John Cena said sorry to Dwayne Johnson for criticism when he moved into acting

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11 Oct 2023, 16:59

John Cena says he apologised to Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson for comments he made criticising his choice to move from WWE to acting.

Cena made the comments during a press conference for WWE Fastlane, when he was asked about 'hypocrisy' of his comments made back in 2011 to 2013.

Cena has since made the same switch, starring in the likes of Fast & Furious and The Suicide Squad.

“I went about it the wrong way,” Cena said. “I violated his trust and I made allegations about his perspective that I knew nothing about.

“And deep down, I was a fan. I wanted The Rock back [in WWE]. I wanted to do anything to get The Rock back, but I did it the wrong way.”

He added: “I didn’t do it the respectful way, so I had to eat a little bit of crow. I had to say, ‘I’m sorry and I was wrong,’ because I am sorry and I was wrong, and that’s a very humbling experience. Dwayne is a hell of a guy… I became who I despised.

“I see that perspective and I understand it. It was a great learning experience from my mistake with feuding with The Rock.”

Cena came back to WWE during the writer's strike.

“I made it perfectly clear you can’t do both because of the liability insurance,” Cena said. “If I were trying to juggle both that’s very selfish because I’d put a whole lot of people in the movie business out of work if something happened to me.”

Cena had talked about the feud previously on the Happy Sad Confused podcast earlier this year: “My view was, if you love something, be there everyday,” Cena said. “What a hypocrite I am, because I still love WWE and I can’t go all the time. And I just didn’t see that, I was so selfish.”

He said their friendship is “in a really good place” now.

“There was a moment where there was a lot of bad vibes between us, and rightfully so,” Cena said.

Cena also had a cameo in the Barbie movie.