A San Fransisco hair salon at the centre of a controversy involving house speaker Nancy Pelosi is closing down because the owner feels she can no longer safely operate the business.
“I am actually done in San Francisco and closing my doors, unfortunately,” Erica Kious, the salon’s owner, told Fox News on Wednesday night.
Esalon made headlines after it provided footage to Fox News showing Ms Pelosi not wearing a face mask as she walked through the property, despite San Francisco salons only being allowed to operate outdoors.
Ms Kious said that she has received so much negative attention from the controversy that she has been forced to close her business down.
"I started to just get a ton of phone calls, text messages, emails," she said. "All my Yelp reviews... you know, saying that I'm, they hope I go under and that I fail. So, um, just a lot of negativity towards my business."
