Halle Bailey shows son recognizing her 'Little Mermaid' role: 'I'm crying'

"The Little Mermaid" is a children's movie staple. But for Halle Bailey, the family viewing experience is a little different.

The actress, who starred in a 2023 live-action remake of the Disney classic, shared an emotional clip of her son recognizing her on screen.

On Wednesday, Bailey posted a video to X showing her 14-month-old son Halo watching the opening sequence of the film and repeating, "Mama."

"Guys i’m crying he actually knows Ariel is me," she captioned the post. Bailey shares Halo with ex DDG.

The actress, and one-time member of sibling R&B duo Chloe x Halle, took on the coveted role of Ariel, starring alongside Javier Bardem and Melissa McCarthy. Despite racist backlash surrounding Bailey's casting as the lead in the film, since the original cartoon version features a white Ariel, the movie was a critical and commercial success, raking in $560 million at box offices worldwide and breaking streaming records when it arrived on Disney+, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Since then Bailey has embarked on a solo musical career, releasing several singles including the Grammy-nominated song "Angel." All the while her sister Chloe, whose own solo track "Have Mercy" became a radio favorite, has stood by in support − both as a professional peer and as an aunt to Halo, who may be following in the path of his musically inclined family.

"He's singing, he's dancing a lot," Chloe Bailey told People magazine at the NAACP Image Awards in February. "He's making beats in his kids' beats machine … that's going to be my little mini-producer, my little mini-me."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Halle Bailey, DDG son Halo reacts to Ariel in 'Little Mermaid'