Overview

• In a comment on Hollywood Unlocked’s Instagram, Snoop Dogg wrote “My bad,” saying he had “no answer” for his grandson’s questions about a same-sex couple in Pixar’s Lightyear and asking for guidance.
• His clarification followed viral podcast remarks where he described feeling “scared to go to the movies” after being pressed on the depiction of two women raising a child.
• Lauren Gunderson, credited with additional screenplay material, said she “created the Lightyear lesbians,” defended the brief on-screen representation, and noted she had little involvement in the final script.
• Media personality TS Madison responded by urging parents to explain diversity to children and to embrace challenging conversations prompted by on-screen representation.
• Lightyear’s same-sex kiss was initially cut and later reinstated after internal pushback, a decision that drew controversy and led to bans in several countries.