{"id":266990,"date":"2026-10-05T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/john-cena-says-having-children-would-affect-his-charity-work\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:12","slug":"john-cena-says-having-children-would-affect-his-charity-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/john-cena-says-having-children-would-affect-his-charity-work\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cena says having children would affect his charity work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-10-05\" datetime=\"1791212412\" pubdate=\"\">5 October 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/john-cena\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,john-cena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Cena<\/a> believes his charity work would suffer if he had children.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">John Cena doesn&#8217;t want children<\/p>\n<p>The Matchbox: The Movie actor has always spoken openly about the fact he doesn&#8217;t want to start a family, and he&#8217;s explained that if he and wife Shay Shariatzadeh did have kids, they would take him away from his other commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that from 2002 to 2015 he was only home \u201cabout 15 days a year and even now it\u2019s maybe 70\u201d, he added to The Guardian newspaper: \u201cIf I said yes to children, I have to say no to everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And referring to the fact he has granted more than 650 Make-A-Wish wishes for the charity, he added: \u201cI really enjoy my life.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have a family of my own, I don\u2019t have those 650 moments \u2026 I\u2019m flying with just my partner on this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe WWE ambassador married Shay in 2020 after a year of dating and he couldn&#8217;t be happier with their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cI have a loving connection that people don\u2019t see. I don\u2019t need the world to totally know me as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe 47-year-old star previously admitted he and Shay have had &#8220;open conversations&#8221; about raising a family but ultimately found themselves to be &#8220;on the same page&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nJohn began the &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221; discussions very early in their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking on the Club Shay Shay podcast, he said: &#8220;I opened with a few uncomfortable conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThose were first or second date questions with my now-wife. It\u2019s great because we both got to lean into these uncomfortable moments, address this stuff and build a foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd as a result of the intense chats so early in their romance, &#8220;nothing is off the table&#8221; between the couple.<\/p>\n<p>\nJohn said: \u201cNothing is too uncomfortable to be unapproachable. Starting off with a conversation about \u2026 what is the definition of our family \u2026 helped us forge a path together as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Blockers actor admitted in 2022 he didn&#8217;t feel &#8220;qualified&#8221; to be a parent and doesn&#8217;t have the &#8220;passion&#8221; for fatherhood.<\/p>\n<p>\nAppearing on The Drew Barrymore Show, he said when the host declared he&#8217;d be the &#8220;world&#8217;s greatest father&#8221; because of his philanthropic efforts and his temperament: \u201cI think just because you might be good at something, for me, is not a strong enough reason to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cYou have to have a passion for it. You have to have a fuel for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/john-cena-says-children-affect-charity-work-1451658.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 October 2026 John Cena believes his charity work would suffer if he had children. John Cena doesn&#8217;t want children The Matchbox: The Movie actor has always spoken openly about the fact he doesn&#8217;t want to start a family, and he&#8217;s explained that if he and wife Shay Shariatzadeh did have kids, they would take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[513,6541,7387],"class_list":{"0":"post-266990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-drew-barrymore","9":"tag-john-cena","10":"tag-shay-shariatzadeh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}