John Cena Finally Explains the Meaning Behind His Cryptic Social Media Posts

Philip Ellis

November 17, 2019 2:08 PM

Twitter and celebrities can often be uneasy bedfellows: while some stars take to the medium like ducks to water and use it to show fans snapshots of their lives, share opinions and promote their latest projects, others shun it, or hand control of it over to a publicist who will tweet out soulless links to their newest book or movie.

John Cena Explains His Cryptic Social Media Posts

And then you have celebs who use it somewhat differently, like wrestler-turned-actor John Cena . In a recent interview , Cena explained that he uses the platform for the usual work-related purposes, but also as a mindfulness tool.

Ask the difficult questions, start the difficult conversations, do the difficult work. With empathy, effort, patience, and persistence...impossible can become reality. John Cena (@JohnCena)

"Two years ago, I openly decided that I would use Twitter for a little bit of self-promotion and then as a journal," he said. "I'm trying to tip the balance of the social platform a little bit more toward the positive."

Cena revealed that he spends an hour each morning journaling, and that a lot of the time, his thoughts and reflections end up becoming the missives that he posts on Twitter.

Look back on it all with a smile. Look forward to it all with excitement. Plant yourself here in the now with purpose. John Cena (@JohnCena)

His Instagram account, meanwhile, remains inscrutable. Anybody who has spent much time following Cena on Insta will know two things: he never posts photos of his own face, and none of his photos come with captions. The result is a surreal feed devoid of context, a grid of images that are almost Dadaist in their intentional meaninglessness.

Cena was called out on this during a recent appearance on A Little Late with Lilly Singh , but it seems that his Instagram makes perfect sense to him, and that several of his posts contain layers upon layers of meta-commentary that are open to interpretation. For instance, one of his pics is a screengrab of the error screen from when Instagram went down. So naturally the first thought that went through Cena's mind when he wrote that was: "I'm gonna blast out that Instagram went down... on Instagram."

OK, so maybe there are no galaxy brain takes to be found on Cena's Insta but it's a fun, weird place to be nonetheless. And if you're looking for meaning, insight, or inspiration, well... you know where his Twitter account is.

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Philip Ellis