Kimmel on Naked John Cena Segment: ‘We Weren’t Going to Take No for an Answer’ from the Executives

EXCERPT:

KIMMEL: "And John Cena — John Cena, we wanted to do something to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Oscar streaker, you remember the guy that ran make across the stag? So I asked John Cena to present the Oscar for best costume design with no clothes on, just an envelope in front of him. And he was very funny. But getting this on the air, of all the times I’ve hosted the Oscars or the Emmys or anything, no comedy bit has ever received more scrutiny than this. There were meetings and side-meetings, there were e-mails and texts and phone calls, there were people sweating. Somebody was crying. And then, once they realized we weren’t going to take no for an answer, there were intense discussions about the size of the envelope, and whether we needed to Velcro it to John's body. We had to fill his crack and have socks and various testicalia was discussed. Every television network has what we call an S&P department, which stands for 'scrotum & penis, the scrotum and penis department. This is the envelope they wanted us to use. It’s too big. They kept demanding that we make the envelope bigger and bigger, which, well, first of all, I have to say congratulations to John Cena.”