John Cena used to eat '10,000 calories' of Tic Tacs before his wrestling matches
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Here's a piece of entirely useless trivia you'll never forget: Wrestler-turned-actor John Cena used to be a Tic Tac fiend, downing so many boxes of the breath mints before his wrestling matches that he estimates he sometimes took in "as much as 10,000 calories of straight sugar."
The number of Tic Tacs needed to actually add up to 10,000 calories notwithstanding, Cena said, "you always want to try to smell your best" — because nothing says "smell your best" like two sweaty dudes rolling around in a wrestling ring. Read more at Yahoo Entertainment.
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Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.
