Hollywood executive Chris Fenton said John Cena’s controversial apology to China after he called Taiwan a country during a promotional interview for “Fast & Furious 9” alienated both his fans in the West and in China, inadvertently providing the star with an opportunity to lead the charge against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censorship of the U.S. film industry. Fenton told NTD’s “Focus Talk” that Cena’s apology ended up missing the mark on both fronts—alienating his fans in the United States while failing to satisfy Chinese netizens. “Boy, did he step into it,” Fenton said. “I felt badly for him and I was quite shocked,” Fenton said of Cena’s video apology, in which the Hollywood star spoke in Mandarin, and the backlash it sparked. Following the apology, conservative news outlet the Daily Wire ran a sharply-worded op-ed headlined “John Cena Begging China For Forgiveness Proves That Money Beats Morality Every Time,” while the platform’s co-founder …
Fallout from John Cena’s Apology Is Chance to Turn Tide on Hollywood’s Kowtow to CCP: Movie Executive
June 1, 2021
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