Darling, it’s better when icons support icons.
Benson and Bailey exchanged a few quick words while holding hands before embracing and posing for photographs.
“She doesn’t need any advice from me!”
Halle Bailey and Jodi Benson at ‘The Little Mermaid’ premiere.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
“She’s brilliant.
I’m so thrilled for her and I’m so proud of her.”
“I hope that they just know that they are worthy,” she told PEOPLE.
“We deserve to be in these spaces.”
The Little Mermaid also starring Melissa McCarthy as Ursula is in theaters on May 23.
