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Jason Momoa, star of “Aquaman,” released a video on Instagram to apologize for taking photos in the Sistine Chapel.
He apologized on Saturday after fans noted photography isn’t allowed in the Sistine Chapel.
The 42-year-old Momoa said the photos weren’t a sign of disrespect, but that was the way the post was taken as visitors are not allowed to take pictures in the Vatican City chapel.
Momoa is currently in Rome shooting “Fast X”, the 10th in the “Fast & Furious” film saga. The actor posted pictures of himself below the Michelangelo paintings on May 9. He wrote, “I LOVE YOU ITALY what a beautiful start to our day off enjoying ROMA.”
Last week Momoa shared several pictures of himself and others admiring the artwork inside the Sistine Chapel in an Instagram post. However, photography isn’t allowed at the Sistine Chapel because the camera flash can harm the artwork, USA Today reported.
“I LOVE YOU ITALY what a beautiful start to our day off enjoying ROMA,” Momoa, 42, wrote in the post’s caption. Momoa is in Italy filming “Fast X,” the next installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise.”
Soon, fans began pointing out that photography is prohibited and called out what they deemed a double standard.
“We, regular people, are not allowed to film inside the Sistine chapel,” one user wrote.
“We can’t take pics but ofc celebrities can,” another wrote. “Nothing against Jason ( I adore him) but it’s not fair.”
Momoa addressed the criticism in a video shared with Just Jared on Saturday, saying he didn’t mean to offend anyone’s culture. He also posted the video on his Instagram account.
On Saturday, Momoa posted another video – while shirtless and working out – in which he addressed the controversy.
“It’s my last day in Rome, and I just love you and Italy,” he said. “If you ever thought I disrespected your culture, that wasn’t my intention.”
“I found people really wanted to take photos with me,” he said. “I was very respectful and I asked for permission for what I thought would be okay. I would never want to do anything to disrespect someone’s culture. So if I did, I apologize.
“I just also wanted to say, if you ever felt that I disrespected your culture, it wasn’t my intention,” Momoa said. “I came here when I was 19 or 20 to experience the Sistine Chapel. I’ve always wanted to, and now that I can, I gave a wonderful donation to bring my friends and crew because we only had a couple days off to experience these places.”
The “Aquaman” star continued that fans wanted to take photos with him once he arrived.
“And then I found people wanted to take pictures with me, which is very odd, during a trip to the Vatican with all this wonder and they want to take pictures with me, which I don’t get, but regardless, I did,” he said. “I was very respectful, and I asked for permission from what I thought would be okay.
Momoa finished his statement by saying he’d “never want to do anything to disrespect someone’s culture. If I did, I apologize. It was not my intention.”
“I paid to have that private moment and gave a nice donation to the church. I love you. I’m sorry if I offended you,” he said.
“I definitely paid to have that private moment and gave a nice donation to the church,” he added.
he apology video has reached more than 3.4 million views.
Representatives for Momoa and the Sistine Chapel did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
In January, the official “Fast & Furious” Twitter account revealed that Momoa would appear in “Fast X.” He confirmed in an Entertainment Tonight interview that he will play a villain.
“I get to play the bad guy, which I haven’t gotten to do for a while. Now, I get to be the bad boy. A very flamboyant bad boy,” he told the outlet.
The film is scheduled to release in theatres on May 19, 2023.
The Sistine Chapel (/ˌsɪsˈtiːn ˈtʃæpəl/; Latin: Sacellum Sixtinum; Italian: Cappella Sistina [kapˈpɛlla siˈstiːna]) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace, in Vatican City and the official residence of the pope. Originally known as the Cappella Magna (‘Great Chapel’), the chapel takes its name from Pope Sixtus IV, who had it built between 1473 and 1481. Since that time, the chapel has served as a place of both religious and functionary papal activity. Today, it is the site of the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is selected. The fame of the Sistine Chapel lies mainly in the frescoes that decorate the interior, most particularly the Sistine Chapel ceiling and The Last Judgment, both by Michelangelo.
During the reign of Sixtus IV, a team of Renaissance painters that included Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, created a series of frescos depicting the Life of Moses and the Life of Christ, offset by papal portraits above and trompe-l’œil drapery below. These paintings were completed in 1482, and on 15 August 1483 Sixtus IV celebrated the first mass in the Sistine Chapel for the Feast of the Assumption, at which ceremony the chapel was consecrated and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
Between 1508 and 1512, under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted the chapel’s ceiling, a project which changed the course of Western art and is regarded as one of the major artistic accomplishments of human civilization. In a different political climate, after the Sack of Rome, he returned and, between 1535 and 1541, painted The Last Judgment for Popes Clement VII and Paul III. The fame of Michelangelo’s paintings has drawn multitudes of visitors to the chapel ever since they were revealed five hundred years ago.
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