‘Furious’ The Voice executives in ‘crisis talks’ with Snoop Dogg over his ‘homophobic’ comments
He's currently a coach on the show
Executives on The Voice are reportedly “furious” with coach Snoop Dogg, and are in “crisis talks” with the rapper after he was called out for his “homophobic” comments.
On an episode of the It’s Giving podcast, he explained that he felt “scared to go to the movies” after taking his grandson to see Lightyear, which features a lesbian couple.
He said: “They’re like, ‘She had a baby — with another woman.’ Well, my grandson, in the middle of the movie is like, ‘Papa Snoop? How she have a baby with a woman? She’s a woman!’
“‘Oh s**t, I didn’t come in for this s**t. I just came to watch the goddamn movie. They kept going, just said, she and she had a baby — they’re both women. How does she have a baby?’
“The experience f**ked me up. I’m like, scared to go to the movies. Y’all throwing me in the middle of s— that I don’t have an answer for.”
Snoop Dogg and his “homophobic” comments have impacted onto his role as a coach on The Voice, which aims to be an “apolitical” and “inclusive” show, according to a production insider.
A source claimed to the US Sun: “This is the exact kind of conversation [the execs at NBC] didn’t want to be sucked into.
“Production had to remind him that he works for an inclusive, apolitical, family-friendly show, and comments like this only go on to create a divisive environment.”
The source continued: “The show does not condone the comments whatsoever. This is the opposite of the kind of spotlight they want on the show just ahead of the new season.
“And it just makes contestants and even some crew members not feel like the set is a safe space since they have all different kinds of people part of making this show come to life.”
Reality Shrine has contacted NBC and Snoop Dogg for comment.
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