People Are Hating On Melissa McCarthy's Makeup After A BTS Video Showed Her Preparing For Ursula In "The Little Mermaid"

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Ooh, child. Those poor unfortunate eyebrows — in pain, in need!

Everybody's talking about The Little Mermaid!

Halle Bailey was phenomenal as Gen Z Ariel and the rest of the cast blew us out of the water with their magical performances.

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Specifically, Melissa McCarthy, as Ursula was one of my favorites. She served up tens across the board for her show-stealing presence, sinister look, and HER VOICE.

When speaking about embodying the role to Deadline, Melissa said she's "always been a fan of drag" and was honored to pay homage to drag queens and Divine (who the original Ursula's makeup and persona were based upon).

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So, when a video dropped showing a behind-the-scenes of Melissa getting a full-face Disney baddie beatdown as Urusla, I knew the face would eat us up.

But, I have never been more wrong in my life! The video began okay and then the makeup artist took the eyebrows in unexpected direction — literally.

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See? It started off cute and simple.

Then things got a little out of hand once the makeup was added.

And then it ended up a complete mess.

The eyebrows looked more like an homage to Flotsam and Jetsam.

The eyebrows gave us Luann Milhouse from The Simpsons.

And, of course, everybody had a lot to say about the makeup:

Thank goodness the actual movie didn't look like that.

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