BEIJING (AFP) — “Fast & Furious 9” star John Cena made a U-turn Tuesday, apologizing to Chinese fans after he called Taiwan a “country” and sparked outrage in the world’s largest movie market.
Beijing sees democratic, self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory which is to be seized one day, by force if necessary, and rages at any diplomatic attempts to recognise the island as an independent nation.
But American wrestling star turned actor Cena left his diplomatic lane during a trip to Taiwan in early May to promote the franchise of action movies about fast cars, making the “country” comment during a fan meet.
On Tuesday, as outrage billowed across China’s social media, he released an apology on the Weibo platform in conversational-level Mandarin.
“I did many, many interviews for Fast & Furious 9, and I made a mistake during one interview,” Cena said in the video, without repeating the controversial term.
“I must say, which is very very important, that I love and respect China and Chinese people. I’m very, very sorry for my mistake. I apologise.”
The video was played 2.4 million times on the strictly-controlled social media site, while Chinese media leapt on the apology.
Fast & Furious 9 smashed through the box office during its May 21 release in China last weekend, raking in $148 million, according to the nationalist Global Times newspaper.
But social media users appeared only partially appeased.
“Please say ‘Taiwan is part of China’ in Chinese, or we won’t accept it,” said one Weibo handle, while another lamented...
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F&%k you cena pussie and china so much for all your hollywood acting as a patriot. I still have to laugh, remember when china would pirate and create all those knock off DVD's stealing money from the owners.
ReplyDeleteCrouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set TIGHTLY upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
ReplyDeleteWith respect due Samuel Adams, it needed changed up a bit.
Taiwan is the Real China. The ChiComs are the illegitimate ones.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yea, what the two above said.
What's funny? Tim Allen has bigger stones than Cena. One of the episodes of Last Man Standing dealt with the ChiCom crackdown in Hong Kong, with one HKer sending his daughter to live in the States so she could be safe.
Cena? Cuts his balls off to appease his masters.
I blame Nixon and Kissinger for bowing down and taking the security council seat away from Taiwan and giving it to China...
ReplyDeletethat doesn't change that Cena is a chicom bootlicker without principles
Who gives a flying fucking rolling donut what this two bit hack has to say? He couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, then again, who cares? NO ONE! Another lefty biden voter.... Fuck you cena!
ReplyDeleteGeez..silly me..I thought Taiwan was a country.
ReplyDeleteChena's Chinese balls only lasted half an hour. Now he needs to perform a Kamala before he can ask permission to order another set.
ReplyDeleteWho?
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