{"id":1978808,"date":"2025-08-25T15:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1978808"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:02:27","slug":"snoop-dogg-slams-lgbtq-characters-in-kids-films-sparks-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/snoop-dogg-slams-lgbtq-characters-in-kids-films-sparks-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoop Dogg slams LGBTQ+ characters in kids&#8217; films, sparks backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/77993344007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Snoop Dogg responds to Trump inauguration performance backlash<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg faced criticism for performing at the Crypto Ball during Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration and has appeared to address the backlash in a recent Instagram Live.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/07\/22\/snoop-dogg-zac-brown-band\/85332151007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Snoop Dogg<\/a> is facing backlash for his comments on LGBTQ+ characters in children&#8217;s films.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bB6JDlXhAoE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aug. 20 episode of the &#8220;It&#8217;s Giving&#8221; podcast<\/a>, the 53-year-old rapper said he was displeased when he took his grandson to see the animated movie &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/06\/13\/lightyear-movie-review-chris-evans\/7608467001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lightyear<\/a>,&#8221; which features a same-sex couple having a child together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(The movie is) like, &#8216;She had a baby with a woman,'&#8221; he said. &#8220;My grandson, in the middle of the movie, is like, &#8216;Papa Snoop, how did she have a baby with a woman? She&#8217;s a woman.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg complained that he &#8220;didn&#8217;t come here&#8221; to answer these kinds of questions. &#8220;I&#8217;m scared to go to the movies now,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; was &#8220;throwing me in the middle of&#8221; a situation where he didn&#8217;t &#8220;have an answer&#8221; for his grandchild.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It threw me for a loop,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;What part of the movie was this?&#8217; These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They&#8217;re going to ask questions! I don&#8217;t have the answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Snoop Dogg for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Why Pixar&#8217;s &#8216;Lightyear&#8217; has <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/06\/16\/lightyear-cast-addresses-same-sex-kiss-queer-characters\/7625563001\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a same-sex kiss and not an &#8216;awkward handhold&#8217; between queer characters<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Released in 2022, the &#8220;Toy Story&#8221; spinoff &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; features a montage sequence where Buzz Lightyear&#8217;s friend Alisha marries and has a child with her female love interest. At the time, the movie sparked controversy among conservatives and was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/06\/16\/lightyear-cast-addresses-same-sex-kiss-queer-characters\/7625563001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banned in the United Arab Emirates<\/a>, due to a brief moment where Alisha shares a kiss with her partner.<\/p>\n<p>The moment also fueled conservative outrage against Disney&#8217;s then-CEO, Bob Chapek. Months before the release of &#8220;Lightyear,&#8221; Chapek <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2022\/03\/09\/disney-dont-say-gay-bill-controversy-make-gay-fairy-tale\/9424479002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had spoken out against<\/a> a Florida bill prohibiting public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with young students. The measure was dubbed the &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2022\/05\/09\/dont-say-gay-lgbtq-youth-reaction\/7398468001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don&#8217;t Say Gay<\/a>&#8221; bill by critics. Chapek initially did not condemn the bill, which had initially sparked anger among Disney&#8217;s LGBTQ+ fans and employees.<\/p>\n<p>Snoop Dogg&#8217;s comments about &#8220;Lightyear&#8221; didn&#8217;t go over well on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so tired.. Genuinely so tired of the rampant homophobia nowadays,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ApolloFNC\/status\/1959834101911089661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one X user wrote in response<\/a>. Another <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Demigloom\/status\/1959715263508848850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slammed the rapper<\/a> as the &#8220;biggest sellout in Hip-Hop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One X <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GianmarcoSoresi\/status\/1959899352958415188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">user wondered<\/a>, &#8220;How is answering his grandson&#8217;s question even close to the horrors of answering how a man has a baby with a woman?????&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Snoop Dogg <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/01\/19\/snoop-dogg-trump-inauguration-crypto-ball\/77825804007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">under fire for performance at crypto event celebrating Trump inauguration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time this year that Snoop Dogg has set off a social media firestorm.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the rapper faced <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/01\/19\/snoop-dogg-trump-inauguration-crypto-ball\/77825804007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticism after performing<\/a> at the Inaugural Crypto Ball, a Washington event celebrating the inauguration of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>. Fans were confused by the decision, given Snoop Dogg had previously slammed artists who agreed to perform at Trump&#8217;s first inauguration in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/01\/28\/snoop-dogg-trump-inauguration-ball-backlash-response\/77994035007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rapper alluded to the backlash<\/a>, without directly addressing it, in an Instagram video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For all the hate, I&#8217;m gonna answer it with love,&#8221; he told followers. &#8220;Y&#8217;all can&#8217;t hate enough on me. I love too much.&#8221; Snoop Dogg added, &#8220;Get your life right. Stop worrying about mine. I&#8217;m cool. I&#8217;m together. Still a Black man. Still 100% Black.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop Dogg responds to Trump inauguration performance backlash Snoop Dogg faced criticism for performing at the Crypto Ball during Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration and has appeared to address the backlash in a recent Instagram Live. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment Snoop Dogg is facing backlash for his comments on LGBTQ+ characters in children&#8217;s films. 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