John Cena streaks naked on the Oscars stage — with a strategically placed envelope
nypost.comthe 2024 Oscars when he presented the award for Best Costume Design on Sunday. Cena appeared when host Jimmy Kimmel recalled a moment during the 1974 Oscars when a streaker made his way on stage during the 47th Academy Awards while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor. “Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?” Kimmel, 56, said in an obvious setup for the joke. “I said, can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?
Wouldn’t that be crazy?”At that moment, Cena, 46, popped out from behind the elegant set and bleated that he did not want to proceed with the joke. “I changed my mind.
I don’t want to do the streaker bit,” Cena told Kimmel. “I just don’t feel right about it. It’s an elegant event, you know, you should feel shame right now for suggesting such a tasteless joke.”Kimmel then attempted to sway Cena into doing the bit by saying it was “supposed to be funny.”“The male body is not a joke,” replied Cena in a fake tone of exasperation.
Much to everyone to everyone’s shock — and delight — Cena ended up going through with the presentation while holding the envelope his genitals, which appeared to be covered with a modesty garment.
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