Kev Hart has been tapped to host the 2019 Amy Awards, which uld shape up to be the most diverse to date wh many films featurg LGBT characters beg honored. And as people react to the news, an old "joke" the edic actor ma — about not wantg his son to be gay — is circulatg on the ter.
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- CAROLYN HAX: FRIEND WHO TELLS HOMOPHOBIC JOK HAS A SON WHO MIGHT BE GAY
- OLD KEV HART 'JOKE' ABOUT NOT WANTG A GAY SON RECIRCULAT AFTER HE'S NAMED 2019 OSRS HOST
- ‘FAY GUY’ PHASG OUT GAY JOK
- SHOULD FAY GUY 'PHASE OUT' GAY JOK?
- ARE GAY JOK EVER ACCEPTABLE?
- AFTER ALL THE YEARS, FAY GUY IS MAKG A CONSC EFFORT TO DIAL DOWN THE GAY JOK
- MY SON TOLD FRIENDS HE’S GAY. HE TELLS ME HE WAS JOKG.
- OLD KEV HART 'JOKE' ABOUT NOT WANTG A GAY SON RECIRCULAT AFTER HE'S NAMED 2019 OSRS HOST
CAROLYN HAX: FRIEND WHO TELLS HOMOPHOBIC JOK HAS A SON WHO MIGHT BE GAY
He wonrs if he should speak up to his iend and bs partner about the homophobic jok he mak ont of his son, who might be gay. * gay son joke *
The fourth man replied: “My son is Gay and he mak a livg dancg as a stripper at a nightclub.
He’s a fairly relig (but silent about ) kd of the years, my iend has gently acknowledged that some of my gay relativ are not eligible for an entry ticket to heaven.
OLD KEV HART 'JOKE' ABOUT NOT WANTG A GAY SON RECIRCULAT AFTER HE'S NAMED 2019 OSRS HOST
* gay son joke *
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‘FAY GUY’ PHASG OUT GAY JOK
Sce last week, when Universal bowed to prsure om Anrson Cooper and cut a gay joke om s trailer for The Dilemma, there's been a lot of talk about where the le is when to gay jok edy. As far as The Dilemma go, s [...] * gay son joke *
He “gay” as a mon jab at many of our self would not ncern me — our circle of iends often mak irreverent jok, although not ont of children.
In this se, however, is ma the prence of a child who is very, very likely facg the disvery of thgs about himself that his father might not be fortable wh — yet I n’t say, “Don’t be jokg like that ont of your gay son.
SHOULD FAY GUY 'PHASE OUT' GAY JOK?
Fay Guy executive producers Rich Appel and Alec Sulk say Fay Guy is makg an effort to phase out gay jok om the show. * gay son joke *
— WonrgWonrg: Y y y, the irreverent, “That’s so gay!
”, you ran right to why that's a hard no, but you're tryg to ll somethg 's not bee a-whoopsie-do!, one of the jokers might have a gay son! It's bee llg someone “gay” as an irreverent joke is not irreverent and 's not a joke. That appli to “gay, ” obvly, but also “like a girl, ” or “dumb [ethnicy], " or “fat [whatever]” or the many many more.
So n is precisely where, why and how you “butt ” on cency’s behalf, not jt a maybe-or-maybe-not-gay kid’s: “Hey. ‘Gay’ is for real human begs, not fossilized jok.
ARE GAY JOK EVER ACCEPTABLE?
Whout your " … ont of your gay son” qualifier, sce what you’re really sayg is, " … bee one of ‘’ might be one of ‘them, ’" which morally isn’t worth sp.
It’s right or isn’ your “wonrful” fai hear you say no to the slurs, too, cludg those children you're all somehow not jokg ont of but also jokg ont the way — for a guy who is so sistent about distancg himself om homosexualy?
An old “joke” Kev Hart told — about not wantg his son to be gay — is circulatg on the ter as an argument that he’s not the bt choice to host the 2019 Amy Awards. And as the ter reacts to the news, an old “joke” the edic actor ma — about not wantg his son to be gay — is beg Hart’s 2010 edy special Serly Funny, he did a b that had him sayg that his “biggt fear” was his son “growg up and beg gay.
AFTER ALL THE YEARS, FAY GUY IS MAKG A CONSC EFFORT TO DIAL DOWN THE GAY JOK
” He said, “Keep md, I’m not homophobic. I have nothg agast gay people.
But me, as a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will.
” He then lnched to stori about his son, then 3, havg his first gay moment wh a iend and how he need to “nip the bud” by screamg at him, “Stop, that’s gay!
MY SON TOLD FRIENDS HE’S GAY. HE TELLS ME HE WAS JOKG.
” Hart has sce spoken about the joke, tellg Rollg Stone 2015 that was really about his “own securi” as a parent, aga reeratg he’s not homophobic and sayg he “wouldn’t tell that joke today, bee when I said , the tim weren’t as sensive as they are now. Hart has said that one of his biggt fears is his son beg gay… Read below for more. @KevHart4real I tst on Hollywood’s biggt night wh a year filled wh films wh strong LGBTQ characters and them, you’ll leave the “I hope my son don’t grow up gay” jok your other tux?
Big Gay IrishBearAZ (@irishbearaz) December 5, 2018I’m askg myself why gay hatg Kev Hart is hostg the the Osrs? The Amy has been about cln and now ’s head back to the past promotg anti gay views through s endorsement of hart.
— SpeediegATL (@SPEEDIEGATL) December 5, 2018Kev hart is gonna walk on stage at the osrs and do his "my worst fear is my son beg gay ??" sketch— josh (@biIIywilr) December 5, 2018Do @TheAmy know about @KevHart4real's history of homophobia? One of the most HOMOPHOBIC ACTORS/COMEDIANS ALIVE TODAY?
OLD KEV HART 'JOKE' ABOUT NOT WANTG A GAY SON RECIRCULAT AFTER HE'S NAMED 2019 OSRS HOST
— SounrsMutts (@Kimaluli) December 5, 2018"One of my biggt fears is my son growg up and beg gay. In 2017, he told Para, “I had one gay joke my reer and was about my son at a birthday party, and was before thgs got as P.
”He end by sayg unequivolly, “[Obvly, ] there’s nothg wrong wh beg gay. For gay, bi, and queer sons, who may grow up wh the sense that somethg about their masculy is different, your reassurance means the world. “It's the words that you say that bee the thoughts their heads, ” Flor a recent study, published the Journal of Pediatric Healthre, Flor and his lleagu terviewed 30 gay, bisexual, and queer cisgenr teen boys on their munitn wh their parents about sexualy.