Gabrielle Union’s Daughter, 4, Is Adorable In ‘Little Mermaid’ Costume After Halle Bailey’s Debut In Trailer

It’s nearly Halloween, and Gabrielle Union, 49, shared an adorable video of her daughter Kaavia, 4, dressed arsenic Ariel from Disney’s classic The Little Mermaid on Instagram connected Monday, October 3. Set to an instrumental mentation of the classical opus “Under The Sea,” Kaavia danced astir and showed disconnected her astonishing costume arsenic the mermaid, little than a period aft the archetypal trailer for the live-action movie starring Halle Bailey as Ariel debuted.

Kaavia’s costume was perfectly perfect. She had a process and seashell bikini apical that looked similar it came close retired of the movie arsenic good arsenic a reddish wig. The video was each the much amusive arsenic she lounged connected a seat connected a yacht overlooking the ocean, and adjacent included an adorable infinitesimal of her and her dad Dwyane Wade, 40, dancing connected the platform of the vessel together. Kaavia looked similar she was having a blast successful her astonishing costume.

Gabrielle shared that the costume was the cleanable mode to footwear disconnected October. “You cognize we had to acceptable disconnected Halloween play right. May I contiguous ‘Ariel & Her Sea Legs’ for awards consideration,” she wrote successful the caption. She besides celebrated the caller adaptation and praised it for having a Black woman successful the starring role, with the hashtag “#RepresentationMatters” arsenic good arsenic calling retired the haters with different hashtag: “#StayMadJan.”

Gabrielle and Kaavia clasp hands astatine the ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’ premiere. (John Salangsang/Shutterstock)

It’s not wide erstwhile Gabrielle filmed the adorable video of Kaavia, but she did abrogation with her babe miss and Dwyane backmost successful aboriginal September erstwhile she shared a bid of photos of the family relaxing connected a yacht and hitting the formation together.

While Kaavia rocked the outfit for this Halloween season, The Little Mermaid isn’t expected to deed theaters until adjacent year, erstwhile it volition beryllium connected the large surface connected May 26, 2023. Halle was announced arsenic the caller histrion for Ariel successful July 2019, and portion determination was immoderate backlash, she handled it perfectly. “I consciousness similar I’m dreaming and I’m conscionable grateful and I don’t wage attraction to the negativity,” she told Variety in 2019.