Rapper Snoop Dogg is at the center of another culture war after he criticized LGBTQ+ representation in children’s films this weekend. On the It’s Giving podcast with host Sarah Fontenot last week, Snoop Dogg explained why he had walked out on his grandson in the middle of Pixar’s Lightyear 2022 movie, which briefly includes a same-sex couple kissing.

“It was in the middle of the f— movie, and my grandson was like, ‘Papa Snoop, how does she have a baby with a woman? She is a woman,” the 53-year-old said on the It’s Giving podcast. “Oh s—, I didn’t come in for this s—. I just came to watch the g—— movie.”

In the film, one character is featured as part of a same-sex relationship. Their relationship includes a kiss scene between the female characters, which was removed from the movie after an outcry, before being restored following backlash from Pixar employees and LGBTQ+ advocates. Snoop said he had no idea how to respond to his grandson’s questions when he brought it up during the movie. Instead, he told him to just wait for the answer.

“The scene that really confused me was when they were like, ‘They are both women. How does she have a baby?” the rapper continued. “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.”

Snoop Dogg continued: “It threw me for a loop because 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.”

Controversy and Backlash

Snoop Dogg’s performance at the Australian Football League’s Grand Final later this year has come under fire, with some social media users calling for the rapper to be replaced as a result of his homophobic comments.

PinkNews reported the Australian Football League has stood by its decision to hire the rapper, with chief executive Gillon McLachlan defending the choice. “Snoop Dogg is one of the artists performing at the Grand Final, and that is not going to change,” McLachlan said. “We believe in a position of inclusion, we believe in diversity, and we absolutely back those performances.”

Lightyear, which is a spinoff of the Toy Story series, was released in theaters in June 2022 to a mixed critical reception and an underwhelming box office haul. The film grossed just over $226 million against a $200 million budget, and what had been anticipated to be a blockbuster return.

When Lightyear was first released, conservatives had already taken issue with the brief LGBTQ+ moment, as well as its efforts to present the “real” Buzz Lightyear character as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Conservative activists in particular called for the film to be boycotted because its efforts at inclusion were “perverse” and inappropriate for children.

“I would be very surprised if anybody under the age of 13 asked to see that movie,” Star Parker, president of non-profit educational organization CURE, told Christian News in an interview at the time. “It’s just so perverse that parents should send their kids to watch it.”

Chris Evans, the actor who voices Buzz Lightyear in the movie, had also previously defended the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes during a Reuters Television interview.

“I know there’s been a little controversy here and there. But to be honest with you, those people are idiots,” Evans said of some of the conservative critics. “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. I think the goal is to pay them no mind, march forward, and embrace the growth that makes us human.”

The Australian Football League Grand Final with Snoop Dogg on the lineup is scheduled for September 24, so the rapper still has plenty of time to clarify his comments before the performance.