It's Controversial/ Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reacts to his botched wax statue, demands change in skin colour

Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock’s wax statue was recently unveiled at the Musee Grevin Museum in Paris. However, it received criticism for allegedly being too fair-skinned to accurately portray the actor, who is of multiple ethnicities. Now, the actor has taken it upon himself to correct the flaws in his statue. 

Dwayne Johnson addresses botched wax figure issue 

Dwayne took to his Instagram handle on Monday and shared a video of comedian James Andre Jefferson talking about the wax figure and wrote in the caption, “I knew my boy @jamesjeffersonj had this Rock wax statue in his roasting crosshair.”

The actor further added that he will be in contact with the Grevin Museum to change the skin colour of his statue. He said, “For the record, 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 colour.” 

The Rock was born in California to a Samoan mother and a black Nova Scotian father. Wayde Douglas Bowles, his father, was a wrestler who competed under the ring name Rocky Johnson and was a member of the first black tag team to capture a WWE championship. The wax figure was unveiled at the museum in Paris on October 16; according to the website, the sculpture was made by artist Stéphane Barret using images and video recordings.

Grevin Museum responds to criticism

According to Deadline, the Grevin Museum quickly admitted the error and promised to make the required changes. They informed Johnson and the public in an email statement that the wax figure would be updated as soon as possible and that new pictures would follow. Johnson was even invited to stop by the museum in person for a congratulatory drink.