“This is an attack…. Who in the f*** is this?????? At this point these museums are just trying to make me cry,” he continued, adding four crying-face emojis.
“This s*** has to stop,” the 46-year-old said, demanding the museum remake the statue.
Images posted online show the waxwork of the famously short actor dressed head to toe in black, wearing a zip-up leather jacket and a large gold chain necklace.
Actor Kevin Hart’s fans roasted him online after a wax statue was unveiled in his honour. Photo / @kevinhart4real
Social media users in the comment thread agreed with Hart, humorously pointing out the lack of apparent resemblance.
“Cook. Him.” fellow actor Don Cheadle commented, kicking off a chain of one-liner zingers.
“When you order your wax figure off Temu,” one wrote.
“That’s Devin Hart,” another quipped.
“You asked for Kevin Hart and got Kevin The Weeknd,” said a third.
A fourth jokingly suggested the sculptor gave Hart the “Jim Carrey facelift”, while another said he may be “entitled to compensation”.
Hart’s frequent collaborator Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was one of the few commenters who defended the figure, though some suggested his remark may have been tongue-in-cheek.
“It’s PERFECT, Don’t change a thing,” he said.
The pair will appear in the upcoming Jumanji sequel, which is expected to be released in December.
Last week, Johnson posted a behind-the-scenes clip from the shoot in which Hart could be heard mocking the former wrestler while he ate his lunch, Fox News reported.
“I want to hate this so bad and punch Kevin Hart right in his little Keebler elf face, but dammit my jaws hurt from belly laughing at his commentary.
“Can a working man just eat in peace? Paybacks a bitch, Kev.”
Hart’s waxwork is far from the first to attract backlash from unimpressed muses and their fans.
Pop star Ariana Grande commented “I just wanna talk” after her wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London.
Photos show the statue dressed in her signature oversized jumper and thigh-high boots, with her hair in her trademark high ponytail.
“OMG this wax figure looks like Ariana Grande … on crack,” one commenter wrote.