Snoop Dogg has denied threatening US anchor Gayle King after telling her to “back off bitch, before we come get you” for mentioning rape allegations faced by the late Kobe Bryant.
The rapper said on Twitter that he is a “non-violent person” and claimed King was being “disrespectful” for bringing up the allegations after the NBA starâs death.
He wrote: “P. S. A. From the peoples champ now carry on and be nice to others KB8/24.”
He explained: “Hereâs a message to the people that need to know. Iâm a non-violent person. When I said what I said, I spoke for the people who felt like Gayle was very disrespectful towards Kobe Bryant and his family.
Snoop with a message.. now letâs get back on track.. pic.twitter.com/r5FjbAgCok
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“Now with that being said, I wouldnât want harm coming to a 70-year-old woman. I was raised way better than that. I didnât want no harm to come to her, I didnât threaten her. All I did was say, ‘Check it out, youâre outta pocket for what youâre doing and weâre watching you. Have a little more respect for Vanessa, her babies and Kobe Bryantâs legacy’.”
Snoop added: “Anyway, Iâm gonna keep doing what Iâm doing, yâall keep doing what youâre doing. Weâre very non-violent, we just want to say that first and foremost we speak from the heart. Some of you have no hearts and wonât understand that.”
His clarification comes after he previously criticised Gayle for asking WNBA star Lisa Leslie if she thought Kobeâs legacy was “complicated” by the 2003 sexual assault charge he previously faced.
“What do you gain from that? I swear to god, we the worst. We the fucking worst,” he said in the video.
“We expect more from you, Gayle. Why yâall attacking us? We your people! You ainât come after fucking Harvey Weinstein, asking them dumb-ass questions. I get sick of yâall.”
It comes after 50 Cent also criticised Gayle King for asking Leslie about the rape allegations against Bryant.
Bryant was charged with felony sexual assault in 2003 after a 19-year-old woman accused him of raping her at a hotel in Colorado. The case was dismissed in 2004 after prosecutors said the woman didnât want to testify in court.
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