Jason Isaacs is done talking about that “White Lotus” scene.
The actor, who stars in Season 3 of the HBO series, was swiftly hit with backlash online after he shut down the question of whether he was wearing a prosthetic penis in his full-frontal scene during his Friday appearance on “CBS Mornings.”
“A lot of people are debating it. It’s all over the internet,” Isaacs, 61, said in the interview.
“And it’s interesting because the best actress this year is Mikey Madison at the Oscars. And I don’t see anybody discussing her vulva, which was on [the screen] all the time. It’s interesting that there’s a double standard for men.”
Isaacs continued: “But when women are naked, Margaret Qualley as well, in ‘The Substance,’ nobody would dream of talking to her about her genitalia or her nipples or any of those things. So, its odd that there’s a double standard.”
The “Harry Potter” star said he refused to answer the question about his prosthetic penis “because I don’t think that people really want to know how the sausage is made.”
“Genuinely, I think it would be odd when there are characters — and some of the women are naked in here — it’d be odd if you were sitting here. And you would never dream of discussing their genitalia, not for a second.”
“Mike White is a brilliant writer; it’s the best series on television for a long time. And what is the obsession with penises? It’s an odd thing,” Isaacs closed.
Reps for the actor did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Shortly after the interview, social media users slammed the actor’s “tone deaf” comments.
“Wtf kind of warped bubble is he in?! Women get dissected and scrutinized all of the time asking about their weight, bra size, and are made into sex objects for male consumption,” wrote one user on X. “This is so off base, out of touch, and tone deaf. But sure your prosthetic penis is an albatross…”
Another said, “Not a man talking about double standards in nude scenes when the number of naked women on screen doesn’t even come close to the men’s.”
“Nah. Let’s not do this. Actresses are constantly asked about their nude scenes. Even when they’re not nude they’re questioned about their underwear or what wax they’ve had in so called professional interviews,” a third person said. “He wore a prosthetic, it’s not the same.”
Isaacs’ “White Lotus” co-stars Sam Nivola and Sarah Catherine Hook previously confirmed the actor wore a prosthetic, but it didn’t stop the actor from being asked about it on Friday.
“That wasn’t his real penis,” Nivola, who plays one of Isaacs’ on-screen sons, told TV Insider.
Despite Isaac’s current feelings about the scene in question, Hook, 29 — who plays the actor’s on-screen daughter — said he “took pride” in the provocative portrayal and was very excited about it.
Nivola, 21, even recalled the actor running around set exclaiming, “It’s my fake d–k scene today!”
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