The John Cena media blitz continued with an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, where he gave a more detailed answer about Vince McMahon.
Cena is promoting his retirement match on December 13 and just appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast.
On Friday, the latest edition of the Joe Rogan Experience was released with a two-hour interview with Cena, joined by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. It is unknown when the interview was recorded.
Cena discussed the 2021 controversy when he referred to Taiwan as a country and issued an apology, which drew plenty of criticism.
From there, they discussed dream guests Hinchcliffe would like to speak with and named Vince McMahon, whom Hinchcliffe cited as creating “all of this gangster shit”, praising the former head of WWE.
It led to Rogan asking Cena about the status of McMahon following his departure from WWE in January 2024 after Janel’s Grant complaint was filed, citing sexual misconduct.
Rogan: Is he (Vince McMahon) still involved, is he in, is he out?
Cena: He’s out.
Rogan: It seems like he’s a guy that will be out for a little while, and then something will happen, and they’ll bring him back in.
Cena: Nah. Well, I don’t know, all that stuff is so above me, but I know, now, he’s out. In my eyes, I would like to think that time heals everything, and I believe in forgiveness. I also believe in looking at the body of work, but I also know there’s a lot of fragile stuff going on there. I don’t know, man, I don’t know.
Rogan: It’s a hot subject (laughs), it will get into another Chinese-Taipei incident (referring to Cena’s issue naming Taiwan as a country).
Cena: (Laughing) I’ve learned to become more accountable for what I say. Just because of how I feel about a certain person doesn’t exonerate them from being accountable for their actions. Just because he (McMahon) started “all this gangster shit” that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to be accountable for his actions. So, let’s figure out what that means and then figure out if we can move forward and bring that back into the fold or stay the way it is.
Earlier today, in Cena’s interview with Bill Simmons, he said he never wanted McMahon out and called him a mentor.
