Essentially he stopped being a gay hater when he got famous and his PR told him not to, details below
Kevin Hart STEPS DOWN as 2019 Oscars host after refusing to apologize for
homophobic tweets joking about 'f*gs' and Aids and stand-up
skit saying his 'biggest fear was his son growing up gay'
- Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars Thursday night
- He had refused to apologize for anti-gay tweets from 2009 to 2011 that surfaced
- The comedian revealed the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences had given him an ultimatum: apologize or they would seek a new host
- The 39-year-old said he would 'pass on the apology' but hours later finally did apologize to the LGBTQ community as he stepped down from the hosting gig
- Now-deleted tweets showed Hart using homophobic slurs and rhetoric
- In a 2010 stand-up routine he said 'one of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay'
- Hart said Tuesday when it was announced he would be hosting the Oscars that it had been a 'goal on my list for a long time'
Kevin Hart a comedian who you probably have never heard of, has stepped down as the host of the 2019 Oscars amid a slew of backlash over years-old
homophobic tweets that recently surfaced.
'I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's....this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be
celebrated by so many amazing talented artists,'
the comedian tweeted Thursday night, just two days
after being named host. 'I sincerely apologize to the
LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.'
His apology, however, has come too little too late after he
revealed earlier in an Instagram video that the Academy of
Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences had given him an ultimatum:
apologize for the comments or they would seek a new host.
Hart responded to the ultimatum in the video asserting that he
chose to 'pass on the apology' because he had 'addressed this several times'.
Less than two hours later the 39-year-old changed his tune, issuing an apology to the LGBTQ community along with his resignation as Oscars host.
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