‘Get the statue changed' – British actress Joanna Lumley criticises Molly Malone statue after filming in Dublin
She made the claims while promoting season 2 of hit Netflix series Wednesday, which was filmed entirely in Ireland and stars American actor Jenna Ortega as the protagonist.
The statue, located beside St Andrew's Church on Dublin's Suffolk Street, was erected 37 years ago and is an ode to a fabled young local woman named Molly Malone who wandered the city with her wheelbarrow selling cockles.
She was made famous by the ballad Sweet Molly Malone, written in the late nineteenth century.
However, Ms Lumley was not quite drawn in by the charming folklore tale surrounding the young Dublin woman affectionately known by locals as 'The Dolly with the Trolley' and 'The Flirt win the Skirt'.
"Do you know why it is all wrong? If you listen to the song, she was a little beautiful, but thin, undernourished ill Irish girl who was a fishmonger's daughter and she pushed her little wheelbarrow and she got really ill and she died of a fever,' she told TodayFM.
"What is this brazen hussy doing with her dress all down to here and the big tits out? The statue is wrong.
"Get the statue changed!'
The statue has been at the centre of frequent criticism in recent years as tourists are seen regularly seen posing for photos while groping her breasts.
Stewards were put in place by Dublin City Council (DCC) for a one-week pilot scheme in May to stop people from performing the lewd act.
Some DCC councillors had suggested building flower beds around the statue as an alternative method of preventing people from touching her.
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