Dwayne Johnson Asks Paris Wax Museum to “Update” His Sculpture’s Skin Tone
Dwayne Johnson has some critiques of his new wax figure at the Grevin Museum in Paris — namely, its skin tone. The actor took to social media over the weekend to graciously point out that his lookalike looks, well, white.
“[This is] a wax figure of The Rock,” comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr. said in an Instagram reel reposted by Johnson over the weekend. “You know, Black-ass Samoan The Rock? That’s how Paris thinks he looks. They turned The Rock into a pebble! They done turned The Rock into an albino rock… How are you gonna take all the n**** out of Dwayne Johnson?!”
Sadly, it’s not unusual for celebrities of color to get the short end of the stick when it comes to their wax figure reproductions; just ask Beyoncé and Rihanna. But Johnson took it with a good sense of humor, writing that he “belly laughed” at Jefferson’s roast of the sculpture. “I’m going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin 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,” he added in the caption, complete with some emojis in a more appropriate shade of brown. “And next time I’m in Paris, I’ll stop in and have a drink with myself.”
The comment section of the post bred its own smorgasbord of hilarious responses: “Looks like Mr. Clean cosplaying as The Rock,” one user said, while another inquired with palpable concern: “Why they took your melanin???” Thankfully, representatives for the Grevin Museum told Deadline that they’d “remedy” their whitewashed Rock “as quickly as possible and send him new photos once completed.”
See Jefferson’s very funny video critiquing The Rock’s wax figure below.
Earlier this year, Johnson and Oprah Winfrey announced the launch of the People’s Fund of Maui in response to the devastating wildfires in the Hawaiian city, putting forth an initial $10 million towards the fund.