WWE Champion John Cena: Homophobic rap Re: The Rock was "misconstrued"
The Washington Blade, a Washington, DC based gay news site, interviewed WWE John Cena a couple days ago while he was visiting children at Georgetown University Hospital and posted footage of it on YouTube:
Somewhat unsurprisingly, interviewer asked Cena about his homophobic rap directed at The Rock on Monday Night Raw during the Wrestlemania 27 buildup that got him and WWE in hot water with GLAAD. Cena commented on the situation (the interviewer's specific question wasn't shown) by saying "I think it was completely misconstrued...uh...I certainly have no judgment or...[unintelligible]...no position to judge how anyone lives their life or their lifestyle. I just think it was something that, uh, Rock or Dwayne might've taken out of context, and, uh, I think it was completely blown...blown out of proportion."
The interviewer then followed up by asking if Cena had made an effort to "change lyrics in [his] poems [his] raps as a result of it." Cena replied "Absolutely, like, uh, obviously, when, uh, you get a shockwave of that magnitude, especially, uh, when I'm in the position that I am, I'm certainly put in the forefront of our programming, and I like being in that spot, so if I've offended anybody I've certainly made my apologies just due. It's not something that was my intention, like I said, it was taken out of context, and I've certainly changed, uh, my outlook on everything. I know where I am, I know where I stand, and it's not something that was my intention, so it's not something you'll see again."
Misconstrued, really? Not even taking into account his history of inferring that heels were gay as an insult, let's just take a look at the rap in question, which is what sparked the controversy and what was spoken about here:
Finally the Rock came back and everyone was getting with it
Till he said I was talking trash, but he was never specific.
It was because I wasn't talking trash Rock, I was talking truth.
You left us hanging high and dry to play a fairy with a tooth?
And then you walk into this ring and say that I'm lame man?
He wore lipstick in Get Shorty and rocked a skirt for the Game Plan.
This Fruity Pebble that you are dealing with ...
I'm not the average Jabroni
I'm like a big purple pinwheel so go ahead and blow me.
And you're electrifying, yes
But hang with me, that's just absurd.
Now you gotta tell your family
That you got schooled by Barney's turd.
Cena says that's Rock material, you can have the joke back
Just don't go racing to Witch Mountain because your mountain is Brokeback.
The Rock's new movie well, it's nothing like Walking Tall,
He spends all movie in a bowling alley polishing my balls.
The People's Champ, he's never with the people.
Rock, you're words are see through.
You imitate me every time you leave.
For seven years we couldn't see you.
Is it Rock or is it Dwayne
Pick a side come on son.
If I was you I would stick with Rock
Because Dwayne ain't got a John... son.
You'll see me at Wrestlemania.
Well then I'll make sure not to miss it.
You ain't gonna whip my candy ass,
I'll make sure you kiss it.
You're the Wrestlemania Host Rock.
That's your role, so know it.
You tell these people you love ‘em
I'm here every week to show ‘em
That's called a first round knockout and now you know I'm not playing.
Run your mouth all you want dude, it doesn't matter what you're saying.
Seriously? It's not surprising that that Cena was noticeably flustered than usual by the question (there was a LOT of uncharacteristic "uh...", "like...", and mumbling for an experienced celebrity public speaker at his level). Look at that thing. I can see the argument for not counting the last set of lyrics that I put in bold text, but in the context of the rest of the rap, I would say it counts. Just about everything not about The Rock "abandoning" WWE and the fans is about painting him as gay and insulting him for it. Also, Cena asking Rock to perform fellatio on him. I guess Cena is invoking The Bill Clinton Rule: The deponent of the act isn't having sexual relations. Thus, while The Rock was going to town on him, it wouldn't make Cena gay.
Then again, there was was also his other rap about The Rock, which, while toned down, still featured THIS:
And I'm so glad this thing is over so I can cross it off my checklist.
Rock didn't win, but it's okay, I'll give him a pearl necklace.
"Blow me" is at least a common enough insult that it just makes Cena look homophobic. When you get to the point of "dissing" a guy by threatening to...uh...arrive on his chest...I don't even know when to start. It's so out there, unprecedented, and oddly specific that it's hilarious for exactly the opposite reason of what Cena intended. Anyway, when you add up Cena's various promos calling various heels gay, the big rap devoted to saying The Rock is gay, and his's odd threat to...give comeuppance to The Rock, his response is offensively pathetic and the reporter should have been better prepared to call him out on such an obvious lie and faux apology.
