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Snoop Dogg has made controversial comments on same-sex relationships just a day after AFL CEO Andrew Dillon said homophobic statements were in the rapper's past ahead of his performance at this year's grand final.
The hip-hop icon's take on gay unions came on the same day Adelaide star Izak Rankine was suspended for four matches after his team brought up Snoop's past comments on gay people in an attempt to get the ban reduced.
Speaking on the It's Giving podcast on Thursday, the 53-year-old was talking about the way black men are represented on TV shows, movies and in commercials when he told an anecdote about taking his grandson to see the Toy Story spin-off movie Lightyear.
The movie features two female characters who kiss.
Snoop Dogg said his grandson asked him, 'Papa Snoop, how she have a baby with a woman? She's a woman.'
He responded, 'Aw s**t, I didn't come here for this s**t, I just came here to watch the goddamn movie.
Hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg (pictured) has gone on a controversial rant about same-sex relationships on the same day the AFL's homophobia crisis came to a head
Izak Rankine (pictured) was given a four-match ban for hitting an opponent with an anti-gay slur during a match at around the same time Snoop made his remarks
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon (pictured) also defended Snoop on Thursday, saying the rapper had 'changed' and the league chose him based on 'the person he is today'
'So that's like f**k me, I'm scared to go to the movies now, y'all throwing me in the middle of this s**t that I don't have an answer for ... it threw me for a loop.
'These are kids ... [do] we have to show that at that age? They're going to ask questions. I don't have the answer.'
Snoop also said 'they putting it everywhere' as he began talking about the depiction of same-sex relationships in popular culture.
On Thursday, Dillon defended the AFL's decision to pay Snoop a rumoured $2million to perform at the grand final.
'We cannot vouch for every lyric in every song ever written or performed by any artist who has or will appear on our stage, Australian or international,' he said.
'It's also important to remember that we have engaged Snoop Dogg in 2025 as the person he is today.
'He has spoken publicly about his past, he has changed, and today he is a grandfather, philanthropist, he helps rehabilitate youth, and he's a global entertainer who has performed at both the Super Bowl and the Olympic closing ceremony to audiences of more than 100 million people.
'In those environments, his performances were appropriate and well-received, and his performance this year at our grand final will be fitting for the best sporting event in the country.'
The music superstar blasted the depiction of same-sex relationships in movies during his appearance on the It's Giving podcast (pictured)
Simple Google searches will bring up Snoop's past scandals around homophobia.
In 2014 he published then deleted an Instagram post with a photo of two men sharing a bed and the words 'go suck ya man n get off my line f**'.
Three years later, the video for his song Moment I Feared saw him accused of open homophobia for attacking rapper Young Thug - who has often worn women's clothing - in a comedy skit that saw him interview a fictional rapper wearing high heels and carrying a pink handbag.
Critics of the AFL's choice have also raised Snoop's long history of sexist and misogynistic lyrics and song titles.
The rapper's 1998 hit Doggz Gonna Get Ya features the same slur, 'f****t', that Rankine used.
Adelaide were able to get Rankine's suspension reduced by one week, giving him a slim chance of playing in the grand final if the club makes it that far, but the Snoop tactic was not successful.
Instead, the AFL revealed 'compelling medical submissions' about the effect of a season-ending ban on Rankine's mental were what changed the league's mind.
That decision left Hawthorn legend Jason Dunstall angry and bewildered.
'I'm about as confused as I could possibly be,' Dunstall told Fox Footy.
'I regard myself as at least a semi-intelligent man. I don't know how compelling medical evidence gets you from five weeks down to four, and if we're talking about mental health, by what metric, measurement scale are we saying that equates to one week?
'I don't understand, I'm confused. Can someone explain it to me?'
He was joined by Collingwood great Tony Shaw, who wrote on X: 'The compelling medical advice taken into account on Rankine plea? Izak is feeling sad that he stuffed up badly, letting himself, teammates and club down. Well blow me down that deserves one week less? AFL incompetent, amateurish, laughable.'
