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

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.”

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.

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor performs on Italian television in 2014. A wax figure of the singer criticised for looking nothing like her has been withdrawn from display by a museum in Dublin. Photo: AP
Fans filled the street of her former seaside hometown during a funeral procession in August following a private service attended by then-Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, President Michael Higgins and musical luminaries such as Bono of U2 and Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats.

Accurately capturing the likeness of celebrities has famously tripped up many an artist.

A Polish wax museum was ridiculed last year for what some called creepy depictions of Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William. A sculptor mocked for his bronze of Portuguese soccer great Cristiano Ronaldo went back to his studio a do-over that was more warmly received.

Likewise, US women’s soccer star Brandi Chastain got a replacement for a panned plaque where she was compared to actors Gary Busey and Mickey Rooney, and former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Paddy Dunning, the Dublin museum’s director who called O’Connor a long-time friend, said she deserved a better tribute.

“In response to the public’s feedback regarding the wax figure, we acknowledge that the current representation did not meet our high standards or the expectations of Sinead’s devoted fans,” the museum said.

John O’Connor said he was upset by the timing of the unveiling and the fact that no one had contacted his family.

“As I said earlier, the world may have lost a star, and they did, but I lost my sister,” he said. “It just should not have been put there even without checking with somebody: ‘Is this all right?’”

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