PEOPLE has picked up on newly crowned Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena, revealing that he underwent a hair transplant.
Cena, 47, staying in his heel character during his appearance on Tuesday’s Pat McAfee show said he underwent the surgery last November after fans bullied him about his bald spot.
“You chant and you make me feel small and you embarrass me…y’all don’t know what that’s like. That is straight-up bullying. That’s just not cool. I don’t like it...so, thank you for bullying me into getting surgical hair replacement. That’s how far y’all push me...I just saw it on so many bald spot signs. And that’s the thing, when you get [surgery], your hair falls out because the new ones have to grow. So the old one falls out,” he said while turning to the crowd. “And you guys, by the way, thank you for being so aware of my needs and emotions, because you guys ripped me to shreds for a genetic problem that I can’t control.”
Cena explained how the transplant process worked.
“You have to take the [hair] from the side and plant them in on the top. You take the lawn over here and you put it on the dry spot. It just takes a while for it to come in. It’s coming in, man. It’s coming. Hopefully, in a couple of months, it looks better…I got a problem. I try to fix it. That’s what I’m doing,” he said. “And I’m not going to tell you who did it because I’m still waiting for it to get better. Once it gets better and I’ve got the long flowing locks, I’ll be like, ‘Yo, go to this guy.’ So I’m working on it. Work in progress, work in progress.”
Cena became a records time 17-time world champion after defeating Cody Rhodes for the title at WrestleMania 41 Sunday. The previous record of 16-times was held by WWE Hall of Famer “Nature Boy” Ric Flair.
The interview with Cena on McAfee’s show can be viewed below: