Jimmy Kimmel Reveals ABC Tried to Kill John Cena Naked Oscars Bit

In his more than 20 years of hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy Kimmel has endured his fair share of run-ins with the network brass over his particular brand of sometimes naughty comedy. But nothing he has ever done on his late-night show compares to the scrutiny he reportedly endured to get a naked John Cena onto the Oscars stage on Sunday to present the award for Best Costume Design.

The 96th Academy Awards marked Kimmel’s fourth time serving as host, and he didn’t have an easy go of it, he claimed, admitting that getting bosses to approve the Cena segment “on the air—of all the times I’ve hosted the Oscars, the Emmys, or anything—no comedy bit has ever received more scrutiny than this.”

The setup was simple: Cena would scooch across the stage stark naked with nothing but the envelope containing the name of the winner for Best Costume Design, which the Barbie actor was tasked with announcing. But even Kimmel seems shocked that they managed to pull it off.

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