Mark Zuckerberg ordered a bronze statue of his wife Priscilla Chan, and it’s a hit online

One of the things about Mark Zuckerberg is that he wants to be a Roman emperor. So Badly.

The Meta CEO recently commissioned a giant sculpture of his wife, Priscilla Chan, saying in an Instagram post that he wanted to “revive the Roman tradition of making a sculpture of one’s wife.”

Created by Daniel Arsham, the statue depicts Chan striding in a green outfit and a silver cloak. It’s a beautiful statue, but not a particularly Roman work of art. The Romans did build many Pietas, and they became popular during the reign of Augustus (Zuckerberg’s number one role model). However, Pietas at that time were often coins, not giant statues. Also, Pietas were presented as a sign of devotion to powerful women, not necessarily lovers, wives, or partners of the people. Augustus, as far as we know, did not commission many statues of his wife Livia Drusilla. He commissioned statues of his family, his reign, his values, and other monuments, but not of his personal love affairs, at least not publicly.

But beyond Zuckerberg’s fanciful, if silly, attempt to “revive the Roman tradition of making sculptures of wives,” let’s ask the important question: Do people like it?

Chan commented, “The more me the better?” along with a heart emoji to let us know she probably likes it. And to her surprise, it seems most of the internet does too.

“I’m not a fan of Zuckerberg for a variety of reasons, but it’s kind of funny that while billionaires are steadily becoming addicted to Twitter and experiencing previously unknown levels of divorce, Zuckerberg is sitting back and ordering a statue of his wife,” Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of the Indivisible team, posted on X.

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“No offense, I know we’re not supposed to like Zuckerberg but this is what a billionaire should do for his wife,” another wrote.

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For some reason, many people, peoplewho called it Wife Guy’s best piece of content. But the whole point of Wife Guy is really to make stuff about and for your wife. And this is obviously about Zuckerberg himself. As Tim Martin, an editor at Mashable and a famous Wife Guy, puts it, this is “Wife Guy’s stolen courage.”