Why John cena didn't want kids

• John Cena and Nikki Bella ended their engagement weeks before their destination wedding. (Getty Images)

John Cena was adamant that he didn’t want children, revealing to Rolling Stone in 2016 that he “cannot handle raising” kids. But when his fiancée, Nikki Bella, broke up with him abruptly, reportedly because she wanted a family, the wrestler-turned-actor changed his tune in a hurry.

In a vulnerable reveal on Today, Cena told Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb that he’d had a change of heart in the days following his split. He admitted to “stubbornness” and “selfishness” in his slightly younger years, holding on to old beliefs about his capabilities as a potential father. “I love her,” he said. “I want to be with her. I want to make her my wife. I want to be the father of her children. I just want us to work.”