Snoop Dogg Apologizes to Gayle King for Profane Rant
by EG
Snoop Dogg got mad when Gayle King mentioned Kobe Bryant's rape trial on CBS This Morning, so he posted an Instagram rant in which he called King profane names and even appeared to threaten her with violence. Apparently a talking to from his mother pointed out to him that profanely threatening a woman isn't the best way to defend the honor of your late friend. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Prompted by a conversation with his mother, Snoop Dogg has apologized after lambasting Gayle King for discussing late basketball star Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case during an interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie.
“Two wrongs don’t make no right,” said the rapper, 48, in an Instagram post Wednesday afternoon. “When you’re wrong, you gotta fix it.”
“So with that being said,” he continued. “Gayle King, I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotions, being mad at questions you asked … so I would like to apologize to you publicly for the language that I used and calling you out of your name and just being disrespectful.”
Snoop went on to say that he while he felt the need to defend Bryant — who died with daughter Gianna and 7 others in a helicopter crash last month — he now knows he went about it the wrong way.
“A lot of people look up to me and they love me … I want to let them know that anytime you mess up, it’s okay to fix it, it’s okay to man up and say that you’re wrong.”
“I apologize. Hopefully we can sit down and talk privately. Have a good day,” he concluded.
Snoop’s original post found the MC spewing expletives at the CBS correspondent in defense of Bryant, calling the 65-year-old a “funky, dog-haired bitch” who intentionally attempted to “tarnish” the NBA champ’s reputation.
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