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I cant believe this is still an issue
Ive been mostly lurking here at CSS for a while and like a lot of the material here, but how far are you going to take this “Cena is homophobic” story. Look at the actual things he said. Part of it is that he made fun of the Rock for wearing dresses and lipstick. How is that over the line? Part of the reason the Rock was cast in those roles was because of how ridiculous it is to imagine a guy like him wearing skirts or putting on lipstick. And the Brokeback joke has been used thousands and thousands of times. The only thing wrong with it is that its not funny or original, not that its somehow gay-bashing, unless you want to rip the hundreds of other celebrities and comedians who have made some kind of Brokeback mention before.
And then there’s the complaints about telling the Rock to blow him or kiss his ass. Sorry, but those aren’t homophobic remarks, no matter how much GLAAD might make them out to be. That’s just ridiculous. I just can’t believe that people are actually making any kind of a big deal about things like this that are said on shows all over TV without the idea of homophobia even popping up in someone’s mind.
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John Cena has previously made homophobic remarks about Justin Gabriel, Percy Watson, The Miz and Alex Riley. This isn’t an isolated incident.
Fight Rankings - I don't know more about MMA than you, but I'll certainly pretend that I do.
So complain about those incidents
Instead of bringing up his feud with the Rock that was designed to bring back the Attitude Era Raw a bit.
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John Cena is marketed as a hero to impressionable young children, some of whom may be coming to terms with their sexuality, so he shouldn’t be out there making fun of The Rock for playing a gay character in a film or dissing The Miz and Alex Riley for being like a gay couple together, which only serves to encourage homophobic bullying in classrooms everywhere.
by Keith Harris on Jun 16, 2011 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
The Rock never played a gay character in a film
The Rock wore fairy outfits, lipstick, and a skirt in a few of his movies. That deserves to be made fun of.
And like I said above, if your problem is what he said about The Miz and Alex Riley acting like a couple, then bring that up. Instead, its the higher profile feud with the Rock that gets brought up.
And the WWE and John Cena aren’t encouraging homophobic bullying in classrooms with a line here and there implying that another wrestler is gay. That is grossly over-exaggerating the effect one line in a promo has on kids.
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I was just going to say that. :-)
Also Gdawg, in my original post about GLAAD forcing WWE and John Cena to knock off the homophobic jokes, the lines where he made fun of The Miz and Alex Riley acting like a couple were brought up. David just forgot that those lines came in the week between The Rock’s raps.
Moreover, it wasn’t just one line. It was two consecutive promos where Cena’s whole schtick was making fun of his opponents for being gay, because that was the best idea they had to elicit cheers in a feud with The Rock, someone who is on the next level up as a star and a performer.
by Keith Harris on Jun 17, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Well when you let The Rock come out there and do whatever he wants
and then still have Cena coming out there as PG Cena, you’re going to have one guy appear to blow the other guy out.
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If Elliot at any point was actually said to be gay, I missed it.
It was clearly heavily implied, but they never came out and said it.
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He was also on the cover of OUT Magazine, promoting the fact that he was playing a gay charactor.
I remember being excited, and then bummed out that it was just an acting gig, but you take what you can.
by bigstupidsmile on Jun 21, 2011 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree that the Brokeback reference is old and unfunny
but to say that it isn’t gay bashing? Um, what? How is it not? Because it’s not funny doesn’t mean it’s not gay-bashing. The only reason people use the term Brokeback is to refer to being gay in a negative light. You think he called Rock Brokeback because he thinks Rock is a cowboy?
Just think about that for a second.
by Kyle Rancourt on Jun 17, 2011 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the worst part about Cena's rap
was that it was awful. I mean, the crappy attempt to call Rock gay were weak and unfunny, but the rest of his “rap” just made me fall asleep. If you’re going to infer something about someone’s sexuality, at least make it humorous.
(I kid, the whole thing was really off-putting, regardless of it were funny or not)
What I really didn't understand is,
if Cena’s supposed to be insulting the Rock, by calling him gay, etc., it gets very awkward with Cena ‘asking’ to be blown, and giving the Rock a ‘pearl necklace’. Weird vibes, man.
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