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WWE legend John Cena explains how he had to trick his mother into moving into her new house.
During his recent appearance on Good Hang with Amy Poehler, John Cena recounted surprising his mother, Carol, with a new house for her birthday 15 years ago.
Cena explained how there's never any land for sale in West Newbury, but an opportunity came up around the time of the 2008 financial crisis in the United States. He enlisted the help of his brother, Dan, who was working as a contractor to build the house, which he claimed was for his own move back home.
Two years later, Cena invited everyone over for a Thanksgiving party and to show off the house, and finally let his mom in on the big surprise. However, after she initially refused, Cena had to explain that the movers and trucks were already scheduled to move her belongings the very next morning.
Cena then tricked her by leveraging her practical, hard-working mindset, framing it as a favor to him so his effort and money wouldn’t go to waste.
John Cena explains how he got his mom to accept the house
“My mom doesn’t like that, but she wanted to come see the whole house. When everybody gets in the bar room, I give my mom a birthday present, and it’s the key to the house, and she, like, lost it,” Cena said. “She’s like, ‘I can’t, I can’t.’ I’m like, ‘No, it’s already taken care of. Movers are coming tomorrow.’
“My mom was living on the third floor of like a triple family in an attic in 300 square feet with her stuff packed in. And she was just by herself, packed in, and she was content and happy. That’s who my mom is. She’s a lunch-pail blue (collar), like she’d go to work,” Cena continued.
“She wouldn’t accept it. So then I had to negotiate. I had to be a diplomat,” Cena went on. “I’m like, ‘You don’t understand. There’ll be trucks there tomorrow. Everyone’s on board. We’re going to move your stuff over. I’ll tell you what, it’s already here. This isn’t for me. Could you please at least give it a try so all this doesn’t go to waste?’
She was like, “‘Well, if it’s going to waste.’ Cena continued, “And that was like 15 years ago, and she’s been there ever since. Now it’s her place, and we get together there on holidays, and it’s her place. She earned it. She absolutely earned it.”
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