Snoop Dogg. Photo: Bruce Baker from Sydney, Australia, via Wikimedia Commons
Snoop Dogg has apologized for comments he made on a podcast about the Pixar film Lightyear, which were widely criticized as homophobic.
His apology came after significant public backlash, including pointed comments from transgender media personality TS Madison.
The controversy began when Snoop Dogg shared a story about taking his grandson to see Lightyear. He recounted that during a scene where two women kiss and one is a mother, his grandson asked, “How can they have a baby?”
Snoop Dogg said the question “f***** me up” and that he was now “scared to go to the movies” because of the prevalence of LGBTQ+ representation.
Following the widespread condemnation, Snoop Dogg took to Instagram to apologize. “I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons,” he wrote. “All my gay friends [know] what’s up. They been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6-year-old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect.”
This apology came after a strong critique from TS Madison, who called out the rapper in a video clip. She questioned why a man who has been involved in adult entertainment and has a history of controversial lyrics would find it so difficult to explain a same-sex relationship to a child.
Madison argued that the child’s question was a natural, innocent one that presented an opportunity for a simple, loving explanation, not a cause for fear.
