Snoop Dogg insists his anti-Gayle King rant was about showing Kobe Bryant's widow Vanessa Bryant "respect"

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The rapper was asked about his controversial Instagram rant, going after King for bringing up Kobe Bryant's 2003 rape case, on Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk. "That’s what the whole intent was, ‘protect that woman and them babies over there because she’s still grieving. Let’s give them that respect,'” Snoop said of Vanessa Bryant.