‘I’m … scared to go to the movies’ Snoop Dogg discusses LGBTQ content in children’s movies

Snoop Dogg expressed feeling unprepared when his grandchildren asked questions about same-gender couples having children.

Snoop Dogg revealed he feels “scared” about taking his grandchildren to movie theaters following his experience watching Pixar’s 2022 animated feature “Lightyear,” which includes two openly gay characters.

The “Toy Story” franchise spinoff brings back space ranger Buzz Lightyear alongside new characters, including Alisha Hawthorne, who serves as Buzz’s friend and commanding officer.

An early montage sequence shows Alisha raising a child with her wife, and the couple shares a brief kiss during the scene.

During a recent appearance on the “It’s Giving” podcast, Snoop described how his grandson questioned him about how Alisha could have a child with another woman while they were viewing the film.

“Oh s‑‑‑, I didn’t come in for this s‑‑‑. I just came to watch the goddamn movie,'” the rap legend recalled thinking.

“It f‑‑‑ed me up. I’m, like, scared to go to the movies now. Y’all throwing me in the middle of s‑‑‑ that I don’t have an answer for.”

“These are kids,” he added.

“We have to show that at this age? They’re going to ask questions. I don’t have the answer.”

The prequel to Pixar’s 1995 original film faced theater bans in nearly a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, after Disney, Pixar’s parent company, refused to remove the couple’s relationship and kiss scene.

“We’re not going to cut out anything, especially something as important as the loving and inspirational relationship that shows Buzz what he’s missing by the choices that he’s making, so that’s not getting cut,” producer Galyn Susman told Reuters at the movie’s premiere in London.

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Chris Evans, the voice of Buzz, expressed his frustration in a 2022 Variety interview that a same-gender kiss “even has to be a topic of discussion.”

“The goal is that we can get to a point where it is the norm, and that this doesn’t have to be some uncharted waters — that eventually this is just the way it is,” he said.

“That representation across the board is how we make films.”

Pixar staff members have previously criticized Disney executives for trying to eliminate LGBTQ storylines from the animation studio’s productions.

A 2022 statement from the “LGBTQIA+ Employees of Pixar & Their Allies” alleged that corporate leadership attempted to cut “nearly every moment of overtly gay affection … regardless of when there is protest from both the creative teams and executive leadership at Pixar.”

“We at Pixar have personally witnessed beautiful stories, full of diverse characters, come back from Disney corporate reviews shaved down to crumbs of what they once were,” the employees wrote.

“Even if creating LGBTQIA+ content was the answer to fixing the discriminatory legislation in the world, we are being barred from creating it.”

This statement came after a company-wide memo from former Disney CEO Bob Chapek regarding Disney’s choice not to publicly comment on proposed Florida legislation aimed at restricting classroom discussions about gender and sexuality in public schools.

In his memo, Chapek stated Disney’s “unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ+ community” and argued that “the biggest impact we can have in creating a more inclusive world is through the inspiring content we produce.”