Snoop Dogg has admitted he feels uneasy about taking his grandson to the movies after being blindsided by same-sex representation in Disney’s 2022 animated film Lightyear.
While appearing on the It’s Giving podcast, the 53-year-old rapper Snoop Dogg recalled how what was meant to be a lighthearted family outing instead left him fumbling for answers.
‘What you see is what you see, and they’re putting it everywhere,’ the Drop It Like It’s Hot hitmaker explained
Snoop Dogg went on to describe sitting through the Pixar spinoff when his grandson suddenly grew confused about the character Alisha Hawthorne, who has a wife and a child.
‘They’re like, “She had a baby — with another woman,”‘ Snoop said. ‘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!”‘
Caught off guard, the rapper, who performed at one of President Donald Trump’s inaugural events earlier this year, admitted he didn’t know how to respond.
‘I’m like, ‘Oh sh**, I didn’t come in for this sh**. I just came to watch the goddamn movie,’ he emphasized.
But his grandson pressed him further: ‘They just said, she and she had a baby — they’re both women. How does she have a baby?’
The exchange, Snoop said, ‘f**ked me up. I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of sh** that I don’t have an answer for. It threw me for a loop. I’m like, “What part of the movie was this?”‘
While he stressed that children naturally ask questions, Snoop Dogg questioned whether filmmakers should introduce LGBTQ+ relationships at such a young target audience level.
‘These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer,’ he asked.
The film, voiced by Chris Evans, tells the story of Buzz Lightyear and features Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), who is seen marrying her partner Kiko and raising a child during a montage.
The moment made headlines even before the film’s release — not only because it was Disney’s first prominent LGBTQ+ character, but because it featured the studio’s first same-sex kiss.
That scene was almost cut from the theatrical release but was reinstated after a wave of backlash from Pixar staff.
Fans were quick to slam Snoop’s controversial remarks, which many found to be homophobic.
‘Wow. I am so embarrassed that I ever liked him,’ one YouTuber wrote underneath the podcast. ‘Why can’t we be represented in anything without straight people freaking out? It’s not an agenda. Sometimes we just wanna see ourselves in media and entertainment. Is that so wrong?’
Another commented: ‘Being afraid of gay parents in movies is crazy.’
‘It isn’t that hard to explain. Science. The answer is Science, Snoop. In vitro is used by many and honestly, I think you’re lying about this whole scenario!’ a third fired back.
Fans were quick to slam Snoop’s controversial remarks, which many found to be homophobic.
‘Wow. I am so embarrassed that I ever liked him,’ one YouTuber wrote underneath the podcast. ‘Why can’t we be represented in anything without straight people freaking out? It’s not an agenda. Sometimes we just wanna see ourselves in media and entertainment. Is that so wrong?’
Another commented: ‘Being afraid of gay parents in movies is crazy.’
‘It isn’t that hard to explain. Science. The answer is Science, Snoop. In vitro is used by many and honestly, I think you’re lying about this whole scenario!’ a third fired back.