Actor and wrestler John Cena has been an outspoken LGBTQ+ ally. (Getty)
Actor and wrestler John Cena has opened up about how protecting of his older homosexual brother, Steve Cena, he used to really feel.
Cena, 46, who most not too long ago caught the eye of homosexual males all over the place by showing nearly-nude on the 2024 Oscars, comes from a household of 5 brothers, with the eldest of the bunch being his homosexual sibling Steve.
Talking on the Armchair Skilled with Dax Shepard podcast, the Barbie star opened up about how troublesome life was for Steve, rising up queer within the “Eighties in a small city in Massachusetts…”, in addition to how protecting John felt of him.
“Life was powerful for my brother in highschool. Not solely was he an introvert and taken with computer systems. He’s additionally homosexual…. man, that’s an uphill climb.
“He simply had quite a lot of character traits that weren’t within the ‘cool child’ group, and he’s additionally holding this secret that he can’t inform or speak to anyone about.”
Persevering with, Cena added: “I actually really feel for what it should have been like for him rising up. However I additionally inherited that chapter of his social constructs. And, man, it acquired me to discover ways to lose just a few fights.”
Cena additionally defined that whereas, conventionally, the older brother protects the youthful one, there was a job reversal between him and Steve.
“That type of behaviour began like at 10 years outdated for me,” the Argylle actor defined. “I don’t assume I understood what was happening. Children are harsh. They kind clicks actual quick. And we all the time simply frolicked with one another. There was sufficient of us to have a basketball crew, which implies we might do no matter we would like.
“We need to play soccer or baseball, there’s sufficient of us. So we didn’t really feel [that] we would have liked anyone else. If we might make it via faculty and get again to the home, all is okay.”
Regardless of that, Cena himself mentioned that because the pair combined with different teams of teenagers he “took on the function of, ‘Hey, if you happen to say one thing to the youthful brothers, I’ll do my finest to throw myself in hurt’s approach. It’s going to cease right here.’”
Final yr, bigots had been left foaming on the mouth after photos of John Cena in a skirt and heels emerged from the set of his new movie Ricky Stanicky which additionally stars Zac Efron – with one even blaming the Illuminati.