John Cena is yet another World Wrestling Entertainment success story.
After his prowess in the ring earned him millions of fans, he went on to hit a winning streak
in Hollywood as well.
But it turns out the star has a bit of a shady past.
Here are some details about Cena's life that may raise a few eyebrows.
Rock feud
Cena and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson had a bitter war of words in and out of the ring, in a
feud that lasted for years.
Cena vented about his mentor to Jimmy Kimmel in 2009, calling him a part-timer for leaving
the ring for Hollywood.
"He says he loves the business so much, and then one day he just up and leaves."
Cena later apologized for his remarks in 2016, telling WWE,
"He has transcended this business.
And I think any time a superstar can give what he's given to the WWE… that's good
for all of us."
The wrestler continued to sheepishly backtrack on his comments, telling Sports Illustrated
in early 2017 that he was thankful for the opportunities The Rock had created for him,
especially since Cena himself had branched out into doing films.
That interview
Back in 2006, Cena made a series of controversial claims on Howard Stern's radio show, telling
the shock jock about a night when he had been with six women at once.
Cena was seemingly desperate to shed his clean-cut wrestling image and talked about sleeping
with an overweight woman as a challenge from his wrestling buddies.
"Believe it or not, there was an instance not too long ago where I hit the 280 mark."
"She took me home.
I didn't take HER home…"
"Were you attracted to her?"
"Absolutely, and the experience was great!"
He also said he regularly slept with his fans.
"When it's there, it's hard to say no.
I'm a man."
Shocking split
The burly wrestler wed his high school girlfriend in 2009, and in 2012, declared his love for
her during a WWE Raw match.
But just two months later, Cena filed for divorce.
At the time, he blamed the split on a stressful home-remodeling that was causing, quote, "unbearable
strife" between him and his wife.
However, his wife was blindsided by the divorce filing, and accused the wrestler of cheating
on her with multiple women.
The pair ended up working things out amicably, and Cena later admitted responsibility for
the split, telling Rolling Stone his marriage had ended…
"...because of my inability to be a good husband."
Strict agreement
Cena and fellow wrestler Nikki Bella started dating in 2012, and their love affair has
not been without its own ups and downs.
Just a year into their relationship, the couple decided to move in together; but in order
to do so, Cena demanded Bella sign a 75-page co-habitation agreement, meaning she had to
adhere to all of his house rules.
The stunned beauty eventually conceded and signed the papers so she could live with her
man.
How romantic?
Stubborn and selfish
Cena wasn't always so keen on the idea of walking down the aisle again.
In fact, he's openly admitted to being, quote, "stubborn" and "selfish" when it comes to
both marriage and having kids, two topics near and dear to his fiance's heart.
He told Rolling Stone in 2016,
"Just because everyone else is happy with children doesn't mean that's how I have to
live."
"It's not negotiable.
We've been to therapy over it.
I don't think it will ever be over with."
While they still have no plans to expand their family, Bella later got him to change his
tune on marriage.
He told E! News,
"To be quite honest with you, Nicole has taught me a lot about what she believes the union
between two people is and she's made me a believer out of it."
Trainwreck lies
In 2015, Cena tried his hand at comedy in the movie Trainwreck.
The wrestler even ad-libbed his infamous love scene with Amy Schumer.
But while the scene went over very well with movie audiences, Cena's girlfriend wasn't
exactly thrilled about it — especially since he waited about a month after signing onto
the project to tell her it was happening.
"I want to be the only one that sees him naked.
And yes, to some people, it's just an ass.
But to me, that's my ass."
"She has such beautiful brown eyes and they glowed with red hell fire."
"Yeah!"
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