'The Little Mermaid' Makeup Artist Slams 'Ridiculous' Criticism On Ursula's Look
- 11 months ago
A makeup artist for “The Little Mermaid” called out “very offensive,” “ridiculous” backlash over his work on Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula character in the live-action remake.
Oscar-winning makeup artist Peter King pushed back against criticism from several drag queens who questioned why Disney didn’t hire a queer artist to work on makeup for a character who reportedly was inspired in the 1989 animated film by the iconic drag queen Divine, a frequent star in John Waters movies.
“I find that very offensive. Why can’t I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist?” King told Insider.
“That’s ridiculous. That’s trying to claim it and that’s fine, if that’s what they wanna do, but don’t put people down because they’re not what they want it to be.”
King’s comments come after Disney shared a video of the artist applying makeup to McCarthy, a clip that drag queen Sierra La Puerta questioned on Twitter earlier this month.
“Now when we said Ursula was inspired by a drag queen we didn’t mean one who had only been doing it for 3 months bc-,” La Puerta wrote.
Oscar-winning makeup artist Peter King pushed back against criticism from several drag queens who questioned why Disney didn’t hire a queer artist to work on makeup for a character who reportedly was inspired in the 1989 animated film by the iconic drag queen Divine, a frequent star in John Waters movies.
“I find that very offensive. Why can’t I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist?” King told Insider.
“That’s ridiculous. That’s trying to claim it and that’s fine, if that’s what they wanna do, but don’t put people down because they’re not what they want it to be.”
King’s comments come after Disney shared a video of the artist applying makeup to McCarthy, a clip that drag queen Sierra La Puerta questioned on Twitter earlier this month.
“Now when we said Ursula was inspired by a drag queen we didn’t mean one who had only been doing it for 3 months bc-,” La Puerta wrote.