Arnold Schwarzenegger defended himself for discussing son Patrick Schwarzenegger’s nude scene in “The White Lotus.”
The “Terminator” actor shut down the critics after he was accused of being “creepy” for mentioning his son’s “weenie” on Monday’s episode of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“Variety does these videos where two people talk and you did one with Patrick,” Meyers told the former California governor.
“And it was lovely to watch you guys talk about the craft [of acting] that you both sort of have for a profession, but during [the interview] you referred to his ‘weenie’ from ‘White Lotus,’” he added.
The talk show host noted that Patrick, 31, looked “taken aback” and even took to X to ask, “Who the heck says weenie?”
Arnold, 77, didn’t hesitate and jumped in to say, “Well I do.”
The bodybuilder went on to explain that the controversial term was used “in the ’70s.”
“Maybe today they call it something else, I don’t know,” Arnold laughed. “What do they call it now?”
Meyers assured his guest that the term “still works.”
RB reported earlier this month that Arnold faced backlash while discussing his son’s stripped-down scene in Season 3 of the hit HBO show.
“I’m watching your show, and I’m watching your butt sticking out there,” Arnold said in a viral clip from their Variety “Actors on Actors” interview.
“And all of a sudden, I see the weenie,” he said as Patrick giggled. “What is going on here? I mean, this is crazy.”
He continued, “And then I said to myself, ‘Well, Arnold, hello. You did the same thing in ‘Conan’ and in ‘Terminator’ and all of those films. You were naked, so don’t complain about it. But it was a shock to me that you were following my footsteps that closely.”
Arnold was dubbed “weird and inappropriate” by some social media users, though other fans defended him, saying that he was just being a dad.
The father of five previously admitted that he wasn’t surprised to see his son bare all on the small screen.
“What a show! I could claim to be surprised to find out he has a nude scene, but what can I say – the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” the action star wrote on Instagram in February.
Patrick reacted with embarrassment to his father’s commentary on X, simply writing, “Parents,” alongside a pair of facepalm emojis.
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