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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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Nardine Saad

Josh Gad wades into 'pathetic' racist swells over Halle Bailey as 'Little Mermaid'

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Olaf and LeFou have waded into the heated "Little Mermaid" waters.

"Frozen" and live-action "Beauty and the Beast" star Josh Gad on Thursday called out the "pathetic" people who disliked the latest trailer for Disney's remake of "The Little Mermaid," specifically those poor unfortunate souls who still couldn't get over R&B singer Halle Bailey playing the titular princess Ariel.

"Imagine being so broken and pathetic in life that your chief concern is the skin color of … a make-believe singing mermaid," the actor wrote on Twitter, retweeting a post by Call to Activism stating that "The Little Mermaid" trailer" is "currently being mass 'disliked' on YouTube by MAGA racists."

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