Halle Bailey is a young actor who has been in the headlines for the past several years, ever since it was announced that she would be playing Ariel in the upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. A singer as well as a performer, she has accomplished a lot at the young age of 22.
Halle Bailey also has a strong sense of self and doesn’t hesitate to shut down rumors and speculation. Recently, the star took to social media to slam gossip that she got breast implants, addressing the rumors with humor and maturity.
Halle Bailey is a musician and actor
Halle Bailey was born in Georgia in 2000. Along with her older sister, Chloe Bailey, young Halle Bailey took to performing at a very early age, developing and launching a YouTube channel alongside her sister when she was just 11 years old. For the first few years that their YouTube channel was active, the Bailey sisters primarily sang covers of pop songs—but eventually, they branched out on their own, releasing their first EP under the name Chloe x Halle in 2016.
Halle Bailey and her sister earned acclaim for their unique singing style, and over the years, the duo has earned a slew of awards and nominations, including five Grammy Award nominations since 2018.
Even as her musical career has experienced great success, Halle Bailey has explored her talents as an actor. In 2018, she was cast as Skylar “Sky” Forster in the hit TV show Grown-ish, a role that has earned the young performer a lot of fans.
Rumors have swirled that Halle Bailey has had breast implants
In 2019, Disney announced that Halle Bailey had been cast as Ariel in the highly-anticipated live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. While many fans were excited, trolls slammed the casting decision. Throughout the drama and speculation, Halle Bailey has remained dignified, earning many fans who appreciate her talent and her business acumen.
However, some recent photos of Halle Bailey made waves online, prompting some people to speculate that the young star decided to get breast implants. She decided to address the rumors head-on, taking to social media to slam the speculation about her body—and revealing the truth behind the plastic surgery rumors.
What did Halle Bailey say about the breast implant rumors?
Bailey took to Twitter to discuss the chatter about breast implants. According to Paper Magazine, Bailey wrote “lmaooo not y’all thinking i got boob implants whattt. no ma’am. God gave me these.” Bailey added some well-chosen laughing and crying emojis to her tweet, illustrating her point that she was both amused and slightly annoyed by the rumors.
The publication notes that this isn’t the first time that the singer has had to open up about plastic surgery. Even her sister, Chloe Bailey, has shut down surgery rumors, once replying to an insinuation that she had her body “done” by remarking: “Oh man I wish I did then I wouldn’t have to workout and diet so hard.”
Certainly, Chloe Bailey’s body confidence has inspired her younger sister. Halle Bailey told E! News in March 2022 that she looks up to Chloe Bailey in every way.
According to Life & Style Magazine, Halle Bailey claimed: “My sister empowers me every day just by being herself and watching how hard she works. I think that I’ve always had a great example in her growing up of what I would like to be and what impact I would want to have on people.”
Fans will soon be able to see Halle Bailey in action when Disney’s The Little Mermaid hits theaters, sometime in late 2022 or 2023.
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