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John Cena’s car-crash Taiwan apology

27 May 2021

3:11 AM

27 May 2021

3:11 AM

In an unforgivably cringeworthy mea culpa delivered in surprisingly fluent Mandarin, John Cena has apologized to his fans in China. He had said in a promotional interview with a Taiwanese media outlet that Taiwan would be ‘the first country that can watch’ his new Fast & Furious movie, F9. Uh oh.

To the Chinese Communist party and a billion Chinese citizens, the slightest hint of Taiwan’s sovereignty is considered blasphemy in the highest order.

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