Downey said he received a call from the local police department asking him what to do with the statue, which was made in July 2019 as part of an ongoing project that includes a short documentary film.
Downey previously told CNN that he was inspired to create the piece due to what he called the"anti-immigration narrative" coming out of the US and from Donald Trump in particular. Although media reports said the statue had divided public opinion, locals like the project and have looked after the statue and the surrounding area, said Downey.Melania Trump gets a tree statue in Slovenia
Hey, I'm glad CNN finally uses the correct word: 'vandals', and not 'protestors'.
Ten to one says it will be replaced by a much better statue!
Excellent.
How many times are you going to retweet this? It’s laughable! CNN is a hack organization!!
Honestly it's an ugly statue. Melania is beautiful. Not sure what the artist was looking at lol
Why the fuck is there a statue of a woman famous for posing nude then marrying a guy twice her age for money and citizenship?
How old was the artist?
Sick people!
Actually now it look close enough.
Lol why do I think the artist is the guilty party? Lol I need to read some mystery stuff I guess
Looks more like Michelle Obama
Incredible likeness of her, this statue....
Toss that shit into a Volcano!
BE BEST
I thought 'scorched' had a better ring to it.
Outrageous that people now feel free to damage something that was never theirs. What if that was a statue that you liked, that you found meaningful, or beautiful? Would it be ok if someone did that? Time for lessons best learned in kinder - but this time, in prison. Slovenia
Maybe the whole town was trying to forget the Trump connection and the statue was one thing that brought the nightmare back? I bet Melania herself can't wait for her release date from captivity ...
Even in her hometown she is unwanted...
Oh well, 'Be Best' I really don't care do you?
Awesome sculpture.
That statue shows the full scope of Melania's quality of character, made of wood. Her personality, also made of wood. Her intelligence, made of wood. Her beauty, made of Wax covered Wood.
Protesters who are fighting hate are demonstrating hate.
Really does look like her.
You compromise yourself to a Husband that is beyond reproach and this is what happens. Unfortunately, as a woman our decisions In life will effect what happens in your life. And this is only a nice way to put it!!!!
tsk tsk, envy and wrath are deadly sins.
Tisk
OMG! She's was being her best!
mschlapp The First Lady is hated only because she married Donald Trump. No other reason. How despicable!!
Hahahaha
A statue of Melania orange man has been removed from near her hometown in Slovenia after being badly burned by vandals, the artist who commissioned the sculpture says.
If I had a statue and it looked like that I would burn it myself.
I feel like the only picture the sculptor had of her was before all the plastic surgeries
Someone is trying to cash in on their 'artwork' before it becomes more irrelevant
People are sick...
I really don't care. Do U?
100% chance that scum bags at CNN had something to do with. The communist thugs are evil people.
What’s Antifa in Slovenian
Cnn all exicted a women of color is getting harassed
Not vandalism. An artistic rendering of the damage realDonaldTrump has done to her soul.
Why the fuck does a gold digging trophy wife have a statue?
I’m trying not to be petty because realDonaldTrump might act like a toddler and decide to add Melania or God forbid Ivanka to MtRushmore.
Too bad the real Melamia isn't being removed from WH.
Can you feel the encroachment, Melania?
Looks like they need an artist smart enough to make a non-flammible statue of her to replace it. And this time actually make it look like her gorgeous self instead of a kindergarden art project.
Tolerance
Did it “Self Ignite?” Pants on 🔥🔥🔥!
America will not tolerate this woman
People are sick of all trumps!
realDonaldTrump FLOTUS ICYMI
Be best people. Be fucking best. Hahaha.
better removed than having it torn down by hooligans
It looks just like her. Stuff and underwhelming.
Idontcaredoyou
Difficult to call that ugly piece of wood a statue. I guess many are happy about the removal.
Piss on CNN! Always trashing the First lady.
They say if you have haters than you must be doing something right !
*giggle
Great news!
Good for them !!
Or Melania snuck out and burnt it herself.
ha ha ha
Midsommar in July?
The Left is violent and unhinged. CNN is complicit.
Yay .. was an insult to her & art
Now we just have to remove the real thing from America and we’ll be good
Any woman who took a picture with Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell should not be our First Lady!
Looked more if a wood sculpture mo
Wow!! Is this how the Slovanians see her?
💪
It really looks like her !
Is this the burned version?
Prostitutes don’t want statues
You liberals are really sick people... get some help
That was a mess anyways. Yeah chop it up into firewood.
