--- title: James Corden Channels Melania Trump for Little Mermaid Parody description: James Corden channeled Melania Trump for a Little Mermaid parody that suggests Ariel and Melania might have more in common than you think. canonical: https://time.com/5109632/james-corden-melania-trump/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-19T16:29:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:53.632Z og:title: James Corden's Melania Trump Just Wants to Be Free og:description: Melania and Ariel have more in common than you might think og:url: https://time.com/5109632/james-corden-melania-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae0762c126a35497/6988f8c6cf40a87821c4b01d/corden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Corden og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: James Corden's Melania Trump Just Wants to Be Free twitter:description: Melania and Ariel have more in common than you might think twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae0762c126a35497/6988f8c6cf40a87821c4b01d/corden.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # James Corden's 'Melania Trump' Just Wants to Be a Part of Your World in This _Little Mermaid_ Parody  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 19, 2018 4:29 PM UTC   by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 19, 2018 4:29 PM UTC [James Corden](http://time.com/4874242/carpool-karaoke-usher/) put his famous skills as a vocalist to good use on Thursday night when he channeled [Melania Trump](http://time.com/4972038/melania-trump-fashion-photo-gallery/) in a hilarious parody of [_The Little Mermaid_](http://time.com/3586569/sexist-little-mermaid/)_,_ a pairing that might seem unorthodox but is actually quite fitting when you give Corden’s D.C.-themed reimagining of the classic “Part of Your World” ballad. While the real-life Melania and the fictional Ariel may not appear to be similar, the First Lady and the fairy tale mermaid have things in common in the satire. Corden’s Melania sings from the gilded confines of her bedroom, where she wonders what a world outside of the White House would look like. “With Secret Service you don’t get too far/Heels make it hard for jumpin’, escaping,” Corden as Melania sang. “Fleeing along down a — what’s that word again? Street/Out where they walk, out where they run, out where they don’t collude with Russians/Wandering free, wish I could be, part of that world.” The digs at the Trump administration were sprinkled liberally throughout, but one of the most notable was when Corden’s Trump warbles that “Betcha out there, they understand that they can’t seduce their daughters,” an on-the-nose reference to Trump’s [notorious comment](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-comments%5Fus%5F57f250d5e4b082aad9bbf2d7). 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