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WWE Apologizes Over John Cena's Homophobic Raps; Teams With GLAAD
John Cena and the WWE have launched a new partnership with GLAAD after the rapping wrestler made some rhymes that were offensive to the LGBT community.
GLAAD took action against the WWE over a February 21st broadcast of WWE Raw, where John Cena taunted Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson by rapping about his film roles.
John Cena accused The Rock of being a "fairy" in various movie roles and left no doubt when he rapped: "Just don’t go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cause your mountain is Brokeback."
To make matters worse for the WWE, Cena took aim at another wrestler named "The Miz," a week later on February 28th.
“Do you really want to look back years from now and realize you shared your legacy with another man?! ….Wait don’t answer that…"
GLAAD contacted WWE executives over the popular rapping wrestler's rants, out of fear that young boys who watch the show would become bullies or experience homophobic bullying.
WWE issued a full apology over John Cena's raps and his offensive comments.
"WWE takes this issue very seriously, and has already spoken with our talent about these incidents," WWE said in a statement. "We are taking steps and working with GLAAD to ensure that our fans know that WWE is against bullying or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We strongly value our fans in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and apologize to them for these incidents.
"We are very much looking forward to developing our relationship with WWE, and we thank them both for hearing our message loud and clear, and for planning to send an anti-bullying message of their own."
According to GLAAD, executives and writers for the WWE have issued assurances that these types of incidents never happen again.
WWE is also planning a campaign to reach their adolescent audience with messages aimed at ending bullying or taunting someone due to their sexual preference.
Source: allhiphop.com
GLAAD took action against the WWE over a February 21st broadcast of WWE Raw, where John Cena taunted Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson by rapping about his film roles.
John Cena accused The Rock of being a "fairy" in various movie roles and left no doubt when he rapped: "Just don’t go racing to Witch Mountain, Rock, cause your mountain is Brokeback."
To make matters worse for the WWE, Cena took aim at another wrestler named "The Miz," a week later on February 28th.
“Do you really want to look back years from now and realize you shared your legacy with another man?! ….Wait don’t answer that…"
GLAAD contacted WWE executives over the popular rapping wrestler's rants, out of fear that young boys who watch the show would become bullies or experience homophobic bullying.
WWE issued a full apology over John Cena's raps and his offensive comments.
"WWE takes this issue very seriously, and has already spoken with our talent about these incidents," WWE said in a statement. "We are taking steps and working with GLAAD to ensure that our fans know that WWE is against bullying or discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. We strongly value our fans in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, and apologize to them for these incidents.
"We are very much looking forward to developing our relationship with WWE, and we thank them both for hearing our message loud and clear, and for planning to send an anti-bullying message of their own."
According to GLAAD, executives and writers for the WWE have issued assurances that these types of incidents never happen again.
WWE is also planning a campaign to reach their adolescent audience with messages aimed at ending bullying or taunting someone due to their sexual preference.
Source: allhiphop.com