John Cena apologizes for calling Taiwan a country after backlash from China
Actor and professional wrestler John Cena was blasted on social media on Monday evening for issuing communist China an apology after calling Taiwan a “country,” following a backlash in China, which considers Taiwan to be part of its territory.
"I made one mistake, I must say right now, very important, I love and respect Chinese people," he says in the apology video, in Chinese. "I am very sorry for my mistake. I am so sorry, I apologize."
Cena called Taiwan a “country” during a promotional video for his upcoming movie Fast & Furious 9. In his apology, Cena said:
Hi China, I’m John Cena. I’m in the middle of Fast and 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 – [movie] staff 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, very important now. I love and respect China and Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry about my mistake. I apologize, I apologize, I’m very sorry. You must understand that I really love, really respect China and the Chinese people. My apologies. See you.
Social media users and political personalities were quick to respond to Cena’s apology.
Pathetic, but not nearly as pathetic as the companies who make these movies bending over at every request from the CCP and then lecturing Americans about the immorality of completely average laws they don’t like in places like Georgia and Texas. https://t.co/DZF9uKsN4n
— AG (@AGHamilton29) May 25, 2021
Jack Posobiec wrote: “This is called a kowtow It is not something a champion would do”
This is called a kowtow
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 25, 2021
It is not something a champion would do https://t.co/nhoRYqITCn
Andrew Egger stated, “Oh good, another one of these utterly embarrassing bow-and-scrape ‘please don’t stop buying our product China!’ cycles”
Oh good, another one of these utterly embarrassing bow-and-scrape "please don't stop buying our product China!" cycles https://t.co/BAamfr933r
— Andrew Egger (@EggerDC) May 25, 2021
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