WWE dissapointed with John Cena for apologizing to China after calling Taiwan a country. The Cenation leader has caught a lot of heat since doing so.
John Cena recently referred to Taiwan as a country while speaking to TVBS during a promotional tour for Fast & Furious 9. This sparked an outrage among Chinese fans and their media. The former WWE star apologised shortly, leaving a video message in Mandarin.
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“Hi China, I’m John Cena. I’m in the middle of Fast & Furious 9 promotions. I’m doing a lot of interviews. I made a mistake in one of my interviews. Everyone was asking me if I could use Chinese… the staff [of the movie] gave me a lot of information, so there was a lot of interviews and information.
“I made one mistake, I have to say something very, very, important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I’m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people. My apologies. See you.”
WWE dissapointed with John Cena for apologizing to China after calling Taiwan a country
According to Andrew Zarian of the Mat Men Podcast, who broke the news of WWE returning to touring in July, Cena has backstage with the talent and officials because of his apology.
“This John Cena apology is NOT going over well at WWE right now…”
According to Zarian, the feeling among the talent is that of dissapointment and the reaction of the board is not positive.
“Disappointment is more the word I heard coming from some talent.”
“The apology bothers [WWE] because they didn’t issue it. It was outside pressure that they have no control over… A lot of the chatter from non executive level status was negative. Personally I don’t know what the boards opinion was but I have heard it’s not positive”
Cena criticised for apologising to China
Cena has also caught flak outside of the WWE with many calling him out for apologizing.
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