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DDG<\/strong> and Halle Bailey<\/strong>\u2018s adorable relationship has been deemed \u2018couple goals\u2019 across social media, and the rapper recently defended his girlfriend amid the backlash she\u2019s received about playing Ariel in \u2018The Little Mermaid.\u2019<\/p>\n While catching up with Bootleg Kev, DDG defended Halle, and explained that people are attacking \u2018Ariel\u2019 the character as opposed to Halley Bailey the person. He also said that the singer and actress isn\u2019t letting the negativity get to her.<\/p>\n She be laughing it off. They be going a little too hard. But I feel like the people are more attacking the character rather than her personally. You know what I\u2019m saying? I feel like she\u2019s caught in the crossfire because she\u2019s playing the character.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Cause it\u2019s impossible to be mean to Halle. She\u2019s too sweet and she\u2019s really like that in person. So if people actually took the time to realize whose actually playing The Little Mermaid rather than just going up because she\u2019s black, they would realize they\u2019re trippin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The conversation quickly shifted to race relations and the realities of how Black people are viewed in America nearly 200 years after slavery was abolished. DDG was seemingly taken aback by the severity of the comments aimed at Halle, and even joked about Martin Luther King\u2019s role in gaining freedom for people of color.<\/p>\n Yeah I didn\u2019t know people were this racist. I didn\u2019t know. I thought this sh*t was gone already. Like, I thought Martin Luther King canceled this sh*t out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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