'Who Is This?': Kevin Hart's Unfiltered Reaction to His New Wax Figure
By James H. Sterling
Museum curators facing viral public callouts typically have two operational choices: quietly retire the statue to storage or invite the star to participate in an official remolding session. When Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson publicly objected to his whitewashed wax double at the Grévin Museum in Paris in late 2023, the institution issued a public apology and repainted the figure within three days. Hart’s vocal denunciation creates the same operational pressure.
Hart made clear that minor adjustments will not resolve the issue. If the institution wants his blessing, and the lucrative photo-op tourism that accompanies it, it must scrap the current casting and bring Hart into an actual studio. Until then, the botch remains public property, preserved across millions of social media feeds as proof that capturing lightning in wax is far harder than Hollywood makes it look.
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
