John Cena Asks Filming Fan to Let Him ‘Enjoy Some Time’ With Friends When Asked to Recite His Catchphrase

Just because you can see John Cena, doesn’t necessarily mean he wants to see you.

In a TikTok posted on Tuesday, a fan of Cena, 46, asked him to recite his famous WWE catchphrase “You can’t see me,” while Cena enjoyed time with his friends. In the six-second clip, Cena seemingly grows irritated as his meal is interrupted and recorded.

“Can you do ‘you can’t see me?’” the person behind the camera asks.

“How about let me enjoy some time with my friends?” the wrestler responds.

The fan apologizes before shutting the camera off. The video, which has over 450 thousand views and 50 thousand likes on TikTok, is captioned “L John Cena ????????????.” In the comment section, the person who posted it says the voice is his friend who “decided to be a cornball.”

A debate ensued in the comments, with some fans thinking Cena has every right to ask not to be filmed.

“Leave him alone ????,” one person wrote.

Another suggested, “Or maybe ask him without even recording ‘Hey when you guys are done eating and about to leave may I have a picture’ that’s a way better approach.”

One user offered an alternative piece of advice: “It’s best to ask for something on their way out of the restaurant, never while they’re eating or enjoying someone’s company.”

Others disagreed, claiming that the actor should expect fans to come up to him when he is in public.

“Bro not even doing nothing wrong, that’s his signature move, of course fans are going to want to see it,” someone said.

“This is the second video I’ve seen of him like this. So it’s not just a one-time thing like he was having a bad day. Fame comes with the job,” commented another, which incited 52 comments under this one remark with people arguing over the depth of a celebrity’s privacy.

Last month while on the Today show promoting Fast X, Cena shared the story of how he wound up with a role in the upcoming Barbie movie — which will be out in theaters July 21 — calling it a “happy accident” that he “kind of” pitched himself to the movie’s lead actress Margot Robbie.

“I think Barbie and Fast X share a lot of parallels. Their cast lists are amazing … So with a lot of opportunity, it was a chance for maybe to, ‘Hey, would you guys be willing to have me if I could do something?’ ” Cena told Hoda Kotb.

“In an accidental run-in with Margot Robbie, I said, ‘I will pretty much do whatever you guys need, ’cause I really enjoy the movie,’ he recalled. “And they asked me if I wanted to be a merman. I said, ‘Yeah, sure.’ ”