John Cena Appears NUDE on Oscars Stage
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00:00 I can't open the envelope.
00:02 Oh my God.
00:03 There, you look beautiful.
00:06 John Cena nearly naked,
00:08 all in the name of this year's Oscar nominees.
00:11 It's great to see such a spectacle.
00:13 It all went down live during the 96th Academy Awards,
00:17 where host Jimmy Kimmel reminded us
00:18 it's been 50 years since this wild moment.
00:22 At the 46th Academy Awards in 1974,
00:25 David Niven was in the middle of introducing
00:28 Elizabeth Taylor when a nude man, a streaker,
00:32 ran across the stage.
00:35 Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?
00:40 I said, can you imagine if
00:43 a nude man ran across the stage today?
00:49 Wouldn't that be crazy?
00:52 Right on cue, John appeared,
00:56 explaining that he had some reservations
00:58 about the planned bit.
01:00 What's going on?
01:01 You're supposed to run across the stage.
01:03 I changed my mind.
01:05 I don't want to do the streaker bit anymore.
01:07 Oh, it's supposed to be funny.
01:09 The male body is not a joke.
01:10 Mine is.
01:11 No, it's not.
01:14 You're really not gonna do this?
01:18 Fine, just give out the award then.
01:19 God, we're worst.
01:22 Nearly nude, the wrestling pro carefully made his way
01:24 on stage where he was supposed to present the award
01:27 for best costume design.
01:29 Costumes.
01:30 They are so important.
01:36 Maybe the most important thing there is.
01:41 But he ran into a bit of a hiccup.
01:43 I can't open the envelope.
01:46 Oh my God.
01:47 That's when Jimmy came to the rescue,
01:49 quickly cuing a cutaway to the nominees.
01:52 And by the time John was back on screen,
01:54 he'd been draped in a whole new look.
01:56 There, you look beautiful.
01:58 What the audience at home didn't see.
02:00 Jacqueline Jeffries.
02:03 Killers of the final move.
02:04 Costume design by Jacqueline West.
02:07 Napoleon, costume design by JT Gates and Dave Crossman.
02:10 Oppenheimer, costume design by Ian Milosz.
02:16 Poor things, costume.
02:17 Yep, a team burst from the wings to help John get dressed.
02:21 The entire quick change taking just 15 seconds.
02:24 And the Oscar goes to,
02:26 Poor things.
02:29 Like the streaker, only time will tell
02:31 if John's stunt will go down in Oscars history.
02:34 But it's safe to say we salute John
02:36 for giving us his version of the naked truth.
02:39 (upbeat music)
02:42 (upbeat music)
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