00:00Now, did you retire from wrestling because you're lazy?
00:04That was a problem on set.
00:06You're not known for your work ethic.
00:13I'm here to take over this interview and ask Mr. John Cena some hard-hitting questions.
00:19I'd say the lineage is Alfred Hitchcock and then me.
00:27My relationship to John, purely sexual.
00:30Thank you so much.
00:31It's just really hot sex and we have nothing in common, so we don't really talk after we
00:36make love.
00:39John Cena, right?
00:40It's your house, bud.
00:41I'm Eric Andre.
00:42I'm going to interview you.
00:43Can I get a hand sanitizer?
00:45I don't know where John has been.
00:47That's a good amount.
00:48There you go.
00:51What's the movie about?
00:52What does it matter?
00:52It's a great movie.
00:53Eric Andre's in it.
00:53I didn't read the script and I didn't watch it.
00:54By the way, EA.
00:56Sports.
00:57It's in the movie.
00:58It's in the game.
00:59JC.
01:00EA.
01:01JC and EA.
01:03Okay.
01:03Were you really a limo driver?
01:04I read that.
01:05I was.
01:07Stretched for two days.
01:09I did mostly town car stuff.
01:11Were you a taxi driver too?
01:12No, I was not a taxi driver.
01:13I was a car service driver and a poor one at that.
01:16This was before GPS.
01:17Okay.
01:18I'd grown up in West Newberry and never been outside of West Newberry, so I didn't know where
01:21to go.
01:21Do you still do that or you've made the switch to Uber?
01:25I've often thought that ride sharing is my calling.
01:28I didn't write any questions for you.
01:30I just have this piece of ham on it.
01:32You were a fan of deli meats.
01:35It's old meat.
01:36Aged cold cuts.
01:37Well, it was in here before we got here.
01:39Have you ever gotten food poisoning?
01:43Did a fart come out of your duffel bag?
01:46I'm not going to say where that came from.
01:49Sure.
01:49Whose it was.
01:49No problem.
01:50You know who Leslie Nielsen is?
01:52I'm very familiar with Leslie Nielsen.
01:54Leslie Nielsen is a participant in WWE.
01:57Was he?
01:58Was.
01:58Was he?
01:59He was great.
01:59Loved it.
02:00Always traveled to the fart machine.
02:02Every single time he would use the fart machine, it would be the funniest thing in
02:05the world.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Yeah.
02:07I'm not saying that's what's happening.
02:08Here.
02:09Yeah, I don't know where you're going with that.
02:11Speaking of that, what do we got here?
02:15It's hair.
02:16Okay.
02:17Uh, do you know where you got this?
02:19Well, you can have it.
02:20You can take it home if you want it.
02:22It's very thoughtful.
02:23You've brought a bag of stuff.
02:26I have a question for you.
02:26Were you talking to me or what were you talking about?
02:28You've had a run in the WWE.
02:30How was that?
02:30Well, it was horrible.
02:32First of all, I did Street Fighter rolling rings.
02:33Nothing but polite.
02:35Then he fucking turns on me.
02:36Is there anything we can do?
02:37You can come out of retirement and help me.
02:40You know what?
02:42There's no way that's going to happen.
02:43I might dose your drink and hypnotize you into putting that single back on.
02:50So you want to drug me?
02:52Correct.
02:53With either, I would say like a hallucinogen or a sedative?
02:57Yeah.
02:57Both.
02:58Maybe a combo.
02:59And then expect me to have the wherewithal to be able to save you?
03:03Is that an old timey seltzer thing?
03:05You know, I'm a big wrestling fan.
03:06You know, I had junkyard dog sheets as a kid growing up.
03:10I go there as a fan.
03:12When I was there, a lot of the guys were like, I like that scene of retired because of how
03:20dirty.
03:22You thought you were the Wembayana of the organization.
03:30Why did you retire?
03:32What are you thinking, dude?
03:33It was time to retire.
03:35Yeah, but what about the Cheddar Chase?
03:38How much money you got in the bank account?
03:40Show me your, what were you talking about?
03:43Your Chase app.
