Supermodel Ashley Graham has copped criticism online for asking Aquaman star Jason Mamoa to perform a "haka move" on the Oscars red carpet.
"I gotta get a haka move. I gotta get, like, one haka move," Graham, who was working for US television network ABC asked Mamoa.
Lisa Bonet, Momoa’s partner shut down the request.
But the Aquaman star was a good sport and stuck his tongue out and gave Ms Graham a Māori pūkana.
Some viewers labelled Graham as "ignorant" and "really inappropriate" for making the request.
Mamoa was born in Hawaii and is not Māori.
One viewer wrote online: "Jason Momoa is Hawaiian. The haka is a Maori ceremonial dance. Whoever this woman is that was interviewing people on the red carpet shouldn’t and Lisa’s response was just right."
Another wrote: "Ashley Graham asking Jason Momoa for 'a haka move' like it’s the latest dance craze and not a culturally significant ceremonial dance was really inappropriate."
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