Oscars 2024: John Cena presents an award while nearly nude

Really, Cena showed up on stage at the most important Hollywood event of the year nearly completely nude.

Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the program, introduced the skit by giving a brief overview of Oscar history and making a reference to the 1974 ceremony, in which a streaker rushed across the stage. "Can you imagine if a nude man ran across the stage today?" said Kimmel. Would that not be absurd?

Cena informed Kimmel that he no longer wanted to "do the streaker bit" when he peered out from the corner of the stage.

It's a sophisticated occasion. Sincerely, you ought to be embarrassed right now for putting up such an obscene suggestion," Cena grumbled. "Men's bodies are not toys!"

Kimmel contended that Cena, a well-known WWE wrestler, engages in nude wrestling. Cena retorted, "Dude, I don't wrestle naked." "In jorts, I wrestle!"

"Naked isn't better than jorts!" As the audience laughed, Kimmel said.

At this time, the audience's mouths fell as Cena approached the center of the platform while wearing an enormous winner's envelope over his privates.

"Costumes are incredibly significant. While delivering the award, he remarked, "Maybe the most important thing there is."

With help from Kimmel, who subsequently covered Cena with a drape to make him appear far less exposed, they declared Holly Waddington the winner of the Oscar for best costume design for "Poor Things."

Despite giving the impression that he was nude on stage, Cena "was covered in the groin and butt crack area - and the envelope was velcroed to him," a knowledgeable source says CNN.

Why are there safety precautions around Cena's intimate areas? CNN understands that the show had to ensure there were no FCC breaches.

Oscar winner Waddington might now be able to create something that Cena can wear to the afterparty.