Arnold Schwarzenegger 'couldn't believe' son Patrick's nudity on 'The White Lotus': 'All of a sudden, I see the weenie'

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Like father, like son.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was stunned to see his son, fellow actor Patrick Schwarzenegger, follow in his footsteps with a nude scene on The White Lotus. The father-son duo sat down for Variety's newest Actors on Actors to chat about the biz and nepotism when the topic predictably veered to Schwarzenegger's experience of seeing his son's "weenie" on television.
"I couldn't believe [it]. 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," Schwarzenegger said. "What is going on here? This is crazy."
That's when the former California governor realized they had something in common.
"Then I said to myself, 'Well, Arnold, hello. You did the same thing in Conan and Terminator, so don't complain about it," he told his son. "It was a shock to me that you were following my footsteps so closely."
The proud papa continued, "Your acting surprised the hell out of me. Not that I didn't know you're good. But it was just unbelievable, the kind of stuff that you did in the show."
The young Schwarzenegger broke out in the recent season 3 of Mike White's acclaimed dramedy The White Lotus, playing a wealthy finance bro on vacation with his Southern family in Thailand who unravels following an incestuous encounter with his younger brother (Sam Nivola). He previously spoke about watching the show with his family, including mother Maria Shriver, and how they "had different reactions to seeing me completely nude."
'My dad thought it was hilarious. My mom didn't even really understand what was happening," the actor recounted during an appearance on Today earlier this year. "You know, everyone had a different kind of thought.' His fiancée, model Abby Champion, he added, 'melted into her chair' and "was kind of flustered by it."Arnold first commented on the shock of his son's nudity after he attended the season 3 premiere of the show back in February, writing on Instagram alongside photos with Patrick on the red carpet: "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."
Elsewhere in the Actors on Actors interview, Patrick spoke about navigating the industry as a nepo baby and how he considered going under an alias to distance himself professionally from his famous parents.
"It took a while for me to get to a point where I was less worried about living in your shadow versus wanting to do it the way I thought I should do it," he told his dad.
"I'm glad you kept the name, because now I can take credit," Arnold said in response. "You joined a very short list of people: You know, Jamie Lee Curtis — I think she's one of the greatest actors in history. If you show you have the substance, you can get rid of the whole idea of nepotism."
Watch the segment in full above.
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