Rapper Snoop Dogg criticized LGBTQ+ themes in children’s movies after watching a Disney film, Lightyear, with his grandson, saying “they’re putting it everywhere.”
Newsweek has contacted CAA Speakers, which represents Snoop Dogg for speaking arrangements, via email, for comment.
Why It Matters
Snoop Dogg’s remarks reflect a broader cultural divide over LGBTQ+ representation in media targeted at children. With major studios like Disney increasing the visibility of same-sex characters, reactions range from celebration to controversy, particularly when such representation appears in family films.
Lightyear, released in 2022, was Disney’s first animated feature to depict a same-sex kiss and portray a couple of the same gender raising a child. These scenes sparked backlash among conservative commentators and led to the film being banned in several countries.
What To Know
Speaking on the It’s Giving podcast, Snoop recounted taking his grandson to see Disney‘s Lightyear and being caught off guard by the child’s questions about the a same-sex couple in the storyline.
“What you see is what you see, and they’re putting it everywhere,” he said, before adding later: “I didn’t come in for this s***. I just came to watch the goddamn movie.”
Snoop Dogg 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!'”
“I’m like, scared to go to the movies,” he said. “Y’all throwing me in the middle of s*** that I don’t have an answer for.”
“It threw me for a loop,” he continued. “I’m like, ‘What part of the movie was this?’ These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.”
The comments have led to calls to cancel Snoop Dogg’s upcoming performance at the Australian Football League (AFL’s) Grand Final, according to local broadcaster 9 News Australia.
A news presenter said Snoop Dogg’s performance could be seen as a double standard given that the AFL has recently sanctioned Adelaide midfielder Izak Rankine for using a homophobic slur in the past 16 months.
AFL general counsel Stephen Meade said about Rankine: “In an AFL environment, this behavior is not acceptable. Homophobia has no place in football.”
Newsweek has contacted the AFL, via email, for comment.
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What People Are Saying
Australia’s Shadow Immigration Minister Paul Scarr said about calls for Snoop Dogg’s performance to be canceled: “I think it’s a Grand Final—it should be about the football, it shouldn’t be about the entertainment. And I think, in the lead up to the Grand Final, when people are talking about the entertainment, that’s a concern.”
But he later added: “I think you have to be consistent, and if you’re going to set certain standards, then people are going to raise questions just as you’re raising them, if you deviate those standards on a case-by-case basis.”
What Happens Next
Snoop Dogg has not responded to calls for his removal from upcoming events.