03:44No.
03:45John, be honest with me.
03:46Is this the best interview you've ever had?
03:49This is the most recent.
03:51Okay, I'll take that.
03:52This is the best.
03:55This is the best interview about Little Brother featuring Eric Andre.
03:59Yeah.
04:00For GQ that I have ever had.
04:02Yeah.
04:03I'm sure that's going to help us a lot.
04:04Now, did you retire from wrestling because you're lazy?
04:09That was a problem on set.
04:10You're not known for your work ethic.
04:13There's kind of no way to say it.
04:15No, you're being a good friend.
04:16Now, apart from me, who are your heroes?
04:20You're, I think you're in that, you're in the first seat.
04:23Okay.
04:23Who'd you grow up watching?
04:28I'm fucking starving, man.
04:30Who do you think I grew up watching?
04:32Mel Tomei, Frank Sinatra, DC Sniper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Hacksaw, Jim Duggan.
04:38All those guys.
04:38Junkyard Dog, Jake the Snake.
04:40You never gave credit to any of those guys.
04:46Notoriously.
04:46So what a chance.
04:47You said in an interview, I invented wrestling.
04:50Anyone that came before me is a loser.
04:52I might have had a different perspective back then.
04:56Yep.
04:56I got cast as your little brother.
04:58Did that make you angry or horny?
05:01Definitely more on the horny side.
05:03That's what I figured.
05:04Because you brought the idea.
05:05Mm-hmm.
05:06So, I mean, I wanted the world to see some Eric Andre.
05:09Then when I read the script, I realized I was going to see some Eric Andre.
05:11You sure did.
05:12So I can't.
05:13You bought more than you can do.
05:15If I have only two emotions, anger and horny, I got to go with more horny.
05:18I like combining those emotions.
05:19What was more intimidating, your WWE television debut or shaking my hand for the first time?
05:25WWE television debut.
05:27Nervous backstage?
05:28Very much so.
05:29No.
05:30You don't ever get nervous.
05:31I get nervous all the time.
05:32I'm nervous right now.
05:32Are you nervous because I'm taking strange objects out of a bag?
05:42Is it true you won best body in your senior year at high school?
05:45No.
05:46I definitely didn't.
05:47Oh, really?
05:48Yeah.
05:48They said that you actually did.
05:50Jeez, who gets these facts?
05:51That's not.
05:52That wasn't like a joke.
05:53No.
05:53I didn't.
05:54I don't know if that's true.
05:56I know in my senior year in high school, I was given the achievement of Ideal Cushing
06:01Boy because that is an exemplary award that shows appreciation for the institution and pretty
06:10much the award of school spirit.
06:12I know I was given that award.
06:13What was your first match?
06:16What city?
06:172002 Chicago, Illinois versus Kurt Angle.
06:19Oh, he's tough.
06:22Kurt Angle.
06:23They seem to be different on paper, but can you tell us about the similarities between
06:26wrestling and comedy?
06:27Oh my God, so many.
06:30Performative in front of a live audience.
06:32You need to prep your ass off.
06:34Yep.
06:35You have to be able to pivot.
06:36Yep.
06:37You have to deal with chaos and anything that can happen.
06:40You start your profession in really seedy or questionable locations, trying to hone
06:45your craft.
06:48What do you think people get wrong about you?
06:51What are the biggest misconceptions?
06:53I don't know how important that is.
06:55Who cares, right?
06:57What does RuPaul say?
06:58I don't care if people talk shit about me.
07:00That's their business.
07:01It is.
07:02It is.
07:03I don't care if people eat chips.
07:05Yeah.
07:06When they're talking to me, that's their business.
07:10You know, this role feels somewhat against type for you.
07:13There's no superhuman element, excuse me, or action sequences.
07:19What was it like playing kind of the straight man for once, a normal guy?
07:22What is it like asking a legitimate question amidst all this?
07:27It was the hardest.
07:29That was the hardest, right?
07:29It was actually the hardest part for me.
07:30Like, oh my God, this is a real...
07:31You got nervous when I was reaching to the back.
07:33I got nervous asking a legitimate question.
