Rep Insists Snoop Dogg Did Not Write Viral ‘Lightyear’ Apology

Snoop Dogg continues to be underneath fireplace after controversial remarks about LGBTQIA+ illustration in youngsters’s films, with followers and critics demanding readability on the place the rapper stands. The 53-year-old hip-hop icon sparked outrage after admitting on the “It’s Giving” podcast that he felt “scared to go to the flicks” when blindsided by a same-sex couple depicted in Pixar’s 2022 movie “Lightyear.” Whereas it appeared Snoop Dogg addressed the backlash in a remark left on an Instagram put up, his rep now says in any other case.

Throughout a latest podcast look, Snoop Dogg recalled taking his grandchildren to see the “Toy Story” spinoff, which contains a montage of two ladies marrying, elevating a toddler, and sharing Disney’s first on-screen same-sex kiss. The rapper admitted he panicked when his grandson requested how two ladies might have a child. “Oh sh-t. I didn’t are available in for this sh-t. I simply got here to observe the goddamn film,” he mentioned, explaining that he tried to brush off his grandson’s questions by telling him, “Hey man, simply watch the film.”

The remarks triggered quick backlash on-line, with many followers calling his response homophobic and dismissive of LGBTQIA+ households.

Because the backlash escalated, social media customers pointed to an Instagram remark left underneath a Hollywood Unlocked put up that appeared to indicate Snoop Dogg apologizing. The remark, written beneath a clip of activist Ts Madison criticizing him, learn:

“I used to be simply caught off guard and had no reply for my grandsons. All my homosexual mates [know] what’s up, they been calling me with love. My unhealthy for not figuring out the solutions for a 6-yr-old. Educate me the way to be taught. I’m not excellent.”

However in accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, a consultant for Snoop denies the rapper ever wrote these phrases. The rep claimed that “somebody claiming to be the rapper” left the message, however that Snoop Dogg himself by no means addressed the controversy instantly. It stays unclear who’s behind the feedback.

The scene on the middle of the controversy has been a flashpoint for the reason that movie’s launch. When “Lightyear” premiered in 2022, the inclusion of a same-sex couple briefly elevating a toddler sparked pushback from some viewers. Disney initially eliminated the sequence from the movie however rapidly reinstated it following inner backlash and public outcry.

Chris Evans, who voiced Buzz Lightyear, defended the storyline on the time, telling Selection, “It’s good, and it’s fantastic, it makes me joyful [to have such inclusion]. [But] it’s powerful to not be a bit pissed off that it even needs to be a subject of debate. That it’s this sort of ‘information.’”

“The objective is that we will get to some extent the place it’s the norm, and that this doesn’t must be some uncharted waters, that ultimately that is simply the way in which it’s,” Evans added. “That illustration throughout the board is how we make movies.”

One motive “Lightyear” sparked such heated dialogue is as a result of overtly LGBTQ characters have been so uncommon all through Pixar’s historical past. Within the studio’s practically 30 years of storytelling, only some examples stand out. In 2019, “Toy Story 4” included a short second the place two moms drop off their baby at kindergarten. The next 12 months, in “Onward,” Lena Waithe voiced a cyclops police officer who casually referenced having a girlfriend.

However maybe the boldest step got here with Pixar’s brief movie “Out,” launched on Disney+ as a part of the SparkShorts collection. The nine-minute characteristic instructed the story of a younger homosexual man making ready to return out to his mother and father, a landmark second for the studio and a reminder of how restricted LGBTQ illustration has been in its main releases.