John threatens to anger the Chinese movie-viewing audience when he says that 'Taiwan is the first country that I can watch' his new movie 'F9' during an interview with Taiwanese Broadcaster TVBS.
- May 26, 2021
AceShowbiz - Meghan McCain came at John Cena after the actor backtracked his comment on Taiwan. On Tuesday afternoon, May 25, "The View" co-host ripped John for apologizing to China for acknowledging Taiwan as an independent country.
It started after a Twitter user shared a video of John's apology in Chinese on Sina Weibo after calling Taiwan a country during an interview promoting "F9". In response to that, Meghan wrote, "You absolutely spineless, chickens**t, pathetic coward."
Meghan is among those who criticized John for turning his back on Taiwan people out of fear of upsetting the Chinese public. "Taiwan is a country. Hong Kong should be free. If you are unwilling to say these things because it might hurt your bottom line, you are a pathetic coward," tweeted Ben Shapiro.
Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton called the former WWE star "pathetic." Keith Olbermann said, "How shameful, Cena. Taiwan is a country - and a democracy. You just apologized to a dictatorship."
CNN anchor Jim Sciutto tweeted, "Why not call a decades-long healthy and functioning democracy a country? Because much of Hollywood operates in fear of Beijing, many of its blockbuster movies dependent on the mainland Chinese market."
John threatened to anger the Chinese movie-viewing audience when he said that "Taiwan is the first country that I can watch" the new movie "F9" during an interview with Taiwanese Broadcaster TVBS. He then quickly apologized in Mandarin as referring to Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island, as a separate entity is considered an offense in China.
"I made a mistake," said John in Mandarin. "Now I have to say one thing which is very, very, very important: I love and respect China and Chinese people. I'm very sorry for my mistakes. Sorry. Sorry. I'm really sorry. You have to understand that I love and respect China and Chinese people."
