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The edian, who stepped away om hostg the 2019 Osrs after his past anti-gay tweets rurfaced, ma another apology to the LGBTQ muny on his rad show.

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

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Comedian Kev Hart stepped down on Thursday after facg backlash for anti-gay tweets he wrote between 2009 and 2011.

" The followg year, Hart wrote that someone's profile pic looked "like a gay bill board for AIDS.

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

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" 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.

'"In a 2011 standup route he said he ught his then 3-year-old son havg a "gay moment" that he was not proud of.

Kev Hart, pictured September 24, 2018, stepped down om hostg the Osrs after anti-gay tweets were unearthed. "When outcry about his past homophobic msag surfaced, Hart was fiant his rponse.

KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA 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 have surfaced which Hart exprsed anti-gay sentiments and ed homophobic termology and slurs. * kevin harts gay tweets *

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. In one, Hart scribed a photo of actor Damien Dante Wayans as lookg “like a gay bill board for AIDS.

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

"I'm sorry that I hurt people," the ic said, referrg to anti-gay tweets he had posted years earlier. He had ially refed to apologize, only to announce hours later that he was steppg down. * kevin harts 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.

The fellow edian, who is openly gay, offered a more empathetic stance, tweetg, “I hope Kev’s thkg has evolved sce 2011.

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.

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

"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. "In his 2010 edy special "Serly Funny, " Hart told dienc his biggt fear was his son g out as gay.

KEV HART RPONDS TO UPROAR OVER ANTI-GAY TWEETS: ‘STOP LOOKG FOR REASONS TO BE NEGATIVE’

Hart said that "as a heterosexual male, if I n prevent my son om beg gay, I will. "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. Anyone wantg to disqualify Hart, at least the urt of public opn, had a rnupia of homophobic tweets to choose om.

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

"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.

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

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. " "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

Many of the were nsired racist and homophobic, such as one that simply read "I hate gay people.

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Kev Hart Breaks Silence on Anti-Gay Tweet Controversy – The Hollywood Reporter .

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