Space Jam: A New Legacy opens in theaters and premieres on HBO Max on July 16.
Presumably, cutting the scene, even one that treated Pepe like a pariah, was done in the hopes of avoiding turning Space Jam: A New Legacy into a referendum on those issues.
Space Jam: A New Legacy will bring back the Tune Squad for another epic animated basketball game this summer, but one of its members will not be with them.
Pepe Le Pew first appeared onscreen in a 1945 Looney Tunes short called “Odor-able Kitty.”