'The Little Mermaid' Makeup Artist Rails on LGBTQ Criticism Over Melissa McCarthy's Character

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'The Little Mermaid' Makeup Artist Rails on LGBTQ Criticism Over Melissa McCarthy's Character
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The makeup artist who gave Ursula her look in 'The Little Mermaid' says the blowback he's gotten from members of the LGBTQ community is ridiculous ... that only someone from that community should have been tapped for the job.

-- should not have been done up at the hands of anyone outside the community.

King went on the offensive, saying,"I find that very offensive. Why can't I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist?" Mr. King is seasoned at his craft, doing makeup for"The Lord of the Rings,""Star Wars: Episode VIII -- The Last Jedi, and"Spider-Man." He said,"I personally don't get it. Yes, I'm very old now, so that's fine, I get that too, but you know, a makeup artist or makeup designer could design makeup, they don't have to have an attachment to the nature of what they're doing."$120M -- had a famous guest in one of the theaters ...

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