“The Rock” Wax Figure in Paris Retouched Following Complaints About Skin Tone: “I’m Low-Key Offended” .hiep

A famed Paris museum said it would o? Wed?esday rei?stall a waxwork of Dway?e “The Rock” Joh?so? with a more true-to-life look after it was take? off public show for additio?al work whe? the US actor complai?ed about its pale ski? to?e

Johnson is of Samoan and Black origin

Joh?so?, who is of Samoa? a?d black origi?, took to I?stagram this weeke?d to joke about the Grevi? Museum’s wax figure, which appeared to depict him with white ski?, a?d bears o?ly a vague like?ess to his features.

“We removed the waxwork (from the show) o? Mo?day eve?i?g. Our craftspeople worked o? his complexio? through the ?ight a?d day,” the museum’s director Yves Delhommeau told AFP.

“Dway?e Joh?so? promised us… to stop by the museum duri?g his ?ext trip to Paris. Let’s have a good glass of wi?e together! We ca? make cha?ges he might still wa?t.”

He added: “We worked for more tha? a year o? the character of Dway?e Joh?so?, i? particular to reproduce his very complicated tattoos. We used photos because Dway?e could ?ot travel to Paris to fi?alise his waxwork.”

The actor has Leo?ardo DiCaprio, George Cloo?ey a?d eve? Meryl Streep as ?eighbors i? the museum  Stefa?o RELLANDINI / AFP

Dressed i? a short-sleeved polo shirt a?d ?avy blue pa?ts, the actor has Leo?ardo DiCaprio, George Cloo?ey a?d eve? Meryl Streep as ?eighbours i? the museum.

“For the record, I’m goi?g to have my team reach out to our frie?ds at Grevi? Museum, i? Paris, Fra?ce, so we ca? work at ‘updati?g’ my wax figure here with some importa?t details a?d improveme?ts — starti?g with my ski? color,” wrote Joh?so?, best k?ow? by his stage ?ame The Rock.

The figure of Joh?so? was u?veiled o? social media last week by the Grevi? Museum, which draws ?early 800,000 visitors a year a?d is the Paris equivale?t of famed Lo?do? waxwork tourist mag?et Madame Tussauds.

The Grevi? Museum draws ?early 800,000 visitors a year  Stefa?o RELLANDINI / AFP

But a photo i?te?ded to promote the ?ew statue drew a? outcry from Joh?so?’s fa?s, ra?gi?g from bemuseme?t to a?ger.

Comedia? James A?dre Jefferso? Jr. released a? o?li?e video mocki?g the statue, prompti?g Joh?so? to respo?d.

Jefferso? said i? the video that The Rock was bei?g made to look like former E?gla?d soccer star David Beckham or “part of the Royal Family.”

The real Dway?e Joh?so? had bee? u?impressed  Stefa?o RELLANDINI / AFP

“I’m low-key offe?ded,” said Jefferso?.

I? 2018, the museum drew similar mockery for a? u?flatteri?g figure of Fre?ch Preside?t Emma?uel Macro?.

Produci?g a Grevi? sculpture takes six mo?ths a?d costs 50,000 to 60,000 euros ($60-70,000).

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