American rapper Snoop Dogg has found himself at the center of another controversy after speaking out on LGBTQ+ representation in children’s movies. The hip-hop star homed in on one in particular – 2022’s Lightyear from Pixar – during an interview on Sarah Fontenot’s It’s Giving podcast.

“I just took my grandson to see a f—– movie, and I was tripping in this s—,” he said. “Why, my grandson, in the middle of the movie, like, ‘Papa Snoop, how does she have a baby with a woman? She is a woman,” Snoop continued. “Oh s—, I didn’t come in for this s—. I just came to watch the g—— movie.”

The rapper explained that he had no answer for his grandson, telling him to “watch until the end” and that he was “scared to go to the movies”.The film, which had been anticipated by Disney, Pixar, and animation fans alike because of the Toy Story connection, received mixed reviews. It earned over $226 million worldwide, a commercial disappointment after having been made on a production budget of about $200 million.

For Pixar, the inclusion of an LGBTQ+ moment has drawn progressive praise but sparked conservative criticism. It also inspired further commentary from Snoop Dogg, who now finds himself, once again, in the media spotlight.

Lightyear is a spinoff of Toy Story, and in it, a Buzz Lightyear toy character is the creation of the “real” Buzz Lightyear: a high-tech alien who crash-lands on Earth and becomes a hero to a generation of children in the franchise’s animated universe.

A same-sex kiss between two women was included in the final version of the movie and drew criticism from conservatives who thought it was too much for a children’s film.

The LGBTQ+ moment was cut from the film in June 2022, but was later reinstated after internal criticism from Disney employees as well as from LGBTQ+ advocates.

Criticism and More Offense

PinkNews reported that AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said there would be no change to Snoop Dogg’s booking at the Grand Final in September as a result of his comments, which drew backlash from progressive audiences on social media.

“When the s— hits the fan at the movies, I’m all for watching the evolution of entertainment,” he said. “I would rather not have gone to the movie, but then my grandson’s going to be confused. He’s 7 years old. He doesn’t know nothin’ about nothing.”

He went on: “I would have rather just seen what they were talking about. But my grandson got questions in the middle of this cartoon s— asking me questions that I didn’t even know anything about.”

Snoop Dogg is no stranger to controversy, and his comments on the podcast landed during another media cycle around the same Lightyear controversy after a wave of liberal criticisms of the film.

Chris Evans, who voices Buzz Lightyear in the Pixar animated film, told Reuters Television the following year: “The real truth is those people are idiots. 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.”

The film, which had been anticipated by Disney, Pixar, and animation fans alike because of the Toy Story connection, received mixed reviews. It earned over $226 million worldwide, a commercial disappointment after having been made on a production budget of about $200 million.

For Pixar, the inclusion of an LGBTQ+ moment has drawn progressive praise but sparked conservative criticism. It also inspired further commentary from Snoop Dogg, who now finds himself, once again, in the media spotlight.

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