Snoop Dogg referred to as out for feedback about LGBTQ+ illustration in youngsters movies

Snoop Dogg has been criticised for his feedback in regards to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood and the way they’re represented in motion pictures for kids.

The ‘Gin and Juice’ rapper, 53, stated he’s ‘scared to go to the flicks’ as a result of inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.

Throughout an look on the It is Giving podcast final week (20 August), the West Coast hip-hop star stated he did not understand how to answer his grandson’s questions on 2022’s Lightyear.

Within the Pixar flick, there’s a same-sex kiss between Commander Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) and her spouse Kiko throughout a montage celebrating their relationship.

This scene was initially lower however was restored after robust pushback from Pixar staff about Disney’s historical past of censoring LGBTQ+ affection.

Producer Galyn Susman stated that the kiss highlighted the life and love of Buzz (voiced by Chris Evans) all through his mission.

Snoop – whose actual title is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr – stated on the podcast: “They’re like, ‘She had a child — with one other girl’.

“Nicely, my grandson, in the course of the film is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a child with a girl? She’s a girl!'”

He thought on the time: “‘Oh s**t, I did not are available for this s**t. I simply got here to look at the goddamn film.'”

As his grandson stored on asking, the musician added: “‘They only stated, she and he or she had a child — they’re each ladies. How does she have a child?'”

He mirrored that the expertise ‘f**ked me up’, including: “I am like, scared to go to the flicks.”

“Y’all throwing me in the course of s**t that I haven’t got a solution for,” Snoop added.

“These are youngsters. We’ve to point out that at this age? They’ll ask questions. I haven’t got the reply.”

His feedback have been met with backlash on-line, as one particular person stated: “The whining about that Lightyear film having a lesbian scene in it by no means ceases to spotlight how idiotic the outrage round it was/nonetheless is.

“The scene is actually simply certainly one of them holding a child and having their arms round one another. It by no means implies two ladies made the newborn in any respect.”

One other wrote: “What a horrible tackle the lesbian couple. It’s 2025 & y’all nonetheless being homophobic?”

Whereas a 3rd added: “Wow. I’m so embarrassed that I ever preferred him. And I spoke positively about him to my youngsters… That me, a woman, and my spouse have. Why does all people hate us? Why can’t we be represented in something with out straight folks freaking out?

“It’s not an agenda. Typically we simply wanna see ourselves in media and leisure. Is that so incorrect?”

Another person additionally stated: “Wow that is unhappy. I assumed Snoop was fairly open and accepting. I bear in mind watching this movie and seeing a illustration of what my household seems to be like. Two mothers and a child. We’re right here and we exist.”

LADbible Group has contacted Snoop Dogg’s representatives for remark.