Arnold Schwarzenegger fans shocked by Hollywood legend's comments about son's ‘weenie'

Arnold Schwarzenegger has left fans red-faced after getting candid with his son about filming nude scenes.
The legendary action star, 77, sat down with son Patrick, 31, for a wide-ranging interview that covered everything from nepotism, Terminator, and the drive to become the biggest star of all time.
Yet it's Arnie's comments about Patrick's full frontal scene in The White Lotus season 3 that have left fans aghast.
During the interview, which was part of Variety's Actors on Actors series, the Last Action Hero star admitted to being shocked by seeing his son's 'weenie' on TV.
'I couldn't believe [it],' he laughed. 'I said to myself, 'I'm watching your show, and I'm watching your butt sticking out there.' And all of a sudden, I see the weenie. What is going on here? This is crazy.'
Following the interview's publication, however, a number of the star's fans have taken to social media to say how uncomfortable it made them feel.
@Harrioson588 wrote on X, 'Absolutely weird and inappropriate. This should not even have been talked about privately, let alone on a public platform.'
Meanwhile, @Sassy_0x posted 'They are so wild and weird and creepy,' a feeling echoed by @MayanBronze, who claimed the interview was 'Sooo Creepy….Not funny!'
@livnerys, however, went one step further, claiming 'this whole family is weird tbh'.
Despite the backlash, there are those who saw the fun side in the pair's exchange. 'Arnold's just being a dad—hilarious and awkward in the best way,' wrote @xpert_growth on X. 'The weenie comment got me [crying with laughter emoji]'.
People on Reddit felt the same way with DefinitelytheNSA commenting, 'Watching this whole interview, it was really great to see those father-son moments. You can tell Arnold is really proud of how well his son is doing.'
SonofTreehorn added, 'Had no intention of listening to this entire interview. Ended up being a really great discussion that I couldn't turn off. You can feel the love and respect these two have for each other.'
Arnie's not the only one of Patrick's parents to let us know how they felt about that nude scene.
Patrick's mum, Maria Shriver, 69, laughed off the scene during an appearance on The Jamie Kern Lima Show.
'People are like, 'Oh my God, you saw!' [and] I'm like, 'I give birth to him'. It's not such a, you know, I've seen him naked,' she explained. 'I've seen him naked since he was a baby.'
While his parents might be able to laugh off the shock, Patrick has admitted to being caught off guard by the 'extent' of his nakedness.
'I didn't know to what extent [there would be nakedness]. You do the auditions but you don't see the full script, so you don't have all the details, then they ask you, 'Are you comfortable with nudity?' when you sign on,' he told The Sunday Times.
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