Its alarming to see how many posts agree with his sentiment 'as a parent wanting whats best' or whatever. I'm sure none of them ever experienced what it might feel like to come out to a parent.
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Old homophobic Kevin Hart comments surfaced (update: Oscars request apology, Kevin declines)
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There is no comedy in his words. He literally said he'd beat his child with a dollhouse if he found him playing with one and be all "that's gay, don't do that." Where in the fucking hell is the humour in that?
I only want white male hetero cis children because society!
Maybe read his comments "addressing the issue" before you take his homophobe ass comments as gospel. His "apology" was shit, if you can even call it that. He said he stopped his gay jokes because the potential controversy they'd cause, not because he thinks they are wrong.
He was so widely, openly homophobic for a long ass time that it warrants a repeat apology now that his shit has resurfaced (if you can call anything he has said before as an actual apology). If he was truly empathetic to gay people, it shouldn't matter if he has apologized before. His words live on, so occasionally the need for an apology might rise and he should apologize without hesitation.
Interesting turn, need to do through all the Twitter stuff still. But was surprised at the initial thing because this standup routine is on Netflix. Not exactly hidden. Also not quoted in full on the tweets. Not to say it's great in full but pretty sure the next part is him saying he is also afraid of having a daughter because he doesn't want anyone fucking his kids. I guess that could be thinly veiled homophobia but it never struck that way to me. Can't really comment on the rest of this since it blew up but it definitely sounds pretty dumb on his part. "Free speech" is a crazy way to take this is that's what actually happened
To be fair everyone is doing things like this and keep their joke in a private circle... In the other hand, he should be fired from the oscar because he refused to apologize properly.
You can drop the white part considering the shit show that is the gender imbalance in China and the rape issues in India. A lot of the world has a stronger preference for boys that isn't healthy for society in general and has led to some very serious issues.
Damn, this really went to 100 real quick. Fair play to him for not apologising at the Oscars' demand. Seems he apologised anyway after stepping down.
While in this case it wasn't hard to find the material, I do think people spend to much time digging up other people's past. It should almost be a rule to delete your social media history, even if you're 95% sure you said something that wouldn't fly in 2018.
While in this case it wasn't hard to find the material, I do think people spend to much time digging up other people's past. It should almost be a rule to delete your social media history, even if you're 95% sure you said something that wouldn't fly in 2018.
He didn't apologise.
He was a homophobe in 2010 and he's a homophobe in 2018.
He's a homophobe.
I heard he apologised anyway after stepping down, this isn't true?
No, no! Dig UP, stupid!
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrit...-upbeat-during-stand-up-after-oscars-scandal/
Kevin Hart Tells Crowd to 'Always Embrace Your Flaws and F—k Ups' at Comedy Show After Oscars Scandal
The show must go on. Kevin Hart performed stand-up in Sydney, Australia, hours after he stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars amid his homophobic Twitter controversy.
"Kevin came on late but kept to his script. He seemed to be touched by the hugely enthusiastic response from the audience," a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. "At one point during his act, when he was discussing his cheating scandal, he said, 'Always embrace your flaws and f—k ups.' He repeated it a couple of times." (Hart previously admitted to cheating on his wife, Eniko Parrish, in December 2017.)
Hart also tweeted a Martin Luther King Jr. quote on Friday: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
That's right! Embrace your inner adulterous, homophobic, moronic self!
Girl, bye.
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrit...-upbeat-during-stand-up-after-oscars-scandal/
Kevin Hart Tells Crowd to 'Always Embrace Your Flaws and F—k Ups' at Comedy Show After Oscars Scandal
The show must go on. Kevin Hart performed stand-up in Sydney, Australia, hours after he stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscars amid his homophobic Twitter controversy.
"Kevin came on late but kept to his script. He seemed to be touched by the hugely enthusiastic response from the audience," a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. "At one point during his act, when he was discussing his cheating scandal, he said, 'Always embrace your flaws and f—k ups.' He repeated it a couple of times." (Hart previously admitted to cheating on his wife, Eniko Parrish, in December 2017.)
Hart also tweeted a Martin Luther King Jr. quote on Friday: "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
That's right! Embrace your inner adulterous, homophobic, moronic self!
Girl, bye.
Parents who would PREFER their children not face percecution and have an easier time through life aren't fit to be parents now? WTF? I've spent most of my adult life making moves specifically so my kids would have an easier life than me, didn't know that made me unfit to have them.
Look at the way it was done, if you can't see how it's different from 'protecting' their kid and 'beating them for being who they are'... I can only assume you're being intentionally obtuse.
Forgive me for doubting his sincerity.
I will continue to assume he is a homophobe until he demonstrates genuine contrition.
He quoted someone who said a lot of parents wouldn't want their kids to be gay or trans due to how society would treat them, they want their kids to have an easier life, and the poster said those people are unfit to be parents.
How does wanting your kids to have an easier life make you unfit to be a parent? He didn't say he wouldn't support them if they were gay.
Yeah, it's called damage control. His original statements amounted to nothing but 'no son of mine is going to be a pansy.' Tired, toxic masculinity bullshit.
You're either being really naive or disingenuous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/opinion/kevin-hart-oscars-tweets.html
NY Times opinion piece on why we need to forgive Kevin Hart
NY Times opinion piece on why we need to forgive Kevin Hart
Well I only saw that quote I mentioned and the response. That didn't seem harmful on its own. If there are other posts he made about threats, beatings, or violence then I can't speak to that as I didn't see them.
The biggest grift of all this is the claim that Hart sincerely ever apologized before he "quit" the Oscar gig.
All he had to do is say I already said sorry and everyone just ran with it... even though you know that doesn't track at all.
Also love comparing hating gay people to "we've all lied in our lives"
I can't roll my eyes any harder. Kevin Hart will be just fine.
Btw forgiveness is worthless if we "need to give it"
That's what was so badass about how Gunn reacted, he never said you need to forigve me, he never demanded forgiveness.
That's what was so badass about how Gunn reacted, he never said you need to forigve me, he never demanded forgiveness.
Not an editorial, guys lol.
You guys still still don't get it lol.
Here's the editorial section:
https://www.nytimes.com/section/opi...nav&pagetype=sectionfront&pgtype=sectionfront
Well, you're moving the goalposts here. Doubting his sincerity or whether or not he still harbours homophobic beliefs is totally valid, but saying "He didn't apologize" is not.
You're right it's part of the opinion section, which the Editorial section is a sub section of that
What difference does any of that make? Regardless of a person's internal feelings of concern, there is not a situation where a parent saying something like that out loud to their child would make them a good parent. There is no way to know if your child will be gay therefore potentially harming them like that is worse than any judgment they may face from strangers.