‘Little Mermaid’ Trailer Has More Than 1.5 Million Dislikes On Youtube

Twitter users are going off after noticing the official Little Mermaid trailer posted on the Walt Disney Studios’ YouTube channel received over 1.5 million dislikes. On Youtube, the trailer has gathered 15 million views and counting in a matter of 5 days. The video currently has 727,000 likes, but Disney recently disabled the dislikes after receiving 1.5 million thumbs-downs in just two days.

Twitter users feel folks are jealous that the Grownish star, Halle Bailey is playing Ariel in The Little Mermaid. One Twitter user slammed folks saying, “the little mermaid teaser trailer having 1m dislikes is actually pathetic. and the thing is… the teaser actually looks good… yall just hate the fact that Halle Bailey is playing ariel.” Another person wrote, “1.5 million dislikes on The Little Mermaid trailer…..Why? because she’s black? Mermaids are fantasy creatures and aren’t supposed to be tied to any skin color. Stay mad.”