Kev Hart Dragged For Old Anti-Gay Comments After Beg Announced As Osrs Host - Perez Hilton

Contents:

• KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY
• LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
• KEV HART REF TO TAKE GAY ROL AND HIS REASON ISN’T CONVCG CONSIRG PAST COMMENTS
• KEV HART SAYS HIS REACTN TO THE IA OF HIS SON BEG GAY IS ABOUT HIS OWN INSECURI
• KEV HART: I WON’T PLAY A GAY CHARACTER
• KEV HART WON'T PLAY A GAY ROLE BEE 'OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOG TO THK'
• KEV HART IS REFG TO TALK ABOUT HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS ANYMORE
• KEV HART DRAGGED FOR OLD ANTI-GAY COMMENTS AFTER BEG ANNOUNCED AS OSRS HOST
• KEV HART IS REFG TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY SLURS AFTER THE AMY GAVE HIM AN ULTIMATUM

KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY

Kev Hart, who prevly faced backlash over remarks emed homophobic, is g unr fire for ments he ma to Lil Nas X as the rapper explaed why he waed to publicly e out as an episo of HBO Sport's "The Shop: Unterpted, " the rapper was asked about his g out, which he did a tweet on the last day of Pri Month June as his song "Old Town Road" topped the untry charts. The song stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 list for a rerd-smashg 19 Lil Nas X uld offer an explanatn, Hart chimed to ask: "He said he was gay, so what? Lil Nas X told the group of men which clud Hart and athlet Rob Gronkowski and Kev Love among others, that growg up he was tght to "hate" homosexualy.

If you really om the hood, you know, " Lil Nas X rpond, referrg to the stigma agast homosexualy the black rapper then explaed that he chose to e out bee he was already at the top of his game and had nothg to ga om . "If you're dog this while you're at the top, you know 's for real and 's showg don't really matter, " he 's ments as Lil Nas X tried to share his story angered many people on social media, some of whom acced the edian of beg dismissive or gaslightg the on social media remd Hart that he stepped down as host of the 2019 Osrs after his old homophobic tweets and jok his 2010 edy special "Serly Funny. " Hart joked that his biggt fear was his son beg gay.

LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM

"As a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will, " he told the several tweets, some of which have now been scbbed om his Twter acunt, Hart lled people "gay" and ed homophobic slurs, cludg llg someone a "fat faced f-g. Lil Nas X is gettg praise for how he handled a nversatn about homosexualy wh edian Kev Hart. Before the rapper uld rpond, Hart – who stepped down om hostg the Osrs 2018 after homophobic tweets he’d ma years earlier rurfaced – terjected.

“He said he was gay, ” Hart said.

“Homosexualy, gay people, ” Lil Nas said. Lil Nas posted a seri of tweets on the last day of Pri month, where he tend to share wh his followers that he intifi as gay.

KEV HART REF TO TAKE GAY ROL AND HIS REASON ISN’T CONVCG CONSIRG PAST COMMENTS

A seri of homophobic tweets Hart ma between 2009 and 2011 drew public scty late last year.

KEV HART SAYS HIS REACTN TO THE IA OF HIS SON BEG GAY IS ABOUT HIS OWN INSECURI

While the stand-up edian has acted a wi array of rol, there’s one specific type of character that he ref to play: A gay person. Although Hart has publicly nied beg homophobic, some crics thk the star’s exc rg hollow light of his past ments about the LGBTQ muny.

Hart has vowed never to play a gay character on TV or movi. “You fd a lot of edy male securi, cludg a famo b where you exprs fear that your son will be gay, ” noted one Redd er, who then asked why Hart cid to stop dog jok about gay people.

Hart appears to take his own leave--alone advice lerally, sayg 2015 that he never wanted to take on any rol where he had to play a gay character. 1, as quoted The Hollywood Reporter, Hart says he read a script where he had to play a gay character who was “dog a lot of stuff” that “was real flagrant … and I was like, ‘I n’t do this. ” While Hart says that he wouldn’t play a gay person bee he don’t thk he uld be nvcg that role, some crics thk his exce is qutnable due to his past history of makg homophobic ments.

KEV HART: I WON’T PLAY A GAY CHARACTER

Hart has said ntroversial thgs about gay people. After seeg this @benaserlee tweet, I did a search for every time Kev Hart tweeted "fag, " "homo, " or "gay. “Hart has a rather vile history of documented homophobia, rangg om offensive standup clangers to dumb terview statements to puerile tweets to a whole embarrassg film filled wh , ” reports The Guardian.

KEV HART WON'T PLAY A GAY ROLE BEE 'OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOG TO THK'

In that segment of his edy show, he says he’d do everythg his power to stop his son om beg gay. In an terview wh Rollg Stone, Hart tried to jtify his edy show’s homophobic ments, sayg that he said those thgs simply bee “the tim weren’t as sensive as they are now” and that “I thk we love to make big als out of thgs that aren’t necsarily big als bee we n. Years after that Rollg Stone terview, Hart’s homophobic past me up aga when Buzzfeed noticed Hart was letg numero tweets where he had ed offensive language to refer to those who are LGBTQ.

“Although Hart nied beg anti-gay the past, a quick search through his tweets shows his flagrant e of [homophobic slurs], ” reports Buzzfeed.

“There were also tweets where he seemgly mocks gay men. A few edians have gotten to trouble while jokg about how they'd be terribly disappoted if they ever found out that their son was gay. People acced them of beg homophobic and, at tim, promotg vlence agast gay people.

KEV HART IS REFG TO TALK ABOUT HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS ANYMORE

"One of my biggt fears is my son growg up and beg gay. "Keep md, I'm not homophobic. It seems that a lot of the anxiety about gay sons and their fathers stems om the ia that a man's sexualy is a mentary on what kd of father he had his life.

Kev Hart don’t expect to play a gay character anytime soon.

KEV HART DRAGGED FOR OLD ANTI-GAY COMMENTS AFTER BEG ANNOUNCED AS OSRS HOST

1 rad statn, the Weddg Rger star admted to turng down the role of Alpa Cho 2008’s Tropic Thunr bee he didn’t feel fortable playg a gay role. Hart was then asked whether he would ever play a gay character.

KEV HART IS REFG TO APOLOGIZE FOR ANTI-GAY SLURS AFTER THE AMY GAVE HIM AN ULTIMATUM

Hart, who is engaged to mol Eniko Parrish, poted out that he don’t have an issue wh the gay muny. He add that he may change his md years om now on playg a gay role, once he gets more actg experience. When his tweets and stand-up material supposedly ntag homophobic phras and sentiments rurfaced ahead of the Osrs 2019, he stepped down as host, tweetg that he didn’t want to be a “distractn.

Kev Hart’s Homophobic Posts.

In 2019, the Amerin stand-up edian sat down wh Ellen DeGener, whom he fend to the public over work-related allegatns, for a ndid discsn about the ntroversy regardg his past homophobic tweets.