Speaking to the New York Times ahead of WrestleMania 41, John Cena made some controversial comments about Vince McMahon, fully knowing and admitting he will piss off a lot of people.

Doubling down on his comments about the former WWE Chairman which he did on The Howard Stern show last year, the former 16-time WWE champion said, “I don’t care who hears it: I love Vince.”

Cena said he is not downplaying anything that allegedly happened and needs to be decided, “but when I love somebody, I love them wholeheartedly.”

On the Stern show last year, Cena said that McMahon was his friend and was going to be there for him, whilst admitting that McMahon has a very steep hill to climb because of all the sexual allegations against him.

“I know people are going to be angry about that, but they can’t put their value on my relationship with somebody I love,” Cena said.