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Kevin Hart Says He Will Not Host The Oscars And He’s Done Talking About The Controversy Surrounding It

<p>Last week&comma; Kevin Hart appeared on &&num;8220&semi;Ellen&&num;8221&semi; where he talked about the controversy surrounding his decision to step down from hosting this year’s Oscars&comma; following some resurfaced tweets&period; During their <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kevin-hart-says-hes-evaluating-hosting-the-oscars-after-ellen-degeneres-urges-him-to-reconsider-hosting-the-show&sol;">interview<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Ellen DeGeneres asked Kevin to reconsider as she offered him her support&period; By the end of their interview&comma; Kevin said he would &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;evaluate” their discussion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now it looks like Kevin has his final answer on whether he would host the Oscars this year&comma; and his answer is no&period; He also added that it’s too late for him to prepare for the show&period; When asked if he would host in the future he said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It&&num;8217&semi;s hard to predict what can happen&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t want people to think there&&num;8217&semi;s a thing about me and the Academy&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his interview with <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;goodmorningamerica&period;com&sol;culture&sol;story&sol;im-kevin-hart-hosting-oscars-year-60255569">Good Morning America’s<&sol;a><&sol;em> Michael Strahan&comma; Kevin said he is over everything when asked about the controversy and his apology&period; He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There&&num;8217&semi;s no more conversation about it &&num;8230&semi; I&&num;8217&semi;m over that&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m over the moment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I&&num;8217&semi;m not giving no more explanation of who I am&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m just done&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kevin has offered multiple apologies to the LGBTQ community for his old homophobic comments that have resurfaced&period; He even mentioned that he apologized back in the late 2000’s when it first happened and many times after&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Monday&comma; he offered yet another apology on his SiriusXM show &&num;8220&semi;Straight from The Hart&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Once again&comma; Kevin Hart apologizes for his remarks that hurt members of the LGBTQ community&period; I apologize&period; We thought it was OK to talk like that because that’s how we talked to one another &&num;8230&semi; This is wrong now&period; Because now we’re in a space where I’m around people of the LGBTQ community&comma; and I’m now aware of how these words make them feel&comma; and why they say &OpenCurlyQuote;That sh&ast;&ast; hurt because of what I’ve been through&period;’&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So there you have it&comma; Roommates&comma; Kevin will not be hosting the Oscar’s this year&comma; and it looks like he is ready to move on from all of the controversy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" height&equals;"360" scrolling&equals;"no" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;goodmorningamerica&period;com&sol;video&sol;embed&sol;60254755" width&equals;"640"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;goodmorningamerica&period;com&sol;culture&sol;story&sol;im-kevin-hart-hosting-oscars-year-60255569">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;goodmorningamerica&period;com&sol;culture&sol;story&sol;im-kevin-hart-hosting-oscars-year-60255569<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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