John Cena on the Tonight Show Recap: Cena talks about Christmas growing up with his four brothers, learning Mandarin, Mad Libs with naught words

John Cena appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” last night. Fallon introduced him as “a sixteen time WWE World Champion and a talented actor.”

Cena told Fallon this is the rowdiest crowd in late night. Fall said he looks sharp and stylish. Cena said he’s spending holidays with his families.

When asked what Christmas was like as a kid, he said it was five boys and they liked all the same stuff, but it was awful because they were very bad kids and deserved coal every year. He said his dad had a rule they couldn’t step too far down the stairs or his sleeping dad would hear them. Eventually they’d wake up their dad, and then there was an unwrapping scene out of Christmas Story with wrapping paper flying everywhere.

Fallon said he read up on his Wikipedia page, and he learned how to play piano or speak Mandarin in his spare time. He said he has a tutor who helps him with Mandarin. Fallon said it’s tough and Cena said, “Yes it is!” Cena practiced some Mandarin on Fallon. Fallon was amazed. He snuck in a plug for his movie, “Ferdinand.” He then joked “those are all the words you can’t say on TV.”

Fallon asked Cena to talk about “Ferdinand,” a book about a bull that doesn’t want to fight, but wants to smell the flowers. Fallon showed a picture of Cena reading to kids at the Library of Congress. Cena said the story is about being different, and being okay with who you are as long as you’re happy. He said he thinks kids and adults will enjoy the movie.

Fallon said he loves the book. He talked about Ferdinand having to go through a China shop. They aired a clip of that scene, with Cena’s voice over.

Cena then performed Mad Lib theater with Fallon after a commercial break. One of the words he chose during Mad Lib for body part was “perineum.” Fallon said he didn’t know what it was and asked if it was a real part, and Cena sang, “The place in between…” at which point Fallon broke out in laughter. When later asked for another body part, Cena asked, “Can I say anus?” Fallon said he could. Then they read the mad lib and laughed uproariously at the humor they created with silly words.

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