The controversy surrounding the way Kevin Hart handled his Oscars hosting gig last year has been recently addressed, admitting: “I did fuck up.
After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Hart was tapped to host the 2019 Oscars, in December 2018, his old homophobic tweets and jokes resurfaced. The “Jumanji” actor reflected on the debacle during an interview with a men’s magazine.
Hart told the publication that “With the whole Oscars thing, there was a big gap between what I thought the problem was versus what the problem really was.”
“It wasn’t until close friends like Wanda Sykes, Lee Daniels, and Ellen [DeGeneres] talked to me and explained what they didn’t hear me say that I understood. Then I was like, ‘Oh, shit — I did fuck up.’” he later added.
The comedian posted a video on Instagram saying that he refused to apologize, claiming that he had already addressed his problematic comments in years past shortly after Hart’s old remarks were widely reported. He announced his decision to step down from the hosting gig and tweeted an apology to the LGBTQ community on the next day.
The 2020 Oscars will again go hostless just like when the 2019 Oscars ran without a host after Hart stepped down.
Hart has previously addressed his response to the Oscars hosting gig debacle, which included him declaring on ABC’s “Good Morning America” last year in January that he was “literally over” discussing the controversy.
“Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up,” is Hart’s Netflix series which was released last December 2018. The comedian conceded that the backlash to his past homophobic remarks was about him being “immature”.
“I missed an opportunity to say simply that I don’t condone any type of violence in any way, shape or form to anyone for being who they are,” he said.
