‘The View’ Star Ana Navarro Compares Snoop Dogg to a ‘Trained Seal’ After Trump Inaugural Event Performance

Ana Navarro took aim at Snoop Dogg during Tuesday morning’s (Jan. 21) episode of The View, likening the rapper to a “trained seal” after he performed at a pro-Donald Trump event during inauguration weekend.

The host, who is both a GOP Republican strategist and a Trump critic, made the comment after her cohost Sunny Hostin expressed disappointment in the Black performers who participated in the inaugural events, feeling as though it was hypocrisy to support a President that she believes hasn’t fairly treated minorities. Some of those artists included Snoop, Nelly and Village People member Victor Willis.

Navarro called out the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” rapper specifically — who performed at the pre-inaugural Crypto Ball — for appearing to change his beliefs in recent years, pointing out that “before the inauguration in 2017,” he did things like include a scene in his “Lavender” music video holding up a gun to the head of a Trump lookalike. In 2024, he told The Times that he has “nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”

“If you opposed and stood up against Trump in 2017, but you were there now. If you spoke up against Trump Jan. 7, 2021, but you were there now applauding him like a trained seal — Donald Trump has not changed, you’ve changed,” she said.

Billboard has reached out to Snoop Dogg’s reps for comment, but has not heard back at the time of publication. Watch the full conversation on The View below.