The skunk had barely fallen off the new wax figure in Dublin before the museum was flooded with protests.
The wax figure represents singer Sinead O’Connor and others saw it as a mockery of the artist, who passed away a year ago.
The National Wax Museum in Dublin unveiled a wax figure representing singer and activist Sinead O’Connor. It was on the anniversary of her death that the museum dedicated the doll to honor her memory.
The museum received a lot of criticism because the wax doll was not at all a likeness of the late singer. Her brother John agreed with the protests, calling the wax figure “inappropriate”.
– It didn’t look like her at all and I thought it was hideous, he told the Irish RTÉ radio station last Friday.
He contacted the museum himself to have them remove the doll.
Irish Sinead O’Connor was found dead in her south London flat last year. She lived to be 56 years old and was found to have died of natural causes.
She became most famous for her song “Nothing Compares 2 U” which was named best single of 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. She released ten albums during her career.
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The museum now says it is removing the doll to create a more portrait-like wax figure to honor the beloved singer.
“We note that the current representation did not meet our high standards or the expectations of Sinéad’s devoted fans,” they write in a public statement after the criticism.
Other depictions of celebrities that have sparked major reactions include a bust of Ronaldo at Maderia airport and the wooden statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia. It stood in her hometown, until they were brought up.