{"id":118127,"date":"2024-07-26T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/26\/wax-figure-of-sinead-oconnor-pulled-after-public-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T21:04:46","slug":"wax-figure-of-sinead-oconnor-pulled-after-public-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/26\/wax-figure-of-sinead-oconnor-pulled-after-public-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Wax figure of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor pulled after public backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-26\/Getty_SineadOConnor_072624.jpg\" alt><figcaption> Evan Agostini\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A wax figure of the late <strong>Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor<\/strong> has been pulled from Dublin\u2019s National Wax Museum following uproar from the public, it was revealed on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio\/radio1\/clips\/22418916\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>RT\u00c9 Radio\u2019s Liveline<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The figure <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C92Bgs5OAmx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>was unveiled<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> Thursday, the day before the one-year anniversary of Sin\u00e9ad\u2019s death, and drew tons of backlash on social media. Sinead\u2019s brother <strong>John O\u2019Connor<\/strong>\u00a0also voiced his displeasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I saw it online yesterday I was shocked. I thought it looked something between a mannequin and something out of the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Thunderbirds<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">,\u201d O\u2019Connor said on Liveline. \u201cI thought Sin\u00e9ad would have been very fond of looking well, and she certainly did, and if it was supposed to be a representation of her in her early 20s when she did &#8216;Nothing Compares 2 U,&#8217; it just looked nothing like her. I thought it was hideous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added, \u201cA friend of mine said to me last night that he\u2019d seen better in Shaws [department store], in the window.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">John\u00a0also suggested a statue of Sin\u00e9ad in Dublin would be a better way to honor her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The museum has since decided to remove the statue, with museum director <strong>Paddy Dunning<\/strong> apologizing to the family. He also blamed the blunder on the statue\u2019s sculptor,\u00a0<strong>PJ Joseph Hegarty<\/strong>, noting he delivered it the night before the unveiling.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen I had a look at the statue, I walked in to launch it, and when I saw it, I too didn\u2019t get that feeling that I normally get from PJ\u2019s fantastic work,\u201d he said. \u201cMy heart sunk a bit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He later noted, \u201cI had to take the decision to cancel the statue and we\u2019ll go again and we\u2019ll remodel and we have to do better on this occasion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Agostini\/Getty Images A wax figure of the late Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor has been pulled from Dublin\u2019s National Wax Museum following uproar from the public, it was revealed on RT\u00c9 Radio\u2019s Liveline. The figure was unveiled Thursday, the day before the one-year anniversary of Sin\u00e9ad\u2019s death, and drew tons of backlash<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/26\/wax-figure-of-sinead-oconnor-pulled-after-public-backlash\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,454,430],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wax figure of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor pulled after public backlash - Magic 104.9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/26\/wax-figure-of-sinead-oconnor-pulled-after-public-backlash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wax figure of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor pulled after public backlash - Magic 104.9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evan Agostini\/Getty Images A wax figure of the late Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor has been pulled from Dublin\u2019s National Wax Museum following uproar from the public, it was revealed on RT\u00c9 Radio\u2019s Liveline. 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