Snoop Dogg has issued a public apology to CBS anchor Gayle King after going nuclear on her last week for an interview she did with Lisa Leslie, in which she asked about late Kobe Bryant's 2003 rape case.

"Top of the morning! Big Snoop Dogg coming at you live and direct with a message," the legendary rapper began his minute-long Instagram apology video on Wednesday (February 12). "Two wrongs don't make no right. When you're wrong, you gotta fix it. So with that being said: Gayle King I publicly tore you down by coming at you in a derogatory manner based off of emotions... me being angry at question that you asked."

"I overreacted," he added. "Should have handled it way different than that. I was raised way better than that. So I would like to apologize to you publicly for the language that I used and calling you out of your name and just being disrespectful. I didn't mean for it to be like that."

"I was just expressing myself for a friend that wasn't here to defend himself," Snoop explained. "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 your mess up, it's okay to fix it, it's okay to man up and say that you're wrong. I apologize. Hopefully we can sit down and talk privately. Have a good day. "

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