Skilled wrestler and actor John Cena precipitated a stir on the Academy Awards on Sunday evening when he offered the award for Finest Costume Design carrying nothing however a positioned placard that learn “Costume Design” over his privates.
The stunt was a nod to the notorious 1974 Oscar streaking incident, the place photographer and activist Robert Opel dashed throughout the stage bare, sparking each shock and laughter as David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor, Deadline reported.
The previous WWE celebrity, recognized for his iconic jean shorts or “jorts,” expressed discomfort with the skit.
“Dude, I don’t wrestle naked, I wrestle in jorts,” he protested to Kimmel, whose comeback was: “Jorts are worse than naked.”
Cena proceeded to the stage with the placard in hand, delivering a gasping monologue concerning the significance of costume design, solely to feign issue in opening the winner’s envelope. Kimmel then took the reins, saying the nominees and the eventual winner, “Poor Things,” for Finest Costume Design.
WATCH:
John Cena simply walked on stage on the Oscar’s NAKED
The degradation of males continues.
Weak males. Onerous instances. pic.twitter.com/854Qltrt2R
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 11, 2024
The provocative show was met with vital criticism on-line, as audiences took to social media to precise their discomfort and disapproval of the stunt. One person bluntly referred to the act as a “Humiliation ritual.”
“All that muscle and he’s still so easily manipulated by wokeness. Strong bulk matters not when what’s controlling it is so weak,” one tweet learn.
One other person lamented the ideological divide: “We are in two different worlds at this point…truly. These creepy self-worshipping progressive ideologies have infiltrated everywhere, and Hollywood is a severe example. It’s sad to see Cena participating.”
“The chicom made him do it,” one other person wrote.
It may be recalled that John Cena went on social media in 2021 to apologize profusely for calling the nation of Taiwan a rustic. Cena and Hollywood proceed to bow to their new overlords.
He made the apology in Chinese language!
That is so shameful. And right here we thought he was a Hollywood powerful man?
WATCH:
When John Cena isn’t showing 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) March 11, 2024
