The sculpture has been unveiled to mark the one-year anniversary of her passing A new waxwork of the late Sinéad O’Connor has been unveiled in Dublin, and the reactions on social media have been less than complimentary. The beloved Irish singer and activist died in July 2023 at the age of 56 , later confirmed to have been from natural causes . With the one-year anniversary arriving today (July 26), the National Wax Museum Plus in the Irish capital has revealed their own tribute.
The sculpture has been met with some scathing reactions online, with some suggesting it lacks the level of detail you would expect and others questioning why it has been placed among sculptures of characters from Star Wars . Watch the unveiling below: A wax sculpture of Sinéad O'Connor has been unveiled at the National Wax Museum in Dublin today pic.twitter.
com/SP2EtkMWm4 — TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) July 25, 2024 “A wax sculpture made by Stevie Wonder,” reads one reply on X to the unveiling, while another asks: “And she’s next to Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Vader because..
..????” A wax sculpture made by Stevie Wonder — don (@donjo65_) July 25, 2024 And she's next to Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Vader because.
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?????? — Beano (@bolough) July 25, 2024 “The new Sinead O’Connor wax work looks like they just found an old mannequin in a skip and said, yep that will do. The absolute hack of it,” wrote one X user. See some other reactions to the waxwork below.
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