Snoop Dogg recently addressed backlash over his comments about LGBTQ+ representation in a Disney film – however his representatives are now suggesting that the response is a “fake”.
It comes after the rapper recently made headlines for his appearance on It’s Giving podcast, which saw him recall taking his grandson to watch the 2022 film Lightyear and being stumped after being asked about the same-sex couple that featured in it.
The Toy Story spin-off film was banned in 14 countries over a scene that saw Buzz’s best friend and commander, Alisha Hawthorne, briefly share a kiss with her wife, Kiko.
Explaining how the scene prompted questions from his grandsons, Snoop shared on the podcast: “They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman’. Well, my grandson, in the middle of the movie is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman!’”
“I didn’t come in for this shit. I just came to watch the goddamn movie,” the rapper added, adding that the moment “fucked me up”.
“I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of shit that I don’t have an answer for… It threw me for a loop.”
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The comments soon sparked backlash, and led to the ‘Gin And Juice’ rapper sharing an apology online. He left the comment on an Instagram post shared by Hollywood Unlocked, which saw hosts discuss how there are music videos by Snoop Dogg that feature women kissing.
“Why is displaying lesbian behaviour in your music videos appropriate, but you are afraid to answer the questions from your grandchildren?” host Ts Madison asked.
In his comment on the post, the rapper shared: “I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons. All my gay friends [know] what’s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6 yr old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect.”
Now though, representatives for Snoop have addressed the response and said that the comments did not come from the rapper himself.
The reports were first shared by The Hollywood Reporter, which claimed that a rep for the ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’ rapper had reached out and said that the comments on the Hollywood Unlocked post apologising for the podcast remarks were not written by the rapper.
It is not yet clear who is behind them.
The outlet also shared that Lightyear screenwriter Lauren Gunderson defended the inclusion of the queer couple in the film amid the rapper’s comments.
“I was one of a few writers they had on it over the years, which is very common for screenwriting of course. I had very little to do with the final script,” Gunderson shared on Instagram wrote. “But I was proud to see a happy queer couple (even for a few seconds) onscreen. I know they got a lot of shit for this inclusion, but stuff like this matters because beautiful love like this exists.”
“It’s *not* fiction. What IS fiction is Zurg and lightspeed space travel and murderous aliens and a talking robot cat (long live Sox),” she added.
The scene involving the kiss had originally been cut by Disney, but was reinstated after Pixar animators penned an open letter criticising the company for censoring “overtly gay affection” in its films.
The first lesbian character to be introduced in a Pixar film was seen in 2020’s Onward.
Last year, Disney removed a transgender storyline from the Pixar animated coming-of-age series Win Or Lose. Chanel Stewart, who plays the character in question, said she was “very disheartened” by the decision. “From the moment I got the script, I was excited to share my journey to help empower other trans youth. I knew this would be a very important conversation. Trans stories matter, and they deserve to be heard,” Stewart said.
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