Rachel Zegler defends Halle Bailey, says she is ‘the perfect Ariel’ amid ‘Little Mermaid’ criticism

Rachel Zegler is using her platform to raise awareness about breast cancer early detection. The 21-year-old actress took to her Instagram Stories over the weekend to detail a health scare she faced at only 19 years old and encourage others to take early detection seriously.«Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life,» she wrote over a photo of the scar she was left with after undergoing a procedure due to the scare.

Rachel Zegler took to social media to share details about a health scare. The 21-year-old West Side Story star revealed on her Instagram Stories a snap of the scar she had after a biopsy to discover she had breast cancer when she was 19.“Two years ago, I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life,” she wrote over the photo. “No OB/GYN was taking new patients due to the backlog of the pandemic, but I was fortunate to have the care of my pediatrician who prescribed me an ultrasound, which led to an out-patient biopsy procedure,” she added.

Rachel Zegler shared details about one of the most traumatizing weeks of her life.  The 21-year-old actress, known for her leading on "The West Side Story," shared a story on Instagram over the weekend about a biopsy procedure she had at 19.The post was shared temporarily via Instagram Stories and featured a photo of a scar on Zegler.  "Two years ago I found a lump in my breast and went through what was undoubtedly the scariest week of my life," Zegler said in the post, according to People Magazine.  "No OB/GYN was taking new patients due to the backlog of the pandemic, but I was fortunate to have the care of my pediatrician who prescribed me an ultrasound, which led to an out-patient biopsy procedure," she added. "Thankfully it was benign." Actress Rachel Zegler revealed she had a biopsy procedure at 19 to remove a lump from her breast.  (Raymond Hall/GC Images) "And now the scar serves as a reminder to check my breasts regularly for any irregular growth – the fibroadenoma in my left breast is a common occurrence but nevertheless extremely scary to find.

Rachel Zegler once had a breast cancer scare. The 21-year-old actress revealed that at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020 she found a lump in her breast and was "fortunate enough" to receive ultrasound treatment from a pediatrician followed by a biopsy - which allows for a small lump of breast tissue to be removed for testing purposes - when no other appointments were available but called the experience the "scariest week" of her life, even though the lump turned out to be benign.

Rachel Zegler is opening up about a health scare she had two years ago.

Rachel Zegler is opening up about a health scare that led her to experience what she described as “the scariest week of my life.”

Rachel Zegler is opening up about the breast cancer scare she had at the age of 19.

Halle Bailey wheels her luggage with her outside the terminal after arriving at LAX airport in Los Angeles on Friday (September 23).

Halle Bailey was spotted arriving at LAX on Thursday, looking cute as ever in a lavender getup.The 22-year-old entertainer sported an athleisure co-ord that teased her toned tummy.The Atlanta native's outing comes after her Little Mermaid trailer was met with racist backlash from online critics.

After “Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “The Underground Railroad,” did anyone expect Barry Jenkins‘s next film to be… a prequel to “The Lion King“? It’s a total left-field move by Jenkins. After all, how will the director’s formal brilliance shine through all the photo-realistic CGI “Mufasa: The Lion King” will rely on?   READ MORE: ‘Lion King’ Prequel TItle Unveiled, ‘Haunted Mansion’ Adds New Cast & More [D23 Expo] Audiences won’t get an answer until the movie releases in 2024, but even then: it’s a Barry Jenkins movie, so, something to be really excited about.

supports HTML5 videoThe Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey has addressed the backlash against her playing the new Ariel, after Disney dropped the trailer for the live-action remake.The 22-year-old, best known as one half of Chloe x Halle, stars as the iconic mermaid and fans have been gushing over her version of Part Of Your World, teased in the trailer, which was originally sung by Jodi Benson (who is a fan of Halle’s casting, by the way).Emotional videos of Black children, particularly young girls, watching the trailer for the first time have had us all in bits, but the upcoming film has also been the subject of a lot of racism.After trolls took aim at the fact that Halle isn’t Caucasian (but not apparently with the fact that she isn’t actually a mermaid either), YouTube actually disabled the dislike counter on the trailer.But now, Halle has addressed the backlash in a video on her YouTube channel.‘I dedicated so much time, blood, sweat and tears into this work for this film and in the process I learned so much about myself,’ Halle began.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘I remember at the very, very beginning of filming I was way more timid than I was coming out of it so I kind of felt like I grew with Ariel’s character in a way and that makes me really happy so yeah I think that was kind of the biggest takeaway for me is just to believe in myself and know that I’m worthy.’‘And even still today like with all of the commentary and people’s opinions going on, it just reminds me to be number one grounded and grateful that I have this opportunity and the fact that it’s sparking such a discussion for all of us,’ she continued.‘I mean, I know what it

Out of the sea and into our hearts.

