Snoop Dogg has issued a public apology to veteran journalist Gayle King for lashing out at her following a controversial interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie. During the conversation, King asked Leslie about Kobe Bryant’s 2003 ***ual assault case, which Snoop (and many others) considered disrespectful.
In an Instagram video posted on Wednesday (February 12), the D-O-Double-G revealed he had a talk with his mother who inspired him to issue a heartfelt amends to King.
“Big Snoop Dogg coming at you live and direct with a message,” he begins. “Two wrongs don’t make no right. When you’re wrong, you gotta fix it. So with that being said: Gayle King, I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotions…me being angry at questions that you asked.
“Ummm, overreacted. Should have handled it way different than that. I was raised way better than that. 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 continued, “I didn’t mean for it to be like that. I was just expressing myself for a friend that wasn’t here to defend himself. A lot of people look up to me and they love me and they appreciate me, so I want to let them know that anytime you mess up, it’s OK to fix it. It’s OK to man up and say that you’re wrong. I apologize. Hopefully we can sit down and talk privately. Have a good day.”
He added in the caption, “Had a talk with my momma thank u mamma. 2 wrongs don’t make it right time to heal. @gayleking Peace n love Praying for u and your family as well as Vanessa and the kids.”
Last week, Snoop delivered a proper “fuck u” to both King and Oprah Winfrey while simultaneously calling for Bill Cosby’s freedom.
Consequently, former U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice told Snoop to “back the ****” off” of King, while sports journalist Jemele Hill was forced to remind the West Coast gangsta rap OG Cosby was a convicted ***ual predator.
The clip of King’s interview with Leslie, which she insisted was taken “out of context,” resulted in death threats aimed at the seasoned journalist.
In a follow-up Instagram video, Snoop denied ever threatening King, stating he’s a “non-violent person.”