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Snoop Dogg Talks About The Gayle King Controversy & His Apology: “It Made Me Feel Like I Had Too Much Power, And At That Particular Time I Was Abusing It”

<p>By now you all know there was a controversy surrounding Gayle King following her Lisa Leslie interview about Kobe Bryant&period; Some of the questions she asked concerning Kobe’s past caused her to face backlash from many fans and other industry greats&comma; one of those greats being Snoop Dogg&period; He took to social media to call Gayle out&comma; and while many understood his message&comma; they thought it could have been delivered in a different way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a recent interview on <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;redtabletalk&sol;videos&sol;2468568510125956&sol;">Red Table Talk<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Snoop revealed that he has been dealing with a lot of loss&period; From losing Nipsey Hussle&comma; and even his own grandson&comma; Kobe’s passing was yet another hard pill to swallow&period; So when Gayle was seen asking certain questions about Kobe right after his passing&comma; he reached a breaking point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I let my emotions get the best of me&period; I was frustrated on top of just venting and doing it the wrong way&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Snoop mentioned that after speaking with his own mother&comma; and even his peers within the industry he realized that his message could have been delivered in a completely different way&period; Once that registered in his mind&comma; he made the decision to make a sincere public <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;snoop-dogg-issues-public-apology-to-gayle-king-after-dragging-her-for-lisa-leslie-interview-two-wrongs-dont-make-no-right&sol;">apology<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although there were some people that were in full support of his initial message&comma; he said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It just shows I needed to be bigger because I could have created a worse situation by saying &&num;8216&semi;you know what they with me&comma; so I&&num;8217&semi;m right&period;&&num;8217&semi; No there is always some wrong in the right&comma; you just have to look for it&comma; and I went looking for it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked how he felt following the response to his original message to Gayle&comma; he said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It made me feel like I had too much power&comma; and at that particular time I was abusing it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was a huge debate that swept social media as people talked about the habit of women being called out of their names&period; After speaking with others and realizing things could have been handled differently&comma; Snoop made his apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jada Pinkett Smith also showed Snoop video messages from Iyanla Vanzant and Jemele Hill&comma; who thanked Snoop for his public apology towards Gayle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out the full Red Table Talk episode below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; 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