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

Contents:

• KEV HART SLAMMED FOR MENTS HE MA TO LIL NAS X ON RAPPER G OUT AS GAY
• LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
• KEV HART: I WON’T PLAY A GAY CHARACTER
• OSR HOST KEV HART’S HISTORY OF ANTI-GAY TWEETS CREAT NEW PROBLEM FOR AMY

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

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.

LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM

Lil Nas X is gettg praise for how he handled a nversatn about homosexualy wh edian Kev Hart. Before the rapper uld rpond, Hart – who stepped down om hostg the Osrs 2018 after homophobic tweets he’d ma years earlier rurfaced – terjected. “He said he was gay, ” Hart said.

“Homosexualy, gay people, ” Lil Nas said. Lil Nas posted a seri of tweets on the last day of Pri month, where he tend to share wh his followers that he intifi as gay.

KEV HART: I WON’T PLAY A GAY CHARACTER

A seri of homophobic tweets Hart ma between 2009 and 2011 drew public scty late last year. 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.

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. 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. Kev Hart don’t expect to play a gay character anytime soon. 1 rad statn, the Weddg Rger star admted to turng down the role of Alpa Cho 2008’s Tropic Thunr bee he didn’t feel fortable playg a gay role.

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

Hart was then asked whether he would ever play a gay character. Hart, who is engaged to mol Eniko Parrish, poted out that he don’t have an issue wh the gay muny.

He add that he may change his md years om now on playg a gay role, once he gets more actg experience. 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.