AFL Under Pressure After Homophobic Comments From Snoop Dogg Ahead Of Grand Final

AFL Under Pressure After Homophobic Comments From Snoop Dogg Ahead Of Grand Final
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The AFL are under increasing pressure to cancel controversial rapper Snoop Dogg for their upcoming grand final performance after his latest homophobic comments.

Snoop Dogg’s comments come just days after the AFL claimed his previous comments were not an issue.

Now the rapper has gone on to make more controversial comments about same sex parents in the Lightyear film.

Will the AFL cancel Snoop Dogg?

The AFL has already faced extensive criticism this week over the consequences for homophobic comments made by a player, now Snoop Dogg is causing them more headaches.

Earlier this week Adelaide Crows听蹿辞谤飞补谤诲 Izak Rankine聽was issued a five game suspension over the use of a homophobic slur.

The integrity unit deemed that he had used 鈥渉ighly offensive homophobic slur,” after it was reported Rankine accepted his consequence and acknowledged his behaviour was inappropriate.

However this was later amended to four games, opening the door for Rankine to still compete in the grand final, a decision that drew ire from the 17c起草社区IA+ community about the AFL’s treatment of the issue.

The following day the chief executive of the Australian Football League, Andrew Dillon, defended the move to have Snoop Doog perform at the grand final.

When justifying his inclusion and the $2m pay cheque that came with it, Dillon defended Snoop Dogg, who has historically used homophobic slurs, emphasising that the focus should be on the 鈥減erson he is today.鈥

鈥淚n light of this (Rankine) issue, I also want to address commentary in the last couple of days around our grand final entertainment,鈥 he said.

鈥淲e 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.”

鈥淏ut what I can say is our pre-match entertainment on grand final day will be family-friendly and consistent with the audience at the MCG and those watching the broadcast.鈥

However within days Snoop Dogg appeared on the It’s Giving podcast where he had a range of controversial opinions, one of which centred around same sex parents.

When speaking of taking his grandson to see the Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear he recalled a conversation about a same sex family in the film.

鈥淧apa Snoop, how鈥檇 she have a baby with a woman?” he says his grandson asked him.

鈥淚鈥檓 like oh s***, I didn鈥檛 come in for this s***, I just came to watch the goddamn movie,鈥 he told the hosts.

Snoop claimed the exchange effected him so much, he no longer wanted to go to the movies for fear of being exposed to 17c起草社区IA+ culture that he might have to talk about.

鈥淪o that鈥檚 like this, f*** me. I鈥檓 scared to go to the movies now, like y鈥檃ll throwing me in the middle of s*** that I don鈥檛 have an answer for.鈥

鈥淚t threw me for a loop, I鈥檓 like, what part of the movie was this, these are kids that we have to show that at this age, like that?

鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to ask questions, yeah. They鈥檙e going to ask, I don鈥檛 have the answer.鈥

He also spoke about his opinions of masculinity, “simps” and what makes a “strong man” in the wide ranging discussion.

The comments now put the AFL in a difficult position, especially in light of the Izak Rankine issue, with several commentators certain that the AFL will swing the axe on the upcoming appearance.

Similarly the internet has lit up with comments as people call for the rapper to be dropped from the grand final performance.

The AFL have yet to make a formal comment in response to the recent comments.

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