Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's son, Patrick, "kind of warned" his parents about his nude scenes in "The White Lotus," his mother revealed.

Amid "nepo baby" accusations, the "White Lotus" showrunners initially hesitated to cast Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxon in the hit HBO show.

Patrick has instead emphasized the years of acting classes he's taken to develop his craft in an interview with PEOPLE.The show's casting team has now weighed in, as producer David Bernad told The Hollywood Reporter that the actor's last name actually "worked against him" in the casting process.

Following her son's rapid rise to fame thanks to season 3 of 'The White Lotus,' Maria Shriver is addressing the question du jour: is Patrick Schwarzenegger anything like his onscreen character, Saxon Ratliff?

Maria Shriver wants to “clear” the air about people comparing her son Patrick Schwarzenegger to his toxically masculine White Lotus character. “Patrick is not like Saxon,” Shriver said during her Tuesday appearance on Today Show to promote her new book I Am Maria.

If you’ve caught this season of The White Lotus, then you surely know what we mean when we say that you most definitely, under no circumstances want to be a Saxon. The eldest son in the Ratliff family,