You look very nice.
Oh, thank you.
Well, you do.
You look very, very sharp, very dapper.
You just got back from London.
Yes.
What are you doing in London?
Filming the latest installment of the Fast and Furious
franchise, Fast 9.
Wow, so--
Thank you.
And this is the first time you've been
in the Fast and Furious, right?
That is correct.
Yeah, that's a good franchise to join, isn't it?
So they tell me.
Yes.
Yes, indeed.
How long have you been shooting that?
Since June.
Uh-huh.
And it's going well?
Yeah, just been living in London since June.
What are you playing?
Can you tell us yet, or no?
I cannot.
OK, fine.
Thanks for being here.
That is John Cena, everybody.
OK.
Thank you, everybody.
I appreciate it.
And it's been fun.
I believe you've been working nonstop
since like 2002 or something I read.
That's correct.
So what is the longest time you've had off?
I haven't taken a vacation ever.
Since--
Like a week.
Oh, no, no.
Not even a chance.
There was a few times that I could take two days away
from my work, and I would still be kind
of jonesing to go back to work.
Really?
Yeah.
So you obviously like to work.
Well, I love what I do, and it's a weird opportunity where it
shouldn't necessarily happen.
I don't know how to tell you this,
but I play fight with people for a living.
So that shouldn't be a job.
So I really enjoy it, and I love what I do,
and I just know that it's going to end at some point,
so I kind of want to enjoy it all.
And I've spent a lot of time wanting
to just continue to work.
But as of late, I've been able to kind of undo that hardwiring
and enjoy the now, and take some time off, and take a breath,
and actually live for a little bit.
That's really important.
You need balance in your life.
And I think it's great, and I know a lot of people
have that fear that the offers will stop coming,
so I have to keep working.
But you have to have some restorative time.
Yeah.
But do you have hobbies?
Do you play golf, or tennis, or-- you work out, obviously.
I'm going to start soon.
You're going to start working out?
Yeah, you should do something about that.
I spend a lot of time in the gym.
I literally-- believe it or not, I'm actually just taking time
to reflect on myself, where I've been,
what I believe in, where I want to go, and just
make sure that I keep it all together up here.
Yeah.
Good, good.
And you have another children's book coming out.
And there's that.
This is a lot of-- yes, yes.
And the first one did very well.
Yeah, it was a New York Times bestseller.
That's amazing.
The kids love it, obviously, and they're picky, those kids.
They are.
Yeah.
So this one, what is this one about?
So the first one was about never giving up, and being
OK being different.
Elbow Grease has brothers, and he's
the most different and peculiar truck,
but his special talent is never giving up.
And this is a continuation of the story where
the Elbow Grease family has to unite
against the fearsome Motozilla.
So basically, the moral of the story
is about working well with others.
Because I figure in life, if you're persistent
and you know how to work well with others,
no matter what you apply yourself to,
you're going to be OK.
That's what we all need to work at right now.
[CHEERING]
Yeah.
That's a good book right now, because I
think we're all so divided that we need to learn
how to work well with others.
It's important.
So you were picked on as a kid.
I was.
And for what reason?
Well, as you can see, I have a very peculiar fashion sense.
I don't think it's peculiar.
I lived in a very--
so I lived in a very small town, and that
is like the tamest of outfits.
The oversized fedora, the undersized tank top,
and the jams shorts were like the tamest.
I used to wear the airbrushed overalls, the MC Hammer pants.
Used to wear my shirts on backwards,
keep all the tags on my clothes.
The backwards thing was Kriss Kross, right?
Yes, they made me jump jump.
Well--
[CHUCKLING]
There's a lot of Kriss Kross fans here.
That's amazing.
That's amazing, yeah.
Well, the thing is you went from getting
beaten up to this, which--
that's you.
That is.
That is me at 21 years old.
Wow.
Yep.
That is you starving yourself.
That's also, once again, a peculiar fashion sense,
as there is not much material there,
and I believe I've fallen into a bucket of paint.
Right.
That's amazing.
That takes me back down to memory lane.
That's a long time ago.
I was actually living in my car around the time that was taken.
I was homeless.
Wow.
Yeah.
Well, nobody's going to mess with you, though.
They did not.
I worked at a gym, so I just used the locker room
as my house.
It was great.
Very smart.
You're making an announcement right now.
What is it?
I wanted to save this for your program,
only because people just saw how giving and helpful you are.
So people often bring up the work
that I've done with Make A Wish.
And I really-- when I find a cause,
I get dedicated invested.
I found a new cause.
The name of the organization is called FitOps.
It helps veterans.
These are men and women who have served
our country after they lose--
pretty much lose their path in life,
because 20 of these people a day commit suicide.
And FitOps wants to take that number down to zero.
So when we find a cause we're passionate about, we say like,
well, how can I help?
I want to not only be active in this charity,
but I want to call you to action to donate.
So basically, I'm asking everyone
to check out FitOps.org and see what you can do to donate.
The reason I'm asking you to do that
is because you're not going to go it alone.
The money you give, I will match.
Starting right now up until Veterans Day,
every dollar you give, I will match up to a million bucks.
Wow.
[CHEERING]
That's great.
That is absolutely from you.
You are so giving, and so inspiring.
And I found a cause that I'm attached to,
so I want to do my part, and I want everybody
to help me along the way.
I love it, and I love the cause.
It's a great cause.
Because we need to take care of people who go away
and try to take care of us.
Yes.