Snoop Dogg’s reps confirm apology over LGBTQ+ Disney film remarks is ‘fake’
Snoop's reps have told The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline that the comment made under TS Madison's reaction video was "fake"
By Aaron Sugg
Snoop Dogg’s reps have confirmed the rapper’s apology for his controversial comments about LGBTQ+ representation in Disney films was “fake”.
The 53-year-old seemingly addressed the criticism in the comments section of a Hollywood Unlocked Instagram post, supposedly writing: “I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons.”
This comes after, his appearance on an episode of the It’s Giving podcast last month, where the rapper described an experience watching Lightyear with his grandson. The movie includes a lesbian storyline where two female characters raise a child together.
Snoop Dogg’s reps have since claimed the comment to be “fake” and has now been deleted
In his original statement this August, he told the podcast host he remembered thinking: “Oh shit. I didn’t come here for this shit. I just came to watch the goddamn movie.”
He continued: “It 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.”
The comment made under the Instagram post, which has since has been classed as “fake” by his management, continued: “All my gay friends [know] what’s up they been calling me with love,” he continued. “My bad for not knowing the answers for a six year old… teach me how to learn I’m not perfect.”
According to multiple publications, including Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter, a representative for the 16-time Grammy Award nominee has dismissed the comment as fake, and it has since been deleted.
The comment was made underneath a clip of TS Madison responding to Snoop Dogg’s remarks in an interview with TMZ Live.
The TV personality spoke directly to the rapper about his comments: “Snoop, you have music videos with women dancing and kissing other women. Dancing naked. So why is displaying lesbian behaviour in your music video appropriate, and you are afraid to answer questions from your grandchildren?”
“I knew the representational effect I could have” – Lightyear screenwriter Lauren Gunderso on the lesbian storyline
As well as TS Madison, Lightyear‘s Lauren Gunderson, a screenwriter who provided material for the 2022 film, responded the rappers comments on a post to her Instagram.
She said: “It was so natural to write ‘she’ sainted of ‘he.’ As small as that detail is in the film I knew the representational effect I could have. Small line, big deal. I was elated they kept it in.”