John Cena’s ‘U Can’t See Me’ hand gesture has become an unforgettable part of his character and during his recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show; he revealed the origin of it.
According to Cena, at the time he was making music for his theme and when his brother heard the song, he did a weird hand gesture from a 50 cent video:
I was actually making the music for my own theme song that you just so heard and finally serenaded me to, thank you very much. We played it for my brother. The first time he heard it, 50 Cent’s crew had a really popular song called, “In Da Club,” and he heard it the first time and instead of dancing, like he was our litmus test to see what songs were good and what songs were bad, he did this.” (Cena bopped his head with his still hand in front of his face.)
And when his brother dared him to do the same gesture on TV, John decided to it with a slight variation and it ended up becoming a big part of his character:
I’m like, “Dude, what are you doing?” He’s like, “Nah, everybody does this man, everybody does this.” And I guess this is from 50 Cent’s video. He’s like, “You won’t do it on TV.” What the hell do I got to lose? What are they going to do, fire me? Of course, I’ll do it on TV. But instead of doing this (still hand), I do this (the hand movement that we know today). And now for fifteen years, because of a dare, I’ve been doing this (hand movement). And I’ll do you one better: People actually think I’m invisible.
You can check out the ‘In Da Club’ music video which Cena talks about, featuring the mentioned had gesture towards the end in the video below:
