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Kevin Hart Says He’s Evaluating Hosting The Oscars After Ellen DeGeneres Urges Him To Reconsider Hosting The Show

<p>This afternoon&comma; Kevin Hart will appear in an hour-long exclusive interview on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Ellen” where he will talk about the controversy surrounding him stepping down to host the 91<sup>st<&sol;sup> Annual Academy Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During their interview&comma; Ellen DeGeneres told Kevin Hart that she called the Academy to ask the leaders if they would reconsider having him host this year’s Oscars&period; She didn’t specifically mention whom she talked to&comma; but she said they admitted to possibly mishandling the situation&period; Ellen said she was told&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want him to host&comma; we feel like maybe he misunderstood or it was handled wrong&comma; or maybe we said the wrong thing&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued to say she was told&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But we want him to host&period; Whatever we can do&comma; we want him to host&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in their discussion&comma; Kevin talked about how hosting the Oscars was one of his goals&comma; and it was quickly overshadowed by old tweets he had previously apologized for&period; Not wanting the controversy behind the tweets to take away from what the show was really about&comma; Kevin decided to just step down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nonetheless&comma; speaking about the situation with Ellen&comma; and Ellen’s support&comma; Kevin said he would evaluate everything following their discussion&period; He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Leaving here I promise you I’m evaluating this conversation&period; This is a conversation I needed to have&comma; I’m glad I had it here&period; I’m glad it’s as authentic and real as I could’ve hoped it would be&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ellen&comma; who previously hosted the Oscars herself&comma; was very adamant about convincing Kevin to take on the hosting role once again and to ignore the trolls&period; She said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whatever is going on&comma; on the Internet&comma; don’t pay attention to them&period; That’s a small group of people being very&comma; very loud&period; We are a huge group of people who love you and want to see you host the Oscars&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is no secret that the Academy has been having a hard time finding a replacement after Kevin stepped down back in December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out their interview below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"324" scrolling&equals;"no" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;share&period;ellentube&period;com&sol;video&sol;kevin-hart-opens-up-about-oscars-controversy&period;html" width&equals;"575"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"324" scrolling&equals;"no" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;share&period;ellentube&period;com&sol;video&sol;ellen-reveals-she-called-the-academy-to-help-re-hire-kevin-hart-as-oscars-host&period;html" width&equals;"575"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"324" scrolling&equals;"no" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;share&period;ellentube&period;com&sol;video&sol;kevin-hart-is-evaluating-his-oscars-hosting-decision&period;html" width&equals;"575"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2019&sol;film&sol;news&sol;kevin-hart-oscars-ellen-1203099143&sol;">https&colon;&sol;&sol;variety&period;com&sol;2019&sol;film&sol;news&sol;kevin-hart-oscars-ellen-1203099143&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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