‘The poor thing should be set free!’ Jason Momoa is accused of ‘animal abuse’ as he lets a 900-pound grizzly bear eat a cookie from his mouth during filming for new show
Jason Momoa has come under figure for feeding a grizzly bear an Oreo cookie while filming for his new Apple TV Plus series, See.
Taking to Instagram on Friday, the actor, 40, who fights the real-life 900-pound Kodiak brown bear in an episode, was seen letting the wild animal eat the food from his mouth.
The act left his social media followers raging, as they accused him of ‘animal abuse’ and demanded the bear be set free in its natural environment.
Under scrutiny: Jason Momoa, 40, has come under figure for feeding a grizzly bear an Oreo cookie while filming for his new Apple TV Plus series, See
Comments included the likes of: ‘That’s animal abuse. The bear should be free’.
‘Please educate yourself. Having wildlife in cages is not cute, it’s ignorant and abusive… not cool! the poor bear…
‘Man, that bear should be in its natural environment… Disappointed, shouldnt be using live animals….’
In the quick clip, which was shot inside the animal’s pen, Momoa was handed an Oreo cookie and then he crouched down and put it in his mouth.
Daring: Taking to Instagram on Friday, the actor who fights the real-life 900-pound Kodiak brown bear in an episode, was seen letting the wild animal eat the food from his mouth.
‘Ignorant’: The act left his social media followers raging, as they accused him of ‘animal abuse’ and demanded the bear be set free in its natural environment
The Aquaman star uttered ‘alright’ right before the animal’s trainer told him the bear would come in ‘quick.’
Just as he said those words the animal did in fact come in and go face-on-face with Momoa when he took the cookie and ate it.
He busted out into laughter and quickly wiped away the saliva the animal left on his face.
‘The things we do for our ART,’ the Hawaiian star began in the caption of the daring video.
‘SEE. Is out. Please watch on Apple TV+. The bear needs to know your scent. So here’s my cookie kisses big guy.’
He ended with: ‘Love you tag. Aloha Baba Voss,’ in reference to Tag The Bear and his character’s name in See.
Filming the moment: Momoa busted out into laughter after the bear took the cookie
Face to face: He quickly wiped away the saliva the animal left on his face
Confession: ‘The things we do for our ART,’ the Hawaiian star wrote in the caption of the video
In a recent interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Momoa explained how his character, who’s supposed to be blind, fought Tag The Bear for episode two of See.
‘There’s no CGI on that one. That’s officially a 900 pound bear,’ he confessed.
‘It has to get to know you,’ he explained to Ellen.
He had no hesitancy admitting that he was scared to do the stunts with the bears, but that the trainer assured him ‘it’s going to be ok. So you just trust the trainer.’
He then joked about what a headline would look like if ‘Jason Momoa died today. He got his face ripped off by a bear. How? He had a cookie in his mouth. I mean it doesn’t make any sense.’
Sloppy: While laughing, Momoa wiped away the saliva the animal left on his face
See is set 100 years in the future, after a deadly virus has killed off a good chunk of humankind and blinded the rest.
Momoa’s Baba Voss is the father of twins who are born with sight, a sense that is considered mythical and dangerous in this post-apocalyptic world.
The new Apple TV Plus series debuted on the streaming service when it launched on November 1.
Available now: The new Apple TV Plus, See, series debuted on the streaming service when it launched on Friday, November 1
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