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WWE Champion John Cena "Not Surprised" By People's Reactions To His Vince McMahon Comments

When John Cena explained how he loves Vince McMahon, recently, he received some backlash for his comments. Now the WWE Champion is defending his stance on his disgraced former boss.
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John Cena captured the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41
John Cena captured the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41 | WWE.com

John Cena has followed up on his recent comments about Vince McMahon by defending his stance on the disgraced ex-WWE Chairman.

In an April interview with the New York Times, the 17-time WWE Champion expressed his love for McMahon, who is currently in the midst of a sexual assault and sex trafficking lawsuit.

“I don’t care who hears it: I love Vince. I’m not downplaying anything that needs to be decided or allegations of any kind, but when I love somebody, I love them wholeheartedly. I know people are going to be angry about that, but they can’t put their value on my relationship with somebody I love.”
John Cena

Unsurprisingly, Cena's comments received a significant amount of blowback. On social media, in particular, there was a substantial backlash against The Peacemaker star.

It is a reaction that Cena himself has not been surprised by. Speaking on the matter to US Weekly, Cena defended his comments, understanding that people may not have been happy reading them.

“Everybody’s entitled to their opinion. Just like I’m entitled to have an emotional connection to somebody. I don’t hold anybody or how they feel or what they view as permissible or things that’ll make them angry, happy, excited, sad. That’s their right as a human being.”

When questioned about the reaction of some fans to his comments, Cena replied, "I'm not surprised about any of that."

Cena recently successfully defended his WWE Title against Randy Orton at WWE Backlash in St.Louis and is reported to be facing R-Truth at the upcoming Saturday Night's Main Event in Tampa, Florida on May 24.

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JOE BAIAMONTE

Joe Baiamonte is a contributing writer for The Takedown On SI, joining the team in April, 2025. Joe has been covering professional wrestling, sports and entertainment for over a decade, serving as editor at SPORTbible between 2014 and 2018 - where he helped the team to three consecutive Football Blogging Awards - and as head of sport at Unilad. Joe has written for numerous outlets in the United Kingdom and United States, including The Sportsman, Sporf, Pubity, GiveMeSport and The Sportster, interviewing the likes of Neymar, Harry Kane, Ruud Gullit, Triple H, Ric Flair, Cody Rhodes, Becky Lynch, Rey Mysterio, Aaron Boone, Alex Cora, Chris Sale and Chase Uttley. He has a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from the University of Salford and currently resides in Manchester, England, having been raised just down the road in Burnley. He briefly moved to Croatia with his family after the birth of his son, where he spent an entire summer writing on the beach and eating squid.

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