‘Teach Me How To Learn. I’m Not Perfect’

Snoop Dogg has responded to backlash over his comments about the Disney/Pixar film Lightyear.

The rapper previously said that film’s depiction of a same-sex couple, Alisha Hawthorne and her wife, “fucked [him] up” and left him “scared to go to the movies.”

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“I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons,” the rapper wrote on Tuesday (Aug. 26) on Instagram in response to a clip of T.S. Madison calling him out.

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“All my gay friends [know] what’s up they been calling me with love [heart] my bad for not knowing the answers for a 6 yr old … teach me how to learn I’m not perfect,” Snoop said.

During an appearance on the It’s Giving podcast, Snoop said he was uncomfortable when he watched Lightyear with his grandson. The child had questions about how Alisha Hawthorne and her wife had a baby.

“I didn’t come for this shit,” Snoop said. “It threw me for a loop. 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.”

In defense of the scene, screenwriter Lauren Gunderson, who contributed to early drafts of the 2022 film, responded to Snoop’s comments in an Instagram post, writing, “I created the LIGHTYEAR lesbians.”

She continued, “In 2018, I was a writer at Pixar—such a cool place, grateful to work there, learned a ton from kind and impressive creatives. As we wrote early versions of what became LIGHTYEAR, a key character needed a partner, and it was so natural to write ‘she’ instead of ‘he.’ 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. I’m proud of it. To infinity. Love is love.”

The film, a Toy Story spinoff starring Chris Evans, also featured a same-sex kiss between Alisha and her wife Kiko, which prompted bans in multiple Middle Eastern countries.

“The real truth is those people are idiots,” Evans told Reuters in 2022 about those critical of the kiss. “Every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth, and that’s what makes us good.”