I don’t think I’ll ever listen to another thing that CNN has to say again. FalseProphet, Don Lemon has helped solidify my decision. Jesus was perfect and he’s more than enough to save this world from the hell it’s going through. Cuomo’s agreement tells me something about him too!
I am sure the left is cheering right now. They love chaos and violence. Here's more:
Apparently, Donald's popularity knows no bounds.
a statue of a statue was burned
Melania as well as Trump who are selfish and don’t really care about the people anywhere. They’re in the high places and could care less about any peasants. People who are not mesmerized by the glow and are not dumb do not buy into the President or his wife’s BS. Simple as that.
It looks like her in that Epstein picture when she is all high.
You sure she’s not in blackface?
Lol
Now true rendition of what she is on the inside burnt parts and all.
She prolly burned it because it looked terrible. I mean seriously that was a terrible statue
POTUS realDonaldTrump not funny to do blackface any more. Haven’t you been following the news? Shameful.
Propaganda
The statue has been removed. Who is Melania Trump? She appears nowhere in history now.
And what was the point?
Looks alright to me few tweaks here and there but it's a ringer otherwise
He did capture her soul.
I think those vandals did that statue a favor. 😬
A statue of Melania Trump known as the 'Wicker Woman' has been removed from near her hometown in Slovenia after the people realized the statue was made out of toilet paper and a glue like water substance. The artist who commissioned the statue hasn't been named at this moment.
Awesome
Teump 2020!!!! Hello fake news 😂👎
CNN, your trusted news source.
Good
Imagine if the Melania statue and the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue ever got together? It’d be like the Gatekeeper and the Keymaster.
It’s ugly fire wood anyways
She has the same wooden expression as the statue
That's not a statue that's a big piece of garbage, I mean look at it.
😄😂🤣🤪 the statue was horrendous before. At least it was clothed and not a nude, like many of her modelling shots. Let this be a warning about too much cosmetic surgery!
Comments on this are truly disgusting. They really show how hateful the party of 'love and diversity's has truly become. Grateful I'm not a Dem. Their uncivilized behavior these days is shameful & cowardly. Hope they're all proud of what they've become. The 'mob' strikes again.
I dont know how to feel about this. The uncertainty is real!!
Oh well she is trash like her husband realDonaldTrump why would they even have a statue of a statue in Slovenia ? lame TrumpIsATraitor
Lots of crazy leftists all over the world...
I think if people want to get rid of statues there should be no problem with it. If you’re a good person to the people then there will be no reason to have your statue vandalized or even have a statue to begin with.
Confederate statue
GOOD.
Good to know😁
representing Melania or made by Melania? both unrealistic
Are you sure it didnt just burst into flames from all the worshiping of the orange satan?
It’s really life like, with the wooden head
Time to cut off their aid
Did badly burning it make it look worse?
Looks just like her!
She probably burned it ,It’s terrible.
Be Best
A statue? To honor her for what? For marrying some gross rich guy?
Unfortunate. Without this statue we’ll never know the history it represented.
Wont we talk about how we also burned the statue of Trump in January? slovenia trump
Pity ! she was so cute .... 🤣
Incognegro98 Good
🤭😂🤣
Why so many haters on here?You all didn't even know her.
🤬🤬🤬
I bet the China news network loves that news
It's more animated than the real thing 😂
Atleast the statue had real boobs
Kdorkoli je to sranje zažgau hvala vam😂😂
I think that Melania had a hand in removing that ugly thing.
Even your own hometown hates you and the Trumps. Remember a realDonaldTrump statue got burned and destroyed a couple of years back in the same country.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😋😋😋😋😋😋😋🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😋😋😋😋😋😋😋🤣🤣🤣😋😋😋😋😋😋😋
Yay!
Typical nasty radical liberals. The left ruins everything it touches. No exceptions.
Couldn't happen to a nicer evil birther retired escort.
Her father made money working with Russia. They obviously remember that too
All journalists at CNN are jumping for joy. Share a picture please.
Destruction is the only thing Democrats understand these days. 🙄
Shameful! Another happy day at C(China)NN
Oops! 🔥 I guess they don't like Melania either. 🔥
Looks just like her... soul.
Damn misogynists
So many violent hateful anti immugrant anti female tweets here. Democrats hate.
🤣 Love it!
I like Melania and oppose vandalism but oh god I couldn't help but be reminded of this.
Just like in America, there is small, insignificant, group of haters that get attention by pulling stunts like this. Who cares. Shouldn't even be news. 🙄
Looks the same now as it did before.
of course this would be featured on Crap News Network.
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