John Cena isn't posing bare round Jimmy Kimmel on the Oscars, he's apologizing to China for referring to Taiwan as a rustic.
This video apology was uploaded to Cena's Chinese language social media Weibo account in 2021. pic.twitter.com/ENgeIJ6v3d
– Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) 11 March 2024