Kev Hart slammed for ments he ma to Lil Nas X on rapper g out as gay

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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 SAYS HIS REACTN TO THE IA OF HIS SON BEG GAY IS ABOUT HIS OWN INSECURI

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. 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?

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

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.

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.

KEV HART SAYS HIS REACTN TO THE IA OF HIS SON BEG GAY IS ABOUT HIS OWN INSECURI

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. "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. 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.