Kev Hart steps down as Osrs host over his past anti-gay tweets | PBS NewsHour

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• WHAT DID KEV HART SAY? COMEDIAN'S ANTI-GAY TWEETS UNEARTHED AFTER LANDG OSR GIG
• KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
• KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY
• 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
• KEV HART QUS AS OSRS HOST OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
• KEV HART STEPS DOWN AS OSRS HOST OVER HIS PAST ANTI-GAY TWEETS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

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

" 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. Comedian Kev Hart on Thursday night said he's pullg out as host of the Amy Awards after he me unr fire for old homophobic tweets and jok that were recently rurfaced by people on social media. "The move me after Variety reported that he said he had been given an ultimatum by the motn picture amy to apologize for statements he ma years ago that ed hurtful and homophobic terms to scribe gay men or he would be replaced.

Earlier the day, Hart rpond to a backlash that unfold after those jok and tweets were rurfaced by people onle after was announced he would host the 2019 posted a vio to his Instagram on Thursday eveng where he wrote the ptn for people to "stop beg negative" rponse to cricism that he ma sensive jok about gay men nearly a edian didn't apologize or adm wrongdog his vio, but said that the world was gettg to be "beyond crazy.

"Hart leted some of the tweets that were spread onle, but many which he lled people "gay" or ed a slur for gay men were still up as of Thursday eveng. The announcement brought backlash among a number of journalists and LGBTQ rights advot, who poted to Hart’s history of anti-gay jok and tweets.

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

” In another, he suggted he would tell his son, “Stop, that’s gay, ” if he ught him playg wh a dollhoe and would rpond by breakg the toy over the child’s elaborated a Guardian article published Wednday, potg to a segment that appeared Hart’s 2010 stand-up film, “Serly Funny, ” which the edian said, “As a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will. Black queer crics particular lled Ellen DeGener out for beg too soft on Hart as he embarked on an apology tour rponse to the of the tweets datg back years were leted, but screenshots revealed several posts wh anti-gay language and repeated e of the words "fag" and "homo.

Bee now we’re a space where I’m around people of the LGBTQ muny, and I’m now aware of how the words make them feel, and why they say ‘That sh hurt bee of what I’ve been through, '" he his rad hosts pulled Hart back om tryg to fend or ntextualize his past stand-up act about not wantg his son to be gay, he end wh some thoughts about equaly, acrdg to the Hollywood Reporter. 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.

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

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.

"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.

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

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. ”Hart stepped down as the Amy Award’s host jt two days after beg award the gig, followg scty over past tweets and ments he ma that ed homophobic language. 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.

“Apologizg and movg on do not make the world a better place for people who are gay or people who are transgenr, ” Lemon said. As the ntroversy over Kev Hart’s past anti-gay tweets grows, the star, who was named to host the Osrs on Tuday, said this eveng that he has refed a mand om the Amy to apologize. Several hours earlier the day, Hart ma his first attempt to addrs the ntroversy over dozens of his anti-gay tweets that rurfaced after he was announced as this year’s Osrs host.

In one, Hart 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. "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, ' " read a 2011 tweet that Hart leted this week, acrdg to BuzzFeed News. Several other tweets g var homophobic slurs rema on Hart's acunt, cludg one askg "why do (Damien Dante Wayans') profile pic look like a gay bill board for AIDS, " wh this strange brag tacked on at the end: "Booom, I'm on fire tonight.

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

" "Keep md, I'm not homophobic, I have nothg agast gay people, do what you want to do, but me, beg a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will. While not directly discsg his tweets, Hart's 2015 Rollg Stone terview, which he discs gay jok his stand-up, shed some light onto why homophobic slurs stopped appearg his Twter feed. Director Brett Ratner rigned as a producer of the Osrs 2011 after he ed an anti-gay slur (the very same one that Hart employed so often).

KEV HART QUS AS OSRS HOST OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS

The Motn Picture Amy fac a new public relatns crisis over s choice of Kev Hart as this year’s Osrs host as old tweets, which Hart exprsed anti-gay sentiments and ed homophobic termology and slurs, have rurfaced.

In one 2011 tweet, the edian and 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.

The Amy has prevly faced heat over anti-gay rhetoric late 2011, when Brett Ratner rigned as producer of the 84th Amy Awards after sayg “rehearsal is for fags” a public Q&A for his film Tower Heist.

KEV HART STEPS DOWN AS OSRS HOST OVER HIS PAST ANTI-GAY TWEETS

And Pose star Indya Moore — whose groundbreakg trans seri drew Goln Globe nomatns for bt drama and bt actor (for Billy Porter) — penned a lengthy Twter thread that laid to Hart for “sexualizg” his son his 2011 route, addg, “‘Your choice to prevent’ your child om beg ‘gay’ is fear driven. 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.

I apologize, ” he his past tweets, some g homophobic slurs, he add, "We thought was okay to talk like that, bee that’s how we talked to one another... 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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

"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.

"I feel like if you’re not homophobic anymore, you shouldn’t md apologizg for your past homophobia aga, " one Twter er wrote. There were also tweets were he seemgly mocks gay men, cludg one tweet om 2009 where the star said, “I jt saw the biggt gay guy ever! “I thk people take thgs so ser — you send out a tweet, and I’m not apologizg for that, ” he the piece published Rollg Stone, Hart also fend his joke about havg a gay son.

In a 2011 tweet, Hart suggted he would tell his son, “stop that’s gay, ” if he ught him playg wh a dollhoe and would rpond by breakg the toy over the child’s head. ” In Hart’s 2010 standup film, Serly Funny, the edian said, “As a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will. ” Saturday Night Live star Michael Che ed his segment to ll out the hypocrisy of the Osrs his segment by remdg viewers that the Amy nomated Mel Gibson last year spe his history of makg homophobic and anti-Semic remarks.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY

Nick Cannon ma a pot to repost homophobic tweets prevly ma by whe edians such as Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman, and Chelsea Handler.

On the other end of the spectm, I wnsed a sea of whe gay men such as edian Billy Eichner celebrate the ocsn wh lls for one of their own wh the muny to host the show.

Even more tratg is that the suatn further rerced the stereotype of black homophobia — a myth that suggts black people are more herently homophobic given their cultural exchang hip-hop and relign. Such stigma was perpetuated by people like whe gay activist and wrer Dan Savage, who, back 2008, blamed the black muny’s lacklter support of same-sex marriage the passg of Proposn 8. And while there were a high number of blacks who supported this particular anti-LGBTQ policy, let’s keep md the majory of whe people who routely vote for Republin ndidat, the party known for champng homophobic legislatn across the board, pared to the black muny.