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John Cena profusely APOLOGISES to China for calling Taiwan a country: I love & respect China & Chinese people
During a promotional interview for Fast & Furious 9 on a Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS, John Cena called Taiwan a "country" leaving China and his Chinese fans enraged.
John Cena has come under the scanner for his recent comment on Taiwan that has China and his Chinese fans outraged at the WWE wrestler. It all happened during a promotional interview for his latest outing Fast & Furious 9 on Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS as John called Taiwan a country, saying, "Taiwan is the first country that can watch the newest Fast & Furious movie, F9."
The reason for the outrage is because Taiwan is considered as Beijing's territory as claimed by the People's Republic of China and there's a major global debate of whether Taiwan is a country or not. Only 17 countries recognise Taiwan's democratic government. Apologising profusely for his controversial remark, Cena made a public video apology, speaking in Mandarin, which was posted on Weibo, the popular Chinese social media platform. "I made a mistake," the 44-year-old wrestler-turned-actor admittedly began his apology, via The New York Times and The Hollywood Reporter.
"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," John added.
Interestingly, in 2018, John had stayed for a couple of months in China to shoot for Jackie Chan's action thriller Project X-Traction.
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Meanwhile, F9, which also stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez and is directed by Justin Lin, releases in the US on June 25.
