Sick of Her Son Ruining Her Good Name, Snoop's Mom Makes Him Apologize to Gayle King: 'Two Wrongs Don't Make No Right'

Teenagers are often insufferable, and in my formative years I vividly recall my mother bestowing some invaluable advice that remains with me to this day. Suggested Reading A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion Cardi B, Offset and the Real Reasons Celebrities Recycle Each Others’ Partners Trigger Warning…All of the Shocking Testimony From Diddy’s…

Teenagers are often insufferable, and in my formative years I vividly recall my mother bestowing some invaluable advice that remains with me to this day.

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After our umpteenth dispute over my lackluster grades, or talking back after breaking curfew, or whatever the hell it was, she looked me dead in my face and said, โ€œYou canโ€™t be wrong and strong.โ€

When Snoop Dogg stared into his iPhone, called Gayle King a โ€œfunky dog-head bitch,โ€ then doubled down on it by defending his explosive rant on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, he was exactly that.

As were the legions of โ€œgirl dadsโ€ who hid behind keyboards, obtuse #IStandWithSnoop hashtags and reprehensible death threats, railing against King for exercising her integrity as an accomplished journalist.

Now, was I surprised by Snoop doing any of this shit? Nope. But imagine living in a world where a nigga whoโ€™s built his entire career off of misogynoir is upset about a black woman doing her damn job. You canโ€™t make this shit up.

But clearly disgusted by her sonโ€™s affinity for being wrong and strong, Beverly Tate, Snoopโ€™s own mother, apparently checked the 48-year-old rapper for tearing down yet another black woman.

On Wednesday, the man who once taught us that bitches ainโ€™t shit but hoes and tricks took to Instagram to offer his mea culpa.

โ€œTwo wrongs donโ€™t make no right. When youโ€™re wrong, you gotta fix it,โ€ he began. โ€œSo with that being said: Gayle King, I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotionsโ€ฆ Me being angry at questions that you asked. [I] overreacted and shouldโ€™ve handled it way different than that. I was raised better than that, so I would like to apologize to you publicly for that language that I used and calling you out of your name and just being disrespectful.โ€

He continued, โ€œI didnโ€™t mean for it to be like that. I was just expressing myself for a friend that wasnโ€™t here to defend himself. A lot of people look up to me and they love me and they appreciate me, so I want to let them know that anytime you mess up, itโ€™s OK to fix it, itโ€™s OK to man up and say that youโ€™re wrong. I apologize. Hopefully, we can sit down and talk privately. Have a good day.โ€

He captioned the clip, which you can watch below, with the following: โ€œHad a talk with my momma thank u mamma ๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŒน 2 wrongs donโ€™t make it right time to heal ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’™ @gayleking Peace โ˜ฎ๏ธ n love Praying for u and your family as well as Vanessa and the kids ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝโœจ๐ŸŒน ๐Ÿ•Šโ€

King has yet to comment publicly on Snoopโ€™s peace offering, but I canโ€™t help but feel that this all couldโ€™ve been avoided had he takenย a moment to actually listen to the same black women he routinely tears down ahead of time.

Because being wrong and strong is never a good look. Ask my mother.

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