‘Monster’s Ball’ star Halle Berry is seeing racism rear its ugly head yet again thanks to a crew of mistaken tweets that assumed she was set to portray princess “Ariel” in the highly anticipated live-action remake of the Disney classic, ‘The Little Mermaid.’
Hop inside to see the confusing action.
Friday (September 9), Disney offered quite the surprise at their “D23 Expo” when they unveiled the first teaser trailer of the May 2023-due remake starring Halle Bailey.
While many flooded the starlet’s social media handles with praise, there were the disheartening, yet expected critics who slammed the media giants for casting a woman of color as the classic mermaid.
What was not expected was that Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry would be fielding some of those criticisms.
Among the tweets weighing in on the perceived potential of the 56-year-old playing the princess, one now-deleted tweet in particular caught her eye.
“Halle Berry is nearly 60 playing the role of a 16-year-old girl. This is what happens when you upset a fandom,” the post said.
In response, Berry let a meme do the talking for her.
https://t.co/VOAPrwVoUa pic.twitter.com/YLlD7qGWob
— Halle Berry (@halleberry) September 11, 2022
Fans of the elder Halle know this isn’t the first time she’s fielded commentary for being incorrectly attached to the prized role.
It likely won’t be the last time either.
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Racist tweets? All you’ve posted are tweets about her being too old. Which, let’s be real, if she were playing The Little Mermaid, she is too old. FAKE NEWS!
You missed the entire point! No tweets at all should’ve been directed to her since she is in no way shape or form involved!
You missed the entire point. It’s click baiting and cause for more discourse in America that shouldn’t be encouraged.
you dumb horable lady
you vary horable lady! and vary trashy ashy bish!
No you vary vary horable!
Ignorance is rampant
Doesn’t seem racist and I mean. The masses don’t know a Halle Bailey so…
And that is why READING IS FUNDAMENTAL
Dumb ass Americans
You gaslighters are the most mentally ill I’ve seen. They literally want to harm Halle Bailey and have sent her death threats due to this role.
It’s literally DISGUSTING that ppl are like that
They preach self pride in being white & put themselves above all other races.
Probably toothless, uneducated, white trash trump supporters living in dirty trailer parks miserable that trump didnt change their lives lmaoo