Snoop Dogg Apparently Did Not Apologize for his “Homophobic” ‘Lightyear’ Comments – It’s Fake

Snoop Dogg is facing heavy criticism for comments he made about LGBTQ+ characters in Pixar’s Lightyear.

The rapper, who spoke about the movie on the It’s Giving podcast, said he felt uncomfortable when watching the 2022 film with his grandson. The movie includes a character named Alisha, voiced by Uzo Aduba, who has a wife and a child.

Snoop explained that the scene raised questions from his grandson that he didn’t know how to answer. “They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman.’ 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!’”

According to Snoop, he was caught off guard. “Oh s***, I didn’t come in for this s***. I just came to watch the goddamn movie,”* he said. He admitted the questions left him uneasy.

“They just said, she and she had a baby — they’re both women. How does she have a baby? It f**** me up. I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of s*** that I don’t have an answer for.”*

The rapper also argued that children are too young to be shown these kinds of stories. “These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer,” he said.

After backlash over his remarks, what looked like an apology from Snoop appeared online. The message, posted in the comments of a Hollywood Unlocked video, read: “All my gay friends [know] what’s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6-year-old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect.”

But Deadline reported that the apology wasn’t real. Sources close to Snoop said neither he nor his team wrote the comment, and that it was fake even though it came from his verified account.

Meanwhile, screenwriter Lauren Gunderson, who helped shape Alisha’s story in Lightyear, spoke out to defend the decision to include a same-sex couple in the movie. On Instagram, she wrote: “So. I created the LIGHTYEAR lesbians.”

She explained that when she worked at Pixar in 2018, she suggested giving Alisha a wife because it felt natural. “As small as that detail is in the film, I knew the representational effect it could have. Small line, big deal. I was elated that they kept it,” Gunderson said. “I’m proud of it. To infinity. Love is love.”

She added that while the film is filled with science-fiction elements like aliens and space travel, showing queer love on screen reflects real life. “Beautiful love like this exists,” she said.

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