'Do I have some news for you...about you.' In a post dripping with sarcasm, Freeform responds to 'the Poor, Unfortunate Souls' upset over Halle Bailey's 'The Little Mermaid' casting:
After the chatter on social media with hashtags like #NotMyAriel regarding the game-changing casting of Halle Bailey in the live-action"Little Mermaid," Freeform, the network that airs"grown-ish," in which she's featured, had some serious thoughts.
For the sake of the online arguments from a certain segment of"Little Mermaid" fans, the post made an argument following the assumption that Ariel is actually Danish. The post, absolutely dripping with sarcasm, then hammered home the real purpose of the message, to support the young actress and tell folks Ariel is a work of fiction.
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