diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core/Views/Popup/MauiPopup.macios.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core/Views/Popup/MauiPopup.macios.cs
index b910f6d2b..1c3618f83 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core/Views/Popup/MauiPopup.macios.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.Core/Views/Popup/MauiPopup.macios.cs
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public override void ViewDidLayoutSubviews()
 
 		if (VirtualView is not null)
 		{
-			PopupExtensions.SetSize(this, VirtualView);
-			PopupExtensions.SetLayout(this, VirtualView);
+			this.SetSize(VirtualView);
+			this.SetLayout(VirtualView);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ public override void ViewWillTransitionToSize(CGSize toSize, IUIViewControllerTr
 			// After screen rotate
 			if (VirtualView is not null)
 			{
-				PopupExtensions.SetSize(this, VirtualView);
-				PopupExtensions.SetLayout(this, VirtualView);
+				this.SetSize(VirtualView);
+				this.SetLayout(VirtualView);
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/ElementExtensions.shared.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/ElementExtensions.shared.cs
index 95b7410c4..da7d88180 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/ElementExtensions.shared.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Extensions/ElementExtensions.shared.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using Microsoft.Maui.Platform;
 namespace CommunityToolkit.Maui.Extensions;
 
 static class ElementExtensions
@@ -19,4 +20,21 @@ public static bool TryFindParent<T>(this Element? child, [NotNullWhen(true)] out
 		parent = null;
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	public static bool TryFindParentPlatformView<T>(this Element? child, [NotNullWhen(true)] out T? parentPlatformView)
+	{
+		while (child is not null)
+		{
+			if (child.Parent?.Handler?.PlatformView is T element)
+			{
+				parentPlatformView = element;
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			child = child.Parent;
+		}
+
+		parentPlatformView = default;
+		return false;
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.macios.cs b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.macios.cs
index 1b1a7ff24..82fa4cc34 100644
--- a/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.macios.cs
+++ b/src/CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement/Views/MauiMediaElement.macios.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ public MauiMediaElement(AVPlayerViewController playerViewController, MediaElemen
 
 		UIViewController? viewController;
 
-		// If Parent is not null, we can retrieve the PageHandler using the traversing `MediaElement.Parent` until the Page is located
-		if (virtualView.TryFindParent<Page>(out var page)
+		// If any of the Parents in the VisualTree of MediaElement uses a UIViewController for their PlatformView, use it as the child ViewController
+		// This enables support for UI controls like CommunityToolkit.Maui.Popup whose PlatformView is a UIViewController (e.g. `public class MauiPopup : UIViewController`)
+		// To find the UIViewController, we traverse `MediaElement.Parent` until a Parent using UIViewController is located
+		if (virtualView.TryFindParentPlatformView(out UIViewController? parentUIViewController))
+		{
+			viewController = parentUIViewController;
+		}
+		// If none of the Parents in the VisualTree of MediaElement use a UIViewController, we can use the ViewController in the PageHandler
+		// To find the PageHandler, we traverse `MediaElement.Parent` until the Page is located
+		else if (virtualView.TryFindParent<Page>(out var page)
 			&& page.Handler is PageHandler { ViewController: not null } pageHandler)
 		{
 			viewController = pageHandler.ViewController;