Some people surprise their spouses with flowers. Others go big with vacations or jewelry.
But when you're Mark Zuckerberg, you think bigger. Like, 7 feet tall and made of turquoise and silver bigger.
The Meta META CEO famously commissioned a towering sculpture of his wife, Priscilla Chan, last August. At the time, the internet did what it does best—memed it into oblivion. Avatar comparisons, jokes about what he must've done wrong, and memes telling women to "get a man who builds you a statue" filled social feeds.
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Now, almost a year later, Zuckerberg finally revealed what Priscilla actually thought of the gesture.
In an interview last week on the "This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von" podcast, Zuckerberg admitted, "I don't think she was that happy with it." He added, "She doesn't want a sculpture of her in the front lawn—that's weird."
Still, he noted, "She's a good sport about it."
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Not Exactly a "Magical Date"
When Theo Von asked if Zuckerberg had ever taken his wife on a "magical" dream date that most people could only imagine, the billionaire shrugged off the idea.
"She's pretty simple on this stuff," he explained. "I think most of the—you know, I like doing, I like making things."
And "making things" is exactly what led to the statue.
"I've always admired Daniel Arsham," Zuckerberg said, referring to the well-known pop sculptor. "We worked with him to make this sculpture of Priscilla because I thought it was cool."
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Why not a statue of himself? Zuckerberg was quick to shut that down.
"I'm not going to make a sculpture of myself. That's crazy, right? Like, who the [bleep] does that?"
So instead, Priscilla became the "target of my creative energy," he said.
‘This Is the Thing I Did Wrong'
The memes that followed the statue's unveiling didn't go unnoticed.
"There's all these memes online where people are like, ‘Wow, I wonder what Zuckerberg did wrong that he had to make a sculpture of his wife,'" he told Von. "And I'm like, no, you guys are totally missing this. This is the thing I did wrong."
Zuckerberg joked that if he ever did do something serious, people would have to wait and see what kind of over-the-top apology art he'd dream up next.
"She doesn't want a sculpture of her in the front lawn. It's like—that's weird," he repeated.
Still, he said Priscilla appreciated the effort. "I think she thinks it's sweet… There's a lot of more destructive things I could be doing with my creative energy."
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His Creativity Doesn't Stop at Statues
The statue wasn't Zuckerberg's only grand gesture. He also mentioned he once designed a custom Porsche minivan for Priscilla.
"I like cars, but I'm not going to design a supercar for myself," he explained. "Let's design a sweet minivan for my wife."
According to Zuckerberg, "trying to be creative and show her some creativity" is his version of romance.
As for that massive sculpture? At least the DoorDash drivers know exactly where to leave the food.
"Just set it by the sculpture," Zuckerberg laughed.
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