John Cena’s appearance naked at the Oscars was, without a doubt, one of the funniest moments of the ceremony; however, achieving it was not easy.
This week, on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live, the comedian, who this year hosted the 96th edition of the Oscars, said Before the approval of the appearance of the WWE wrestler without clothes at the awards, there were many meetings, emails and discussions with executives.
“No part of the comedy has received more attention than this,” said Kimmel, who revealed that there were discussions about the size of the envelope and whether it was necessary to attach it with Velcro to Cena’s body.
“There were intense discussions about the size of the envelope. We had to fill his crack and have socks, and several testicles were discussed,” he joked.
The comedian said that as the big moment approached, executives were terrified that something would go wrong.. “There were meetings and parallel meetings; there were emails, text messages and phone calls,” Kimmel said. “People were sweating, someone was crying,” she added.
Despite the doubts, everything went well and it was even one of the funniest moments of the night.
In your program, Jimmy Kimmel thanked John Cena for his willingness to participate and also apologized to the Department of Standards and Practices for the moment that almost gave him a heart attack.
On Sunday, John Cena surprised everyone by appearing naked to present one of the categories, Best Costume Design, at the 96th edition of the Oscars.
Without any clothes, only with some sandals and the envelope with the winners to cover their noble partsthe actor appeared on stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to present the nominees in the category of Best Costume Design.
“The locker room is the most important thing, perhaps the most important thing that exists. “I can’t open the envelope,” she said as she appeared on scene without clothes. “Oh my God! The nominees for best costumes are…,” she added.
After the names of the nominees appeared on the screen, the stage lights went out and A group of people showed up to dress Cena in an outfit that looked like some kind of toga.
Already dressed, Cena was able to read the name of the winner: Holly Waddington, who was in charge of the costumes for the film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Minutes before the appearance of John Cena without clothes, Jimmy Kimmel, host of the gala, recalled that in 1974 photographer Robert Opel ran without clothes at that year’s ceremony. while actor David Niven was on stage.
“Can you imagine a man running naked now? Don’t you think he would be crazy? “Said the comedian before John Cena appeared without clothes.
Was John Cena completely naked?
Although it looked like the actor was completely naked, he wasn’t. Later, on social media they published some “behind the scenes” photos of Cena’s appearance.
In the photos you can see the actor waiting for his turn to go on stage with a kind of skin-colored fabric that covered his buttocks and that probably also covered part of the area that he hid with the envelope with the name of the winner.
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