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
- KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
WHAT DID KEV HART SAY? COMEDIAN'S ANTI-GAY TWEETS UNEARTHED AFTER LANDG OSR GIG
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.
'"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.
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.
KEV HART APOLOGIZED TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY AGA OVER HIS ANTI-GAY TWEETS
"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. 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. ” 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.