Lil Nas X tried to expla why he me out as gay. Then Kev Hart terpted him | CNN

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• WHAT DID KEV HART SAY? COMEDIAN'S ANTI-GAY TWEETS UNEARTHED AFTER LANDG OSR GIG
• KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY
• KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
• OSR HOST KEV HART’S HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY TWEETS CREAT NEW PROBLEM FOR AMY
• KEV HART IS DELETG OLD ANTI-GAY TWEETS AFTER BEG ANNOUNCED AS OSRS HOST
• LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM

WHAT DID KEV HART SAY? COMEDIAN'S ANTI-GAY TWEETS UNEARTHED AFTER LANDG OSR GIG

past homophobic tweets and ments om several years the most recent show of SiriXM’s "Straight om The Hart, " the edian spoke at length about his past, what he's learned and how he's grown the years sce those ments were first 's episo of "Straight From The Hart" on Lgh Out Loud rad Siri XM channel 96 is one that you do not want to miss. She says s reps stantly replied that they still wanted the funnyman to be the night's tellg DeGener he don't have a "homophobic bone" his body, Hart admted the terview, "I promise you I'm evaluatg this nversatn. "But jt three days later, he stepped down after homophobic tweets om eight years ago re-emerged; he said he's already apologized for the tweets and that he's not the same person he was at that a post on Instagram, Hart said he got a ll om the Amy of Motn Picture Arts and Scienc and was asked to apologize for his prr tweets or step down as host.

"In Friday's terview wh DeGener, the edian agreed wh Hart and said she knew the real person he is and for that reason, she didn't want to see him phed away om hostg Hollywood's biggt said people onle llg him homophobic were jt a small group, speakg loudly, but not the greater muny, cludg those who are on social media took offense wh DeGener supportg Hart and the terview. The actor Kev Hart would you like to know that he is done apologizg for his homophobia, even though his apologi have not amounted to much—numerilly or substantively— the first tonight he will appear on CBS’ Late Show Wh Stephen Colbert, and hopefully Colbert will grill him more properly than other hosts have on his views, past and prent.

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

He aga said he would not be hostg the Osrs, and, ta-da, Hart has a new PR master plan: he’s jt done wh this homophobia accatn and apology thg, and he wants you to know that. Over the last few weeks and his GMA appearance, Hart offered a revealg study how LGBT people so often experience homophobia and transphobia: is somethg all too often dismissed, rid; somethg that is their problem, nothg to see we have qutns about Hart’s past homophobic ‘jok’ (you know, like the one about assltg your gay kid), tweets, and the nature of his apology, gus what: that’s on . ”“I’m unclear about what he’s learned after this ms, but seems at bt that his take-home is that he should keep his homophobia quiet, rather than voice on stage or on Twter”In this flurry of recent apologizg, note that Hart isn’t that sorry about what he said, nor has he shown any unrstandg of why what he said was so bad.

I’m unclear about what he’s learned after this ms, but seems at bt that his take-home is that he should keep his homophobia quiet, rather than voice on stage or on Twter. Later Wednday, Hart told Andy Cohen on Cohen's Siri XM show that aga he was done apologizg, and that he had changed his attu ten years ago after seeg rpons to his homophobic jok. ) Hart’s nial and disavowal of homophobia, prsg as has been to watch, is also an all-too reflective symbol as to how wir society has historilly chosen not to nont s own homophobia and transphobia.

The anger is bee over and over aga, LGBT people have experienced homophobia, and the impact of homophobia, and how wir society around them choos to ignore , and sometim, through discrimatory laws and statut (and stupid jok on TV), actively exacerbat Hart may be over “. Kev Hart ma another attempt to apologize to the LGBTQ muny on Monday after several prev efforts to distance himself om past homophobic ments he a Monday afternoon episo of SiriXM’s “Straight om The Hart, ” the edian said he apologized for “remarks that hurt members of the LGBTQ muny” that me to light December after he was selected to host the 2019 Amy Awards.

KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS

After some lay, the edian eventually tweeted an apologetic found his apologi lackg, but DeGener said she accepted Hart’s remorse wholale and revealed she had lled the Amy of Motn Picture Arts and Scienc askg for the edian to be given back the hostg anchor Don Lemon, who is gay, later urged Hart to foc on beg an “ally” stead of tryg to wipe the slate clean wh an apology. " Then a tweet om 2011, the movie star wrote, "Yo if my son home & try's 2 play wh my dghters doll hoe I'm gog 2 break over his head & say n my voice 'stop that's gay.

OSR HOST KEV HART’S HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY TWEETS CREAT NEW PROBLEM FOR AMY

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.

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.

KEV HART IS DELETG OLD ANTI-GAY TWEETS AFTER BEG ANNOUNCED AS OSRS HOST

"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. "Yo if my son home & try's 2 play wh my dghters doll hoe I'm gog 2 break over his head & say n my voice 'stop that's gay, '" Hart said a sce-leted remarks rurfaced natnal news after he was named host of the Osrs on seemed to dite that his opns have you don’t believe that people change, grow, evolve?

I don’t know what to tell you, ” Hart posted a vio to as far back as 2009, the tweets seemed to bubble furly to the top of timel across the web when dtry typ and film fans nnected that Hart would take the stage for an annual event sacred to Amerin women and gay men, as well as cephil and show bs brass. “Yo if my son home & try’s 2 play wh my dghters doll hoe I’m gog 2 break over his head & say n my voice ‘stop that’s gay, '” Hart wrote a sce-leted tweet, that ma rounds blog wre ups and tweet threads as soon as Wednday morng.

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

Neher Hart’s spokpeople, the Amy nor ABC have rpond to Variety‘s requts for ment for the past 24 tweets nta cendiary and mockg language, like one ponrg why actor Damien Wayans’ avatar looked like “a gay bill board for AIDS.

”; the stacked st of gay nversn therapy drama “Boy Erased”; Rami Malek’s turn as Freddie Mercury “Bohemian Rhapsody” and so is not the Amy’s first dt-up wh hate speech.