I dig John Cena, not only because he manscapes (a concept I didn’t really have an opinion about until recently), but because he seems like such a sweet guy. He still holds the title for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish foundation, which is all kinds of awesome. He’s also made a successful transition from wrestler to actor. His latest project, the animated feature Ferdinand, comes out on Friday. It looks adorable and earned two Golden Globe nominations yesterday. John plays the title character, a huge but gentle bull.
At Sunday night’s premiere of the film in Los Angeles, John confessed that he was a teddy bear at heart, as evidenced by his romantic proposal to fellow WWE wrestler Nikki Bella during Wrestlemania 33 in April. John told Entertainment Tonight, “I think over the years those misconceptions are being shattered one by one. You know, I do have a bold and sometimes stern exterior with the WWE, but moments like me proposing to Nicole in front of 75,000 fans at Wrestle Mania lets everyone know that there’s times that are tough but you’re never too ashamed to say you’re in love.”
He told ET he recently re-watched the proposal and admitted, “Well, it’s the greatest moment of my life. It was like world colliding. WWE has been my family for the last 15 years and Nicole is the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with so I was… it was the first time I had the chance to watch it back and it’s the best moment of my life.” While promoting Ferdinand on Good Morning Britain last week, John got teary-eyed while watching the clip with hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, and when Piers asked what would have happened if Nikki said “no”, John replied, “I put her in an environment where she couldn’t say no.”
Aww, what a sweetheart. Ferdinand director Carlos Saldanha agrees, which is why he cast John as the lovable steer, telling Variety “He looks like Ferdinand, he’s so big and he’s so gentle. When he came into record the first pages, it was like magic. He became the character. He is the character. Once that happens, it’s all good.”
Nikki couldn’t make the premiere and John expressed his disappointment on the red carpet, confessing, “I hate doing these things without her, and I know she wanted to be here but we still got a great movie and I’ll be thinking of her when I see it.” He added that, “We don’t get too much time with each other, and it’s kind of a way for us to steal a date out of our schedule so I was looking forward to seeing her. I haven’t seen her in a few weeks. I’ve been going around the world and she’s been busy as well.”
The couple will have some time to reconnect over the holidays, which John is looking forward to. “I think the gift we both long for is time with each other, so it’s both of us consciously carving out a few days to just have the company of each other.” But, don’t worry, wrestling fans, as John will be making an appearance on the December 25th episode of RAW.
Even though John and Nikki haven’t yet set a date, they are both happy, which is good. There is a mystery afoot here however…back in April, the couple’s French bulldog, Winston, had the pleasure of announcing the engagement of his parents on Twitter. However, the adorable pooch hasn’t posted anything since November 15. WHAT HAPPENED TO WINSTON? I need to know.
Photos: WENN.com
Oh man, their ridiculous ‘reality’ show is my secret guilty pleasure.
I just don’t understand, however, how anyone finds Cena attractive. He seems like a sweet guy, but also such a…meathead?
Or why Nikki Bella dresses the way she does.
It’s like a train wreck and I can’t stop watching. Help me.
john cena and channing tatum are interchangeable to me. both unattractive meatheads.
Not big into WWE but love me some Cena. He is a class act and has been able to show his different side which most wrestlers who tried to cross over into acting weren’t able to do. I think he is a talented man. Cute too!
Very seeet to hear him gush about his fiancé. All the best to them both. Positive role models (thus far). Love it!
He looks like a walking steroid.
Winston is being taken care of by Brie Bella and Brian Daniel and they have a new baby girl (human not dog), Birdie, so Winston and Josie are probably off running things and he hasn’t had time to post. Winston and Josoe live a good life.
…. I may or may not watch Total Bellas and Total Divas.
my husband also may or may not watch and it is my favourite thing in the world to out him. We have 2 girls who watch WWE with him and they couldn’t figure out how he knew so much about the ladies’ private lives and wouldn’t believe me that it wasn’t because I watched it but that he watched it.
“I put her in an environment where she couldn’t say no.” That does not sound sweet at all. that’s not romantic, that’s creepy.
Exactly! Creepy! Not sweet at ALL! Expected there to be more comments here about that statement actually…
I will comment in agreement because that put me off also.
I usually enjoy John Cena but that comment was all kinds of NO.
Came here to say the same. Sounds manipulative af to me. And I generally really like Cena.
I think you guys are reading too much into that sentence. She’s been wanting to marry him for a long time. He was probably trying to joke.
My brother tells the story of his engagement by saying he got his wife drunk first so she would say yes. Obviously he was joking and his wife had been bugging him for a year for the ring
Loved, loved him in Trainwreck.
His scenes were the funniest parts of that entire movie.
This women wears way too much makeup
I don’t think so? She seems to be wearing the same makeup as 90% of celebrities right now. I wouldn’t have picked her out as wearing too much, just the standard amount as is the trend at the moment. Her face reminds me of Lea Michelle.
Oh thenk goodness, i needed a cute story
They are so cute together. I hope he changes his mind about having kids, she really wants some
that sounds like a recipe for a disaster marriage if she really wants kids and he doesn’t.
Right?! What kind of lunatic goes into a marriage with such mismatched needs.
She is the one who has wanted marriage since early in the relationship, I don’t think the ring was a romantic place to purpose, but I think she knew before hand, it’s all for show. I believe she is in love with him.
I only know him as Juliet’s brother on Psych. I thought he was quite funny.
I liked the commercial he did with his mom. They seem to be a family with a sense of humor about things.
Winston is alive and well. Lots of videos of him on the Bellas yputube channel.