Overview
- On The Joe Rogan Experience, Cena said the 2021 line about Taiwan came from a prompter read after a long press day and stressed the mistake was his.
- He recalled issuing a Mandarin apology saying he loved and respected China and was very sorry, which drew criticism in the United States.
- Cena told James Gunn he would understand being dropped from Peacemaker, yet he stayed, filmed season two, and later made a Superman cameo.
- He said he learned Mandarin through a WWE program but now declines to use it publicly because he lacks the cultural fluency for sensitive topics.
- He framed the episode as a lesson in geopolitics and PR, noting that quick, reactive apologies can make a bad situation worse.