In the original Disney animated film, Ariel is 16 years old.
I’m glad he did it.
He knows what he’s doing.
Joy Behar, ‘The Little Mermaid’ star Halle Bailey, and Sara Haines.ABC (2); Disney
“Wait a minute, when this consent thing happened, she had legs?
Because I was thinking, as a mermaid, how far could he go?
He could go to second base, that’s it,“Joy Beharquipped as the audience laughed.
Halle Bailey in ‘The Little Mermaid’.Disney
She added, “She has legs now we’re talking!”
Goldberg watched her fellow panelists talk through the issue with a confused look on her face.
Menken confirmed alterations to “Kiss the Girl” for Bailey’s debut as Ariel.
“I have a gripe against Disney.
I’ll probably get fired for this,” she said, referencingThe View’sparent online grid,ABC.
“I just want to say, the worst of all of the cartoons wasBambi.
When that mother was killed, I had an asthma attack, and I don’t have asthma.
That was too violent.
[I was] very upset, and I object!”
The Viewairs weekdays at 11 a.m.
ET on ABC, while director Rob Marshall’sThe Little Mermaid also starringMelissa McCarthyas Ursula hits theaters May 26.
