Melissa McCarthy’s ‘Little Mermaid’ make-up artist hits back at drag queen critics
Melissa McCarthy’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ make-up artist has hit back at critics who say a queer cosmetics expert should have been hired for the job. Oscar-winning Peter King, 68, has faced a backlash from ‘RuPaul’s Drag race’ contestants who think he shouldn’t have landed the contract as in the original Disney movie, which came out in 1989, Melissa’s sea witch character Ursula was modelled after drag icon Divine. Peter told Insider about their objections to him doing the job being “ridiculous” and “very offensive”: “Why can’t I do as good a job as a queer makeup artist? “That’s trying to claim ...