The HBO Max series Peacemaker has just come to an end, and it appears as if the first season was quite successful. While the success of the HBO Max series has put its star, John Cena, in the spotlight, it appears that's not always a great thing considering he's come under fire for a recent tweet about the character.
Not long after the Peacemaker series came to a close and the character in the HBO Max show seemingly saved the world from an alien takeover, things in the real world started to get a bit more violent. After weeks of threats, Vladimir Putin ordered his armed forces to invade Ukraine. Most of the world has spent the last few days sharing their takes on the situation on social media and Cena joined the fray with his own tweet, though the way he delivered his message was met with some pushback because some thought he might have been claiming he could fix everything.
The Peacemaker actor took to Twitter with a short tweet. While he doesn't go into great detail on just what he meant by the post, more than a few social media users have decided to read into his comments. "If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life Peacemaker," he wrote. "I think this would be a great time to do so."
Because the tweet came out just as the war in Ukraine had started, the post started a firestorm of responses from people who thought he might be hinting that Peacemaker could somehow help solve the issue. Many users on the social media platform made it clear they felt like this was the wrong time for that particular kind of post. At least one user even compared Cena's post to one that was issued by Mark Wahlberg shortly after the attacks on September 11, 2001. Wahlberg claimed things would have been different if he'd been on one of the planes.
However, other users came to the defense of Cena, saying that perhaps he simply meant that this moment in time was one that needed people who were looking for peace. A back and forth between fans of the Peacemaker star has continued for days as they try to read into his comments.
So far, the Peacemaker star has not addressed just what he meant when he tweeted out his desire to actually be the DC Comics antihero. He has tweeted other comments since that post, including one that could be alluding to his earlier words, saying that most people are just trying to find a place and purpose in the world.
Peacemaker is now available on HBO Max.
Source: John Cena/Twitter