Snoop Dogg has caused another stir by voicing his opposition to LGBTQ+ family representation in kids’ movies in a new podcast interview. The hip-hop icon aimed Pixar’s recent feature Lightyear for including a same-sex relationship that his grandson apparently asked him about during the film.

Appearing on the It’s Giving podcast last week with host Sarah Fontenot, the Doggystyle rapper said that he took his grandson to the cinema to watch Lightyear, a spinoff of the long-running Toy Story film series. According to Snoop, the film’s inclusion of a woman in a same-sex relationship immediately confused him, as his grandson asked him during a scene with a same-sex couple while the child’s mother remained on screen.

The “Let Me Live” rapper appeared flustered and at a loss for words when the scene unfolded, telling podcast host Fontenot: “Why my grandson in the middle of the movie like, ‘Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She a woman,’” he said. “Oh s—, I didn’t come in for this s—. I just came to watch the g—— movie.”

Snoop then said that he could not find an answer to his grandson’s question during the film and had to tell him to stop interrupting. “They just said she had a baby,” he continued. “They are both women. How does she have a baby? S—. The movie ain’t over with. I’m scared to go to the movies. Like y’all throwing me in the middle of s— that I don’t have an answer for.”

The rapper also said that he was more alarmed by his grandson’s natural curiosity about the couple. He added, “It threw me for a loop. These are kids that we have to show that at this age, like, they’re going to ask questions. They are going to ask. I don’t have an answer. And I was just there to go to sleep and watch the movie. That s— woke me up.”

Reaction to Snoop Dogg’s Comments

Progressive listeners and viewers immediately became defensive online and on social media. The rapper’s backlash also led to renewed criticism of Snoop Dogg over his upcoming appearance at the Australian Football League’s (AFL) Grand Final later this year. According to PinkNews, AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan defended the rapper’s presence at the sporting event, even though he had seemingly called out the league in his podcast comments.

The AFL did not immediately respond to Insider, but the publication also pointed out that it recently signed a partnership agreement with the Rainbow Families website Carers by Choice to “highlight the experiences and impact of queer carers.” It is also worth noting that Snoop Dogg has yet to retract his comments, issue a statement on them, or apologize for his part in the controversy.

The fact that Lightyear was at the center of a similar controversy last year did not help the rapper’s case, either. In June 2022, the same month the movie was released, conservatives decried the inclusion of a same-sex kiss in Lightyear, arguing it was too suggestive and not appropriate for children’s entertainment.

In a move that only fanned the flames of the online firestorm, Disney eventually yanked the couple’s scene from the movie before the Pixar studio reportedly overruled the decision after a backlash from employees and LGBTQ+ supporters. Chris Evans, the American actor who voices Buzz Lightyear in the feature, said at the time that he would not have made the film if Pixar had not included a same-sex couple.

Speaking to Reuters Television, Evans was unequivocal in his defense of Lightyear’s “gay moment.” “The real truth is those people are idiots,” Evans said. “There’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. But those people die off like dinosaurs. I think the goal is to pay them no mind, march forward, and embrace the growth that makes us human.”

Lightyear centers around the “real” Buzz Lightyear character, the space-faring science-fiction hero who — in the world of Toy Story, Pixar’s long-running and successful film franchise — inspired a toy Buzz Lightyear. The Toy Story origin story did not fare so well with audiences and critics upon release, earning just over $226 million against higher box office expectations.