Snoop Dogg ‘scared’ to go to cinema over LGBTQ+ themes after watching Lightyear with grandson
"Y’all throwing me in the middle of s**t," said the rapper on not knowing how to answer his grandson's question about the Disney-Pixar film
By Aaron Sugg
Snoop Dogg has said he’s “scared” to go to the cinema after his grandson questioned an LGBTQ+ couple in Disney-Pixar’s Lightyear.
On a recent episode of the It’s Giving podcast, the 53-year-old rapper described an experience watching the 2022 animation with his young relative. The movie includes a lesbian storyline where two female characters raise a child together.
He told host Sarah Fontenot that the question about the on-screen relationship left him feeling unsettled.
“I didn’t come here for this s**t” – Snoop Dogg on LGBTQ+ themes in children’s films
He said: “Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She a woman!” The question left the rapper caught off guard. “Oh s**t. I didn’t come here for this s**t. I just came to watch the goddamn movie,” he remembered thinking.
Changing the subject, the musician said to his grandchild: “Hey man, watch the movie.” But the boy pressed: “Uh uh. They just said, she and she had a baby. They’re both women. How did she have a baby.” The rapper recalled hushing the child.
“I’m scared to go to the movies now” – the rapper on seeing films with LGBTQ+ representation with his grandchildren
Reflecting on the situation, Snoop admitted he felt unprepared. He said: “It’s like, I’m scared to go to the movies now. Y’all throwing me in the middle of s**t that I don’t have an answer for, it threw me for a loop. I’m like, ‘What part of the movie was this?’ These are kids. We have to show that at this age?”
Snoop appeared in a queer-coded film Back in 2004, making a cameo in The L Word, a drama about a close-knit group of LGBTQ+ women in Los Angeles staring Kit Porter (Pam Grier). Like Lightyear, the series also includes themes of same-sex relationships.
On release, Lightyear was banned in 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In the US, one Oklahoma cinema posted warning signs about the film’s gay kiss and told audiences it would skip the moment during screenings.
Initially, Disney cut the kiss from the movie, but after backlash from employees and supporters, the studio restored the scene.
Chris Evans, who voiced Buzz Lightyear spoke to Variety in light of its release: “That representation across the board is how we make films… Look, it’s an honour to be a part of something that is taking those steps.” Evan’s brother Scott is gay.