Dwayne Johnson Reacts to Very White Waxwork Statue

A wax figure of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was revealed at the Musée Grévin in Paris on October 18, and quickly attracted a lot of laughter online.

But it wasn't just social media users mocking the sculpture—with its skin tone several shades lighter than the real Johnson, the actor himself had something to say.

Posting to Instagram on October 22, Johnson shared a clip by comedian James Jefferson poking fun at the white-washed waxwork.

"This is a wax figure of The Rock. You know, black a** Samoan The Rock," Jefferson said in the video.

"They turned The Rock into a pebble. They done turned The Rock into a vinyl rock or something like that."

Jefferson then began ripping into the artist behind the wax figure, saying: "It look like The Rock ain't never seen the sun a day in his life."

"Whoever the artist behind this, don't need to do no type of art," the 33-year-old said. "I don't want you on [The] Sims building a character. No arts and crafts. If you've got a little two-year-old that gotta make a project, let them do that on their own.

"I'm low key offended. It don't like him no more. Is that how y'all felt when you lost The Little Mermaid?" Jefferson continued, referencing Disney's decision to cast Halle Bailey in the 2023 live-action remake.

"I understand. Let's do Uno reverse, y'all get the Little Mermaid back, the mystical creature, and we get The Rock back."

Johnson clearly enjoyed Jefferson's hilarious tirade, sharing the video with the caption: "I knew my boy @jamesjeffersonj had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshairs. Legit belly laughed at this."

The 51-year-old actor added that his team is reaching out to the Musée Grévin to work on "updating" the statue, starting with the skin color.

"Next time I'm in Paris, I'll stop in and have a drink with myself," he said.

Fans couldn't get enough of the waxwork fail, with user iameternalself dubbing it: "The Chalk."

"That's not the rock that the Glacier," wrote g.i_jew.

"The irony of how much that looks like @vindiesel," said lifts.with.wolves, while sliiiime compared the sculpture to a "Bald John Cena."

Founded in 1882, the Musée Grévin was inspired by the famous Madame Tussauds in London and is one of Europe's oldest wax museums. Celebrities whose likeness can be found at the Musée Grévin include Ryan Gosling, Angelina Jolie, Naomi Campbell and Elton John.

Johnson is the first wrestler to be featured in the museum's extensive collection, after winning the "Grévin awards." The Black Adam actor was chosen by social media users from a list of 10 international stars, beating out Zendaya, Elon Musk, Chris Pratt and Ariana Grande, with 48 percent of the vote.

Proud of his heritage, Johnson has previously discussed his roots in interviews and identifies as both black and Samoan.

The Jumanji star is the son of the late Canadian wrestler Rocky Johnson. Known as "Soul Man," Johnson and his wrestling partner Tony Atlas became the first black champions in WWE history after winning the 1983 World Tag Team Championship. Dwayne Johnson's mother is Ata Johnson, the daughter of Samoan professional wrestler Peter Maivia and wrestling promoter Ofelia Maivia.

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