Come Get Your Man: Snoop Dogg Doesn’t Deserve Celebration for an Apology
But Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ was all too willing to give it
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When Jada Pinkett Smith first previewed yesterday’s episode of her popular Facebook Watch series, Red Table Talk, she billed it as “an in-depth and insightful conversation about the culture of disrespect between Black men and Black women.” The episode’s guest is Snoop Dogg, who recently faced scrutiny (to put it kindly) over his comments aimed at CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King. Unfortunately, if one had any hope for the episode to live up to its initial promise, such faith was decimated within minutes.
As a fan of Snoop, I understand that he’s charming, and I enjoy his overall demeanor — which at this point is Uncle Charlie Wilson If He Could Crip Walk — but considering the severity of the situation, why is everyone so jovial? Is Snoop really on set shuffling around like the late Sherman Hemsley?
Do we not remember what he did?
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