'I WAS WRONG'
Snoop Dogg apologizes to Gayle King for ‘disrespectful’ rant over Kobe Bryant rape interview
SNOOP Dogg has made a public mea culpa for his attack on CBS anchor Gayle King.
The 48-year-old rapper said he was out of line for his recent rant against her, after she raised Kobe Bryant's rape accusation in an interview.
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"Had a talk with my momma thank u mamma 💕🌹 2 wrongs don’t make it right time to heal 🙏🏽💙 Peace ☮️ n love Praying for u and your family as well as Vanessa and the kids 🙏🏽✨🌹" Snoop posted on a video on
He's seen talking to the camera as he admits he was wrong to lash out at King - who says she's getting death threats for asking the question following Kobe's untimely death in a helicopter accident last month.
Snoop laid into the anchor for an interview she did with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie, which included a question and follow up about Kobe's 2003 sexual assault case.
However, he said that his own mother convinced him that an apology was necessary.
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Snoop said in his video that he overreacted because he was rife with emotions and angry at her line of questioning.
He explained that he was just trying to defend Kobe because Mamba can't defend himself, but he regrets the way he expressed his feelings.
In his initial expletive-laden rant, Snoop called Gayle a "funky dog head b***h" and asked her, "How dare you try to tarnish my motherf***in' home boy's reputation, punk motherf***er? Respect the family and back off, b***h. Before we come get you.
Snoop later denied he meant it as a threat, but now has fully apologised and offered to sit down with Gayle to chat in private.
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Kobe Bryant was killed alongside his daughter Gianna and seven other people in a helicopter crash in fog in Calabasas, California, on January 26.
Since then, references to a 2003 sexual abuse allegation against him have drawn a furious reaction from fans.
Snoop Dogg - real name Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr - launched in a social media rant following an interview that the anchor of CBS This Morning, had about Bryant with Lisa Leslie, a former star player in women's professional basketball.
In it, King, 65, had seemed to press Leslie about the 2003 case, while Leslie repeatedly portrayed her friend as someone who "was never like that" and who would "never do something to violate a woman".
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