Fast and Furious: Actor John Cena apologized after saying Taiwan was a country

The actor and fighter who plays Jakob Toretto posted a video on the Weibo social network to apologize to his fans in China

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John Cena shared a video where he apologized to China and its people after identifying Taiwan as a country. The actor made use of digital platforms to send a message and described as an error what he said in an interview.

In a promotional meeting of the Fast & Furious 9 , the actor of 44 years described Taiwan as a country, so in a perfect Mandarin Chinese he recorded an apology clip, which was posted on Weibo, the equivalent of Twitter in China.

“Hello China, this is John Cena,” says the wrestler. “I have something to clarify.”

“I have done many interviews for the film F9 and in one of them I made a mistake. They all asked me if I could use Chinese to explain it, they gave me a lot of information and I made a mistake. ”

“ It is very important for me to say that I love and respect China and the Chinese . I am very sorry for my mistake. They must understand that. Sorry, bye, “concluded the actor.

The former bodybuilder has been interested for years in the Mandarin Chinese language, which he learned when he traveled around the world as a wrestler. professional.

The truth is that the market in China that has the franchise Fast & Furious It is immense, only the ninth installment has raised $ 137 million dollars during its first weekend available in theaters in that country and the eighth installment raised $ 392 million dollars, which represented two more than one seventh.

The actor’s comments have left all kinds of reactions. In social networks, some asked him to use his perfect Mandarin Chinese to say that Taiwan is part of China or they would not accept the apology. Also,