The voice actress for Ariel in Disney‘s original The Little Mermaid is showing her support for Halle Bailey!
As you know, Disney released the first teaser trailer for their live action remake of the iconic ’80s movie last Friday.
The movie has been met with lots of opinions and sadly, a lot of them were rooted in some seriously disgusting racism. The studio’s teaser reportedly got as many as 1.5 MILLION dislikes before they turned off the dislike button — it boggles the mind as to why anyone would have a problem with a beautiful, talented young woman being cast as the mythical creature just because of the color of her skin.
It’s 2022, people! She’s a mermaid for crying out loud! And it’s not just hurtful comments, dislikes, or ignorant opinions — just days after the reveal of the first footage at D23, someone used AI tech to “fix” the scene by replacing Halle with a CGI white woman.
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