Nothing compares to you, she sang, and wax figure doesn’t compare to Sinead O’Connor. Bye!

Wax figure unveiled by Dublin museum to honour the Irish singer on first anniversary of her death is quickly pulled after heavy criticism

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Artistic coordinator Mel Creek applies the finishing touches to a wax figure of the late singer Sinead O’Connor at the National Wax Museum Plus in Dublin’. The waxwork was criticised for looking nothing like the singer, and swiftly withdrawn from display. Photo: Julien Behal via AP

Published: 1:15pm, 27 Jul 2024Updated: 10:11am, 28 Jul 2024

A wax figure of Sinead O’Connor that did not compare to how the late singer looked caused a minor meltdown among fans and family members, leading a Dublin museum to pull it from its display after just one day.

The National Wax Museum Plus apologised to O’Connor’s family and said it would immediately begin creating a more accurate representation of the singer, best known for her 1990 cover of Prince’s ballad “Nothing Compares 2 U”.

John O’Connor said it was a “hideous” representation of his sister that looked like a cross between something in a department store window display and a 1960s sci-fi TV show that used electronic puppets.

“When I saw it online yesterday I was shocked,” he told Irish broadcaster RTE. “I thought it looked something between a mannequin and something out of the Thunderbirds.”

The museum had unveiled the figure on July 25 in honour of the first anniversary of her death. O’Connor, 56, died in her London home of natural causes July 26, 2023.

O’Connor, who became a controversial figure after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in 1992, was considered a national treasure in Ireland, where she had started out performing on the streets of Dublin.