Dwayne Johnson demands new wax figure to be updated
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is being rock solid about this.
The former WWE star revealed on Instagram Saturday that he has requested “improvements” to his wax figure that was recently unveiled at the Grevin Museum in Paris.
“I knew my boy [Jefferson Jr.] had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshairs,” Johnson, 51, captioned a reposted video from “The Circle” alum James Andre Jefferson Jr. making fun of the figure. “Legit belly laughed at this.”
“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,” the “Fast and Furious” star continued.
“And next time I’m in Paris, I’ll stop in and have a drink with myself,” Johnson concluded.
The Post reached out to the Grévin Museum for comment.
Johnson’s figure, which was revealed last week, sparked outrage online after several fans blasted the museum for making the “Moana” star’s skin way too pale as well as displaying off-center facial features.
“They forgot to bake at 400°F for 10 mins until golden brown,” a fan wrote on social media.
“They whitewashed the Rock,”a second person on X (formerly Twitter) snickered.
“When The Rock and Vin Diesel had a kid,” a third user added.
“That ain’t the rock that’s Mr. Clean,” another user joked.
One user went to the extreme of calling the figure a “horrible representation of this man,” adding that it was “so disrespectful that you took away from who he really is to keep whiteness in play because it’s too fragile for your reality!”
In an effort to resume the light-hearted banter, one user commented that the figure should be called Dwayne “The pebble.”
Another person joked the statue was what you would get if you ordered Johnson off of Wish.com.
The “Jumanji” star is not the only celeb to have a horrendous waxwork created.
In October 2021, the Madame Tussaud’s museum in Blackpool, England, came under fire after they displayed several figures of senior royals Kate Middleton, Prince William and the late Queen Elizabeth and her beloved corgis.
The Polonia Wax Museum in Poland also was slammed by die-hard royal fans when they released their own version of Kate and William, both 41.
Middleton’s figure in the museum featured a very prominent forehead and long brown hair, while Willam’s appeared too glossy and tan.
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