Melissa McCarthy’s Ursula makeup artist says he felt it was ‘very offensive’ that drag queens were claiming Disney should have hired a queer artist instead... via MetroUS
Their remarks referred to the role’s origins which were first based on the legendary drag queen Divine when the sea witch was brought to life in the 1989 animated classic.backlash appeared online, slamming the hiring of the British Oscar-winning makeup artist.
He has since told Insider: ‘I find that very offensive. Why can’t I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist? ‘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.’With 42 years of hair and makeup design under his belt, Peter has also worked on the likes of The Lord of the Rings and Mary Poppins and explained that his Ursula look wasn’t based on any outside influences.
He continued telling the publication: ‘I didn’t really draw on anything. I played around quite a lot with different colours, different shapes, and stuff. ‘It just was sort of Melissa and I talking and creating. So I didn’t really draw on anything at all.’Now when we said Ursula was inspired by a drag queen we didnât mean one who had only been doing it for 3 months bc-
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