‘Terrified’ ABC execs were ‘sweating’ over John Cena’s naked Oscars skit — demanded bigger envelope

The Rock has been heating things up for WWE.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his day job Monday to give folks a fun postmortem on the Oscars — especially the part where John Cena hid his private parts while giving away the award for Best Costume.

John Cena's Oscars streak has reportedly earned him an offer from a top adult streaming site for half a million dollars to star in an explicit webcam show. During the 96th annual Academy Awards, the actor and wrestler took the stage nearly naked wearing nothing but an envelope covering his private parts during a bit with host Jimmy Kimmel. The stunt was a nod to a real streaker who interrupted the 1974 awards show.

It’s not the near sweep that Oppenheimer had, but ABC certainly has something to celebrate out of last night’s Academy Awards.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Just minutes before the Oscars were set to begin, the show’s producers realized they had a problem: Some of the year’s key A-listers and nominees weren’t inside the Dolby Theatre just yet. The perfect storm of traffic delays, pro-Palestine protests, the first day of daylight saving time and an earlier start time had contributed to the last-minute crunch. “We were definitely stressed out, because we had to have certain celebrities in their seats,” Oscars producer Molly McNearney — also an EP on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” — tells Variety on Monday morning.

John Cena handing out Oscars in the nude?! That definitely wasn’t on our bucket list, but it sure made the night!

Oscars stage in his birthday suit. Cena went onstage nude at the movies’ biggest night as part of a comedy bit at LA’s Dolby Theater. During Sunday night’s 96th Academy Awards, which was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the comedian paused in the middle of the ceremony to reflect on how a streaker ran across the stage at the 46th Oscars in 1974.“At the 46th Academy Awards, 1974, David Niven was in the middle of introducing Elizabeth Taylor when a nude man — a streaker — ran across the stage,” he told the star-studded crowd.With a pointed pause, Kimmel said, “Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today? Wouldn’t that be crazy?” He repeated the line after nothing happened, making it clear that he was prompting someone.

Oscars in total. It won the top prize for picture, as well as Christopher Nolan winning for director, Cillian Murphy for actor and Robert Downey Jr.

Katcy Stephan The Academy Awards telecast had its fair share of memorable highlights, like John Cena’s naked presentation of the costumes category, or Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s faux “Barbenheimer” feud while presenting a special tribute to stunt professionals. But there was plenty that the audience at home didn’t see, from the pre-show pandemonium caused by late arrivals to the sweetest interactions at the Governor’s Ball after party. See the full list of Oscar winners here.

Nope, John Cena didn’t actually bare it all while presenting on stage at the 2024 Academy Awards!

2024 Oscars were hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday, March 10, airing on ABC (in the new earlier time slot of 7 p.m.). The Christopher Nolan flick starring Cillian Murphy was this year’s frontrunner, with a staggering 13 nominations — including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., respectively. The Best Actor race was a battle between Murphy, Bradley Cooper (“Maestro”), Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”), Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”).Murphy took home the expected win, and Nolan and Downey Jr.

are a risky proposition. .But Ryan Gosling belting “I'm Just Ken” from was…more than kenough.

From Billie Eilish’s heartrending performance to John Cena’s beefcake cameo, the 96th Academy Awards served up some pretty terrific moments and more than a few surprises (welcome to the party, Slash! Where you at, Wes Anderson?).

John Cena has turned heads with his appearance at the 2024 Oscars – see why below.At the 2024 Oscars last night (March 10), host Jimmy Kimmel reflected on the award show’s biggest moments, including the 1974 streaking incident, during which an unknown man ran across the stage naked.To “honour” the incident five decades after it happened, Kimmel hoped to recreate the scene with the help of John Cena. However, a naked John Cena hid behind the stage, refusing to expose himself on live TV.Instead, Kimmel asked Cena to present the award for Best Costume Design, which he had to step out onstage for, covering himself with an envelope containing the winner’s name.See Cena step out onstage naked below.John Cena walking onto the #Oscars stage naked.See the full winners list: https://t.co/IctYZ9WO3B pic.twitter.com/cRE3tLPe1Y— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 11, 2024While clips of the nominees for Best Costume Design were showed onscreen, Cena was covered with a curtain from the Oscars crew.

the 2024 Oscars when he presented the award for Best Costume Design on Sunday. Cena appeared when host Jimmy Kimmel recalled a moment during the 1974 Oscars when a streaker made his way on stage during the 47th Academy Awards while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor. “Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?” Kimmel, 56, said in an obvious setup for the joke.

John Cena made a big splash at the Oscars when he showed up on stage with no clothes on. As the 96th Academy Awards got underway, host Jimmy Kimmel recalled a moment from Oscars history, which saw David Niven's 1974 speech interrupted by a streaker, who ran across the stage. Referencing the moment, Jimmy said that would never happen today.

John Cena went completely naked on stage at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director John Cena appeared naked on the Oscars stage while presenting the award for best costume design to “Poor Things.” It was all part of a bit that paid homage to one of the craziest moments in the history of the Academy Awards when a naked man ran on stage at the 46th Oscars in 1974 while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor. It was at the height of the ’70s streaking fan, when nude people frequently interrupted public events. Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?” Kimmel asked the Oscars audience after remembering the infamous moment.

. So, when someone said, “John Cena, would you be willing to present the for best costumes naked for a bit?” I can only assume he responded something along the lines of, “Heck yeah!” Because that is what he did.The moment began with host Jimmy Kimmel reminding the audience of an important piece of Oscars history, when a real live streaker interrupted a presenter during the 1974 ceremony. According to the bit, Cena was then supposed to run on stage to recreate the moment.

Tonight, the Peacemaker was a Disrupter, so to speak.