THE artist responsible for a controversial waxwork of Sinead O’Connor which sparked fury has revealed how he never wanted the job in the first place. This comes after Dublin Wax Museum’s owner admitted the controversial waxwork of Sinead failed to compare, telling us: “I knew it wasn’t right.” Paddy Dunning told The Irish Sun he had “no time to review” the likeness before it was revealed to the media on Thursday, — the day before the first anniversary of her death aged 56.
The Nothing Compares 2 U icon’s sculpture was panned and ridiculed by fans online — with Sinead’s brother John calling it “hideous” yesterday. He told Liveline: “I just didn’t think it looked like her at all. When I saw it yesterday I was shocked, I thought it looked like something between a mannequin and something out of the Thunderbirds.
” Wax Museum chief Paddy has now pulled the figure, which cost an astonishing €75,000. He yesterday told The Irish Sun: “Sinead was a personal friend of mine. "I knew it wasn’t right but I still had to go ahead with the launch because so many press and media were coming.
“My heart sunk a bit, we went ahead with the launch, I didn’t sleep last night. "I deeply regret it and I’m sending out my apologies. “I had to take the decision to cancel the statue and we’ll go again.
We’ll remodel but we’ll have to do better.” Artist PJ Heraghty has created more than 100 waxworks for the central Dublin museum. But Paddy admits th.