Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Little Mermaid’ make-up artist slams ‘ridiculous’ backlash

Could 28, 2023 |
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Melissa McCarthy and Peter King working together on “The Little Mermaid” — Critics are slamming MUA Peter King and “The Little Mermaid” remake for not hiring a queer make-up artist to create the Ursula appears to be like for Melissa McCarthy.

Many “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alums have slammed “The Little Mermaid” remake for not hiring a queer make-up artist for Ursula — prompting Peter King to defend his work on film star Melissa McCarthy.

The Oscar winner known as current backlash “ridiculous” and “very offensive” whereas speaking to Insider Friday.

“Why can’t I do nearly as good a job as a queer make-up artist?” he requested the outlet.

“That’s attempting to assert it and that’s fantastic, if that’s what they wanna do, however don’t put individuals down as a result of they’re not what they need it to be,” King continued.

Melissa McCarthy as Ursula — McCarthy stars because the villain in Disney’s remake of the basic movie.

Melissa McCarthy in Ursula — King known as current backlash over his make-up “ridiculous” and “very offensive.”

He added that he “personally [doesn’t] get” the criticism – which started after a Twitter video of McCarthy being made into the villain went viral.

“Sure, I’m very outdated now, in order that’s fantastic,” he stated. “I get that too, however you recognize, a make-up artist or make-up designer may design make-up. They don’t must have an attachment to the character of what they’re doing.”

Within the unique Disney film, which got here out in 1989, Ursula was notably modeled after drag legend Divine.

Melissa McCarthy in “The Little Mermaid” — “[I] personally don’t get” the criticism, he admitted.

Composer Alan Menken confirmed the character’s inspiration in an April Entertainment Weekly interview.

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In the meantime, McCarthy stated she “100%” researched drag queens whereas making ready for the position within the new movie, which came out on May 26.

“I’m an enormous, big fan of drag exhibits and the entire artwork of it and the leisure of it,” the actress gushed final month. “I’ve been going to exhibits since I used to be not purported to be going to exhibits.”

Little mermaid makeup artist — King (pictured right here) spoke out after followers argued that the appears to be like ought to have been created by a queer make-up artist.

American actor and drag queen Divine — Ursula was notably modeled after drag legend Divine within the unique 1989 Disney film.

The Little Mermaid stills featuring Ursula — In the meantime, McCarthy stated she “100%” researched drag queens whereas making ready for the long-lasting position.

The 52-year-old joked, “There’s a drag queen that lives in me. I’m at all times proper on the verge of going full-time along with her.”

Artwork Simone, Kerri Colby and extra drag queens, nonetheless, have slammed the look King designed for McCarthy.

“While you lie in your resume and find yourself with the job,” the previous tweeted earlier this month, whereas the latter pushed for “up and coming” LBBTQ+ artists with “a pulse on the current and a imaginative and prescient for the longer term.”