Zack Sharf Trevor Noah has joined the growing number of celebrities fighting back against racist backlash to Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” which stars singer Halle Bailey as the mermaid princess Ariel. Some fans are upset that a Black actor is headlining the new movie, to which Noah responded: “Really, people — we’re doing this again?” Addressing claims that Bailey looks “nothing like” the Ariel in Disney’s 1989 animated movie, Noah said on “The Daily Show” that such an accusation is bogus. “Nothing like? They both have the tail, they both have the red [hair],” the host said. “Once again, a bunch of internet racists are upset that a fictional character is being played by a Black person. This is so ridiculous,” Noah continued. “And honestly, I don’t know what the big deal is. You guys realize that Nemo was Black too, right? Yeah! The whole movie was about a fish that can’t find his dad.”

Trevor Noah does not have time for any racist backlash surrounding the recently released trailer for “The Little Mermaid”.

Disney's The Little Mermaid hitting the headlines as some so-called fans unhappy with Ariel being black, a marine biologist has now said that it "makes sense".Disney have cast the role of Ariel as a black woman, while the 1989 animated film depicted the fictional mermaid as a white woman with red hairPlayed by Halle Bailey and with a film trailer released, some fans have been outraged with them taking to Twitter to fume #NotMyAriel.READ NEXT: Disney's The Little Mermaid trailer sees Halle Bailey take on iconic songThe unimpressed people online have been sharing theories online and urging people that Ariel "can't be a black woman", seemingly forgetting that mermaids aren't real and fish can't speak.Karen Osborn, curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History spoke to Buzzfeed, where she shut down the theories that the mermaid "can't be black"."As you move through the water column – as you dive deeper and deeper – right at the surface, a lot of things are blue, because you blend in with the sky behind you for predators that are down below looking up," explained Karen."And then you have a bunch of mirrored animals, so they just reflect whatever's around them and that's a good camouflage in shallow water," the marine specialist continued."As you get deeper, you see animals that are pigmented or deep red [because] there's hardly any red light in the deep sea, so being red is effectively being black."Karen explained how in the sea there are lots of "ultra-black fish".Speaking hypothetically, she said that mermaids would likely be "transparent" and if they were, this would mean they "can blend in pretty well".Although there has been an array of #NotMyAriel tweets, with people calling for the character to be

Just days after the first trailer for The Little Mermaid brought waves of racist trolls out of the woodwork, star Halle Bailey is finding support from another big-screen mermaid: Daryl Hannah.Hannah, 61, played the mermaid Madison in the 1983 smash hit movie Splash, alongside Tom Hanks, and she showed her support for 22-year-old Bailey on Twitter.Hannah's praise comes just after Jodi Benson - the voice actress who portrayed the original Ariel in the animated classic - showed her support as well. Trolls: Just days after the first trailer for The Little Mermaid brought waves of racist trolls out of the woodwork, star Halle Bailey is finding support from another big-screen mermaid: Daryl Hannah Support: Hannah, 61, played the mermaid Madison in the 1983 smash hit movie Splash, alongside Tom Hanks, and she showed her support for 22-year-old Bailey on Twitter'The little mermaid is black/I met her/there!' Hannah tweeted  along with the hashtag #dontbearacistdork.The tweet got over 4.5K retweets and over 42K likes in just under a day after it was posted on Wednesday evening.

digitally replacing Bailey — who is black — with a fake white actress.The viral tweet circulated days after the new Disney film’s trailer reportedly received over 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube from “racist” viewers who are upset that the previously white-skinned, red-headed Ariel is now a black woman.Twitter user @TenGazillioinIQ took that to the next level and “fixed” the clip by using AI to make the live-action fish woman white.“Credits to our member Artificial Intelligence scientist @TenGazillioinIQ,” the tweet — made by another user, @vandalibm, read, according to screenshots taken by DailyMail before the account was suspended. Another user saw the tweet early, too, and screenshotted it to promote the artist’s controversial work.“He fixed The Little Mermaid and turned the woke actor into a ginger white girl,” the promoter said in their own tweet.

The voice actress for Ariel in Disney‘s original The Little Mermaid is showing her support for Halle Bailey!

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