Variety<\/em> that it wasn’t going to happen.<\/p>\n\u201cWould I ever do it? No, it\u2019s done. It\u2019s done,\u201d said Hart. \u201cThe moment came and it was a blessing and I was excited at the opportunity and I still am. In my mind I got the job, it was a dream job, and things came up that simply prohibited it from happening. But I don\u2019t believe in going backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hart announced in December, merely two days after being hired for the job, that he was stepping down as Oscars host over concerns that he would be a\u00a0distraction. \u201cI sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past,\u201d said Hart.<\/p>\n
Hart wrote so-called homophobic remarks on Twitter mostly between 2009-2011, including one in which he\u00a0said: \u201cYo if my son comes home & try\u2019s 2 play with my daughters doll house I\u2019m going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice \u2018stop that\u2019s gay.\u2019\u201d It was later deleted. He has also made anti-gay comments in his standup act in the past.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the comedian apologized\u00a0once again for his past quips about the\u00a0LGBTQ community.\u00a0\u201cI will say this, and I want to make this very clear,\u201d Kevin\u00a0said\u00a0during his SiriusXM radio program,\u00a0Straight From the Hart.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cOnce again, Kevin Hart apologizes for his remarks that hurt members of the LGBTQ community. I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI really had to dive into the whole thing, even the tweets,\u201d he added. \u201cThese weren\u2019t words that I said to gay individuals. I didn\u2019t say these words to people, at the time, this was our dumb asses on Twitter going back and forth with each other. We thought it was okay to talk like that, because that\u2019s how we talked to one another. In that, you go, fuck! This is wrong now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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