Dwayne Johnson wants whitewashed wax figure to be updated: 'Starting with my skin color'
Yes, Dwayne Johnson has seen the TikToks about his botched wax figure in France and he's working on it.
Last week, the Musée Grévin waxwork museum in Paris debuted a figure meant to depict the likeness of the famed wrestler turned actor. But while the final product shares the Black Adam star's muscles and signature smile, fans were quick to point out a glaring issue across social media: The statue's skin tone is many shades lighter than it should be.
Art Streiber/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty;Paris, Marc Piasecki/Getty Dwayne Johnson and his wax replica at the Musée Grévin in Paris
The critiques of the figure — which not only compare it to Mr. Clean but outright call it a whitewashed version of the Samoan actor — did not escape Johnson's notice. On Saturday, he posted a video from comedian and The Circle alum, James Andre Jefferson Jr., making fun of the wax replica.
"I knew my boy [Jefferson Jr.] had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshairs," Johnson, 51, captioned the Instagram post. "Legit belly laughed at this."
Regarding the figure itself, he added, "For the record, I'm going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grévin Museum, in Paris France so we can work at 'updating' my wax figure here with some important details and improvements- starting with my skin color. And next time I'm in Paris, I'll stop in and have a drink with myself."
The Grévin Museum did not immediately respond to EW's request for comment.
In Jefferson Jr.'s video, he incredulously pokes fun at the complexion difference between Johnson and his statue, sharing a photo of the wax statue and saying, "You know Black-ass Samoan The Rock? That's how Paris thinks he looks."
He continued: "They turned The Rock into a pebble. They turned The Rock into the albino Rock. It looks like The Rock has never seen the sun a day in his life. You make The Rock look like he David Beckham. It looks like The Rock about to be a part of the royal family."
In a bit that Johnson wrote earned a "legit" belly laugh, Jefferson Jr. took a jab at the racist backlash surrounding Halle Bailey's casting as Ariel in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
"If this how y'all felt when you lost The Little Mermaid, I understand," he joked. "Let's do Uno reverse, y'all get The Little Mermaid back, the mystical creature, and we get The Rock back."
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