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.
Contents:
- 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
- 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
- OSR HOST KEV HART’S HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY TWEETS CREAT NEW PROBLEM FOR AMY
WHAT DID KEV HART SAY? COMEDIAN'S ANTI-GAY TWEETS UNEARTHED AFTER LANDG OSR GIG
Comedian Kev Hart is g unr fire for ments he ma to Lil Nas X as the rapper attempted to expla why he waed to e out as gay. * kevin hart remarks about gays *
Kev Hart apologized aga on Monday amid backlash over homophobic ments the edian ma nearly a ago. Hart's 2010 ments about fearg his son might be gay rurfaced on social media last month shortly after was announced that the edian would host this year's Osrs, sparkg outrage. On his SiriXM show Monday, Hart began a lengthy discsn about the fallout by sayg that he went back and looked at his joke om his 2010 edy special "Serly Funny, " where he had said that he wasn't homophobic but feared his son beg gay.
KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY
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. * kevin hart remarks about gays *
“I don’t have a homophobic bone my body, " Hart relled Monday about what he said to set up the b.
"I want you to be happy, be gay, be happy.... Hart exprsed tratn that "the only clip" that gets played the media is the part where he says, "stop, that's gay, " and went on to talk about where he was g om wh past offensive tweets as well. In the tweets, many of which have been leted but were screen-ptured and shared onle, Hart wrote about not wantg his son to play wh his dghter's dollhoe bee "that's gay" and postg that someone rembled a "gay billboard for AIDS.
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. " 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.
KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
Newly crowned Osrs host Kev Hart is attemptg to scb away several anti-gay tweets he posted years ago as he opts for a more Amy-iendly image. * kevin hart remarks about gays *
'"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 IS REFG TO TALK ABOUT HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS ANYMORE
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. "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. 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 DRAGGED FOR OLD ANTI-GAY COMMENTS AFTER BEG ANNOUNCED AS OSRS HOST
DeGener said that “as a gay person, ” she had been “sensive” to the edian’s homophobic remarks but believed he had “grown. ”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.
OSR HOST KEV HART’S HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY TWEETS CREAT NEW PROBLEM FOR AMY
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. 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.