John Cena is candid about why he has no want to have kids.
Showing on a current episode of the “Club Shay Shay” podcast, the actor and wrestler didn’t maintain again when requested to elaborate.
“I have a certain curiosity about life, and I also know the investment that it takes,” Cena advised host Shannon Sharpe. “As somebody who’s driven, many times stubborn and selfish, I try to approach the world with kindness and curiosity … but I don’t think I’m personally ready, nor will I ever be, to invest the time [needed] to be a great parent.”
“I want to live life for all it is,” he continued. “I still have a lot to do.”
Cena additionally mentioned he and his spouse of practically 4 years, Shay Shariatzadeh, have had “open conversations” about elevating a household, and in the end discovered they had been “on the same page.”
Watch a clip from Cena’s “Club Shay Shay” interview beneath.
“I can tell you this is not a knee-jerk reaction,” he defined.
Cena beforehand shared why he didn’t really feel “qualified” to be a dad whereas showing on “The Drew Barrymore Show” in 2022.
When Barrymore mentioned Cena would make “the world’s greatest father” due to his temperament and dedication to philanthropy, the “Suicide Squad” star shrugged off the suggestion.
“I think just because you might be good at something, for me, is not a strong enough reason to do that,” he mentioned. “You have to have a passion for it. You have to have a fuel for it.”
Nonetheless, Cena believes there was a serious profit to broaching the topic of parenting with Shariatzadeh early of their relationship.
“We both got to lean into these uncomfortable moments and address this stuff and now, we’ve actually built a foundation where, whenever one of us is feeling bothered, nothing’s off the table,” he advised Sharpe. “We have our disagreements, but we handle them right then and there. And nothing is too uncomfortable to be unapproachable. … Those conversations have helped me, at least, personally, and her forge a path together as a team.”
Following his scene-stealing bare second on the Oscars in March, Cena appeared within the Amazon Prime comedy “Jackpot!” and had a visitor look in a Season 3 episode of “The Bear.”
He not too long ago wrapped filming on the motion comedy “Heads of State,” wherein he co-stars together with Priyanka Chopra and Idris Elba.
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