07:35Yeah.
07:36This movie is a vehicle for you to show everybody that you're awesome.
07:39And you do that.
07:39You crush.
07:40You're such a straight man.
07:41Chaos aside, you crush.
07:43And honestly, friend to friend, as I read this, I'm like, yo, I feel I can help to bring
07:51heart to this movie.
07:52You bring the heart as well.
07:53Oh my God.
07:54People are going to see Little Brother, dude.
07:56They're...
07:56I can't wait for people to see this.
07:58You're very...
07:58You're very kind of...
07:59In totality, I think it's the best work you've ever done.
08:02How do I get back to a fart sound effect after a speech like that?
08:05We can do that.
08:06Just hit the button.
08:06Just hit the button.
08:07Just hit the button.
08:08I ran out of props a long time ago, too, so I'm like...
08:12I'm eating chips.
08:13I thought that was like an old school gag bottle of seltzer.
08:15You were...
08:16You were stressed.
08:17I was like, man...
08:19No, no.
08:19I want to nail you.
08:20I still got a few hours in this thing.
08:21No, no, no.
08:21That suit, that beautiful Steve Harvey suit, I want to nail that.
08:24Thank you very much.
08:24You know, on the Eric Andre show, and people will not believe this, I've never got liquid
08:30on a guest.
08:31And I'm pranking the shit out of him.
08:33I believe that.
08:34But we have some rules.
08:35John Waters says there's good bad taste and there's bad bad taste.
08:40Talk about that.
08:41I never wanted any of my pranks on the show to feel mean spirited.
08:43Yeah.
08:44I always wanted them to feel like I'm your kid brother and we're both sharing the laugh
08:51about it.
08:52I love the show.
08:53Just spilling coffee on somebody's outfit to me isn't funny.
08:55It could be funny.
08:57I think it's funny and poor taste.
08:58Yeah, there's good bad taste and bad taste.
09:00You spilling coffee on yourself or like puking and then asking a question.
09:04Yes.
09:04That's good bad taste.
09:05Yes, exactly.
09:06Can I borrow $20 before we go?
09:08I don't have any.
09:09I told you.
09:09I got nothing.
09:10I don't even have a phone on me.
09:12Okay.
09:13Well, maybe go downstairs, get it and then.
09:16What do you need the $20 for?
09:20Really towards anything.
09:22I'm kind of between jobs right now.
09:24Are there any roles you're dying to play?
09:26Did I ask that?
09:27Oh, that's beyond our control, dude.
09:29You know that.
09:30Yeah, I don't know.
09:31It's a professional.
09:32You're in it.
09:32Yeah.
09:32Stuff's beyond our control.
09:34I agree.
09:34When life hands you an opportunity, like the book of Little Brother, say yes.
09:40I will say this.
09:41Say yes.
09:42And we appreciate you.
09:44We were, it took us a while to write that script.
09:47I didn't write it, by the way.
09:49But, you know, I was involved in the early mumbles of it.
09:55And then Netflix goes, we'll do the movie if you get John Cena.
09:58We sent it to you on a Friday.
10:00You read it by Monday and said yes.
10:02That never happens.
10:03Here's the thing.
10:03When you're trying to get a movie star on a fishing line, you have to wait forever.
10:08And then they say no.
10:09And you were just like, boom, huh?
10:11Yeah, great.
10:12The truth is, I read it Friday.
10:14So little.
10:14And business is closed.
10:15Yeah.
10:16So no one can do a deal until Monday.
10:19Yeah.
10:19I was in on Saturday.
10:20That was the best.
10:21Yeah.
10:21I appreciate you.
10:22And look what we have.
10:23We have this awkward interview that will forever be archived in the annals of history.
10:28They weren't rolling.
10:29That has chaos.
10:30I lived it.
10:31I lived it.
10:33Somehow I owe you 20 bucks.
10:35More than that.
10:36Okay, you're right.
10:37We're getting up to 40 or 60.
10:38Yeah.
10:39Thank you, John.
10:39You're such a bucket, sweetheart.
10:41I appreciate you.
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