John Cena explained why he prefers to keep his relationship with his wife Shay Shariatzadeh private on an episode of Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast on Monday.
The 46-year-old WWE star simply said that he protects his partner by maintaining their privacy because he ‘values her safety and wellbeing.’
He revealed, ‘One of the promises I made to her on the altar was, “I will never put you or I’ll do my best to not put you in an undue harm’s way,”‘
‘So a lot of it is just about genuine safety,’ the Blockers actor continued. ‘And it’s not to say that everyone out there has bad intentions or we’d ever run into someone bad, but you also never know when someone feels threatened.’
‘If my wife, who is my travel partner and partner in life, now feels unsafe or uncomfortable in all these new places we go, I got another hurdle to climb in my personal life. It’s just an exercise in the strength of boundaries and the value of boundaries,’ he finished.
John Cena explained why he prefers to keep his relationship with his wife Shay Shariatzadeh private on an episode of Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Expert podcast on Monday
The 46-year-old WWE star said that he protects his partner by maintaining their privacy because he ‘values her safety and wellbeing’
They originally tied the knot on October 12, 2020 in Florida
The happy couple originally tied the knot on October 12, 2020 at an attorney’s office in Tampa, Florida.
After postponement due to the pandemic delayed their plans, they were finally able to walk down the aisle.
They were first romantically linked when they were seen on a dinner date in Vancouver in March 2019, where John was filming Playing With Fire.
Speaking to ET about a year before they got married, John gushed, ‘What’s truly special about this [movie] is that, no matter what projects I’m involved in the future,’
‘This one will always have a special meaning because I got to film a special project and meet someone special.’
Earlier this year, the Suicide Squad star opened up to Drew Barrymore about whether or not he wants children.
After she suggested that he would be ‘the world’s greatest father’ he reflected, ‘This is just my perspective – totally not qualified – but I think just because you might be good at something, for me, is not a strong enough reason to do that.
‘You have to have passion for it. You have to have a fuel for it. It’s like saying to someone, “Man, you know you are pretty good with your hands. You would be a great carpenter.”‘
Cena added, ‘It’s hard work. It’s hard work to balance the time, I need to run myself correctly. It’s hard work to be the best partner and husband I can be to my loving wife.
‘It’s hard to keep connections with those in my life that I love. And it’s also hard to put in an honest day’s work.’
They were first romantically linked when they were seen on a dinner date in Vancouver in March 2019
The actor believes he is totally ‘not qualified’ to father a child with his wife
We last saw the actor last month while celebrating the premiere of his upcoming movie Ricky Stanicky with his wife
We last saw the actor last month as he rocked a rather dapper look while celebrating the premiere of his upcoming movie Ricky Stanicky with his wife.
Cena most recently starred in the Matthew Vaughn spy thriller Argylle, with a slew of other projects in various stages of production.
He’s currently in production on the action-thriller Heads of State with Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jack Quaid and Carla Gugino.