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11 Mar 2024

Oscars attendees applauded Cena's outfit choice

Published: 0:36, 11 Mar 2024Updated: 5:34, 11 Mar 2024

PRO wrestler John Cena stood naked with just an envelope covering him next to Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel in a shocking segment in Sunday night's Academy Awards.

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Cena, 46, scooted out onto the stage to present the award for best costume design in just his birthday suit and Birkenstocks in a major shock for Oscar attendees. 

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John Cena streaked at the 96th annual Oscars award ceremonyCredit: AP

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In the envelope he used to cover himself was the winner for best costume designCredit: ABC

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Cena was seen behind the scene wearing nude colored underwearCredit: Handout - Getty

When he got up to the microphone he said, “Costumes,” and then shook his head and added, “They are so important.” 

Even with the obvious elephant in the room of him being naked, the crowd still applauded wildly for Cena as he walked out. 

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Elsewhere during the glitzy event:

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Cena is not the first person to streak at the Oscars.

Kimmel even referenced when photographer Robert Opel streaked at the award show 50 years ago.

During the 1974 event, Opel ran nude across the stage while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor.

In a sketch poking fun at the incident, Kimmel told the audience that John Cena was going to reenact the moment.

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He instead sauntered out wearing nothing but Birkenstocks and an envelope.

Inside the envelope was the winner of Best Costume Design, which John presented to Holly Waddington for Poor Things.

Other Oscar winners included The Boy and the Heron as the best-animated feature film, Robert Downey Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Oppenheimer, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Holdovers.

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20 Days in Mariupol won Best Documentary Feature Film, Poor Things won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and The Last Repair Shop won Best Documentary Short Film.

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, OPPENHEIMER

Hollywood’s biggest night hit the small screen on ABC on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at a sprightly 7 p.m. ET.

This was an hour earlier than usual, or two, considering the daylight savings time change. 

As usual, the 96th annual Oscars were held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

Late-night star Kimmel served as host and flatlined with a "cringe" joke about Robert Downey Jr.'s past drug use.

The Oscars saw the year’s most critically acclaimed movies, actors, directors, and everyone behind them duke it out.

Oppenheimer (13 nods), Poor Things (10), Killers of The Flower Moon (10), and Barbie (8) led the tally.

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Fans felt the Kenergy as Ryan Gosling performed “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie with Mark Ronson, and Billie Eilish drew tears with “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie.

Presenters included Mahershala Ali, Bad Bunny, Emily Blunt, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Zendaya, and a nude John Cena.

Awards-wise, the Barbenehimer summer craze has fizzled out, and it was a statuesque night for the Robert Oppenheimer biopic.

Best Supporting Actor was won by Oppenheimer's Downey Jr. (his first).

And Christopher Nolan's three-hour atomic bomb opus won Best Picture and Best Director (Nolan’s first Best Director nod).

Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne’s (potentially plagiarized) The Holdovers.

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Anatomy of A Fall won Best Original Screenplay, and American Fiction Best Adapted Screenplay.

Best Actress seemed like a toss-up with Anatomy of A Fall’s Sandra Hüller squaring up against Poor Things’ Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone of Scorcese’s Killers of The Flower Moon.

But in the end, Emma Stone won out, which snubbed Lily of being the first native Oscar winner.

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The actor left little to the imagination as he joined the Oscars stageCredit: ABC

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Stars like Margot Robbie were shocked by 'naked' John CenaCredit: ABC
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