Gayle King responded to Snoop Dogg’s apology over the controversy surrounding King’s comments and questions about Kobe Bryant’s legacy.
What’s going on?
- King faced heavy criticism after asking WNBA legend Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant’s legacy with reference to the 2003 sexual assault allegations.
- Snoop Dogg was one of the harshest critics against King.
- Snoop Dogg apologized Wednesday for his comments against her.
- King accepted the apology. She sent a statement to The Associated Press that read:
- “I accept the apology and understand the raw emotions caused by this tragic loss.”
- “As a journalist, it is sometimes challenging to balance doing my job with the emotions and feelings during difficult times. I don’t always get it perfect but I’m constantly striving to do it with compassion and integrity.”
What did King say to Leslie?
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King asked Leslie in a CBS News interview about how Leslie felt about Bryant despite the 2003 allegations, which I wrote about for the Deseret News.
- King: “Is it complicated for you, as a woman, as a WNBA player?”
- Leslie: “It’s not complicated for me at all.”
- Leslie said Bryant was not the “kind of person that would do something to violate a woman or be aggressive in that way. That’s just not the person that I know.”
- Leslie: “I think the media should be more respectful at this time. If you had questions about it, you had many years to ask him that. I don’t think it’s something that we should keep hanging over his legacy.”
How did Snoop Dogg respond?
- Snoop Dogg said King shouldn’t have asked the question. He said she should “back off ... before we come get you.”
- Snoop Dogg apologized on Wednesday, according to NBC News.
- Snoop Dogg said: “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.”