Snoop Dogg's rep says apology for controversial Lightyear comments is fake, was not written by ra...

The rapper drew backlash for saying he felt &34;scared to go to the movies&34; after having to address the Pixar film's LGBTQ&43; representation with his grands

The rapper drew backlash for saying he felt "scared to go to the movies" after having to address the Pixar film's LGBTQ+ representation with his grandson.

Snoop Dogg's rep says apology for controversial *Lightyear *comments is fake, was not written by rapper

The rapper drew backlash for saying he felt "scared to go to the movies" after having to address the Pixar film's LGBTQ+ representation with his grandson.

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on September 2, 2025 11:53 a.m. ET

Snoop Dogg in March 2025; Alisha Hawthorne in 2022's 'Lightyear'. Credit:

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**UPDATE Sept. 2: **Despite the wave of backlash that Snoop Dogg earned for his controversial LGBTQ+ remarks, the rapper is not responsible for the apology that's been circulating social media.

The Grammy nominee, who recently sparked outrage for complaining that the queer representation in Pixar's 2022 feature *Lightyear* made him "scared to go to the movies" after watching the film with his grandson, appeared to defend himself in an Aug. 26 Instagram comment. But a representative for the rapper has since told ** that the apology was not penned by Snoop.

"I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons," read the comment that was posted beneath a *Hollywood Unlocked* video of T.S. Madison addressing his remarks. "All my gay friends [know] what's up. They been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6-year-old. Teach me how to learn. I'm not perfect."

Though the comment appears to be posted from Snoop's verified Instagram account, a rep for the artist maintains that the post is "fake" and was not written by Snoop Dogg or anyone on his team. Representatives for Snoop declined to comment further.

Snoop Dogg in New York City on May 13, 2025.

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The "Gin and Juice" rapper ignited controversy after a recent appearance on the *It's Giving *podcast during which he recounted seeing *Lightyear* with his grandson, who had questions when it was revealed that one of the animated film's protagonists has two mothers.

"'Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She's a woman,'" Snoop recalled his grandson asking. In response, he said, he thought, "Ah s---, I didn't come in here for this s---. I just came to watch the goddamn movie."

Snoop said he encouraged his grandson to just watch the film, but the questions didn't stop. "I'm scared to go to the movies now," Snoop said on the podcast. "Y'all throwing me in the middle of s--- that I don't have an answer for."

He added that his grandson's questions "threw me for a loop" and left him thinking, "These are kids. We have to show that at this age? They're going to ask questions. I don't have the answer."

The scene in question is a brief moment in the film in which Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) shares a kiss with her wife, and the couple are seen cradling their child.

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Snoop's comments about the scene were not well received, resulting in days of social media backlash, including the *Hollywood Unlocked* video that Snoop's apparent faux apology appeared beneath.

In the clip, TV personality and trans entertainer T.S. Madison called out the rapper, questioning why he took issue with the *Lightyear* scene but doesn't mind showing "women dancing and kissing other women, dancing naked" in his music videos. She added that his comments were "rooted in a little bit of homophobia."

Snoop's remarks also caught the attention of screenwriter Lauren Gunderson, who received an additional screenplay material credit on the 2022 Pixar film. Gunderson responded to the controversy on Wednesday, saying she created the *Lightyear* lesbians and remains proud of her decision.

"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," Gunderson explained in a series of posts on Threads. "Small line, big deal. I was elated that they kept it. I'm proud of it. To infinity. Love is love."

Alisha Hawthorne and Kiko Hawthorne in 'Lightyear'.

She later reacted to Snoop's apparent response to the *Hollywood Unlocked *video, reposting the apology (then believed to be real) alongside several heart and rainbow emojis.

The lesbian couple were a subject of scrutiny at the time of *Lightyear*'s release, as their appearance not only marked Disney's first prominent display of LGBTQ+ characters, but also depicted its first same-sex kiss. The kiss was almost axed from the film's theatrical release, but a mass uprising of employees at the House of Mouse's animation subsidiary, Pixar, worked to reinstate it.

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In her post, Gunderson noted that she was one of many writers who touched on the *Lightyear* script and did not work on the final version, but she was delighted to see that she made her mark with Alisha and her wife.

"I was proud to see a happy queer couple (even for a few seconds) on screen," she wrote. "I know they got a lot of shit for this inclusion, but stuff like this matters because beautiful love like this exists. It's *not* fiction. What IS fiction is Zurg and lightspeed space travel and murderous aliens and a talking robot cat (long live Sox)."

*: This post has been with a response from a representative for Snoop Dogg.***

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