Kevin Hart has quit his hosting gig at the Oscars amid a controversy - we’ve only known
about him hosting since Tuesday… that was shortlived!
Hello welcome back to iO I am your host for this video Rebecca Felgate and it is really
nice to see you guys again!
It has been a month or so since I last hosted a video and I love chatting news with you.
Before we get into this story I want to ask you to tell me how your week has been using
just three emojis.
If I were going to pic three I would use the Christmas Tree, the sassy hair lady and the
fireball.
Boom.
So we all know Kevin Hart.
Kevin Hart is a comedian, musician actor and producer and most recently he has been known
for his hosting work.
Before being announced as the host of the 91st Academy Awards in late 2018, he had spoken
about wanting to present the awards ceremony, calling it the opportunity of a lifetime.
That opportunity came knocking but was short lived as old tweets from Haart surfaced and
they didn’t paint the 39 year old funny man in the best light.
It seems that the performer had tweeted a slew of offensive statements between 2009
and 2011 – prior to the height of his fame.
Some of the tweets have now been deleted but the good old daily mail has some screen shots.
One of them said: Yo if my son comes home & try's 2 play with my daughters doll house
I'm going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice 'stop that's gay.
In 2010 he was also quoted saying one of his biggest fears is his son growing up gay.
The tweets outraged many many people who rushed to call the entertainer homophobic.
Buzzfeed’s senior film reporter Adam B Vary did some investigation and went on a deep
dive of Harts old tweets.
He wrote: I did a search for every time Kevin Hart tweeted fag homo or gay.
It was a lot.
And he seems to have basically stopped tweeting those words after 2011 – i.e the year his
first stand up movie.
Following the re-emergence of his old tweets Haart decided to step down from the Oscars.
He tweeted: I have made the choice to step down from hosting this year's Oscar's.
This is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so
many amazing talented artists.
I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.
I'm sorry that I hurt people...
I am evolving and want to continue to do so.
My goal is to bring people together not tear us apart.
Much love & appreciation to the Academy.
I hope we can meet again.
Hart is currently performing on tour in Sydney and soon took to tweeting pictures of the
crowd.
Things haven’t been so great for entertainments golden boy in the past couple years.
The uproar comes almost exactly a year after his cheating scandal – last year he admitted
he cheated on his wife Eniko Parrish who he married in 2016.
Their son was born in late November 2017 and it seems that he admitted to cheating on her
while she was pregnant, which upset a lot of his fans, not least his wife!
The pair have stuck it out, and Haart called said cheating on her was the dumbest moment
of his life.
Well I suppose now he has a few instances to choose from.
From Haarts tweets it seems like he is still hopeful that he will be able to host the Oscars
in the future, but who knows what lasting impact the second scandal will have on his
career.
This begs the question who will host the Oscars in 2019!
We haven’t had a female host in 5 years since Ellen in 2014 and since 2008 only two
women have had the opportunity…so…maybe?
You know hosting the Oscars is a dream for me …. I am going to manifest this as an
option for ….I’m feeling 2021 or 2022.
Please and thank you universe.
SO guys let me know what you think to this scandal.
Do you think that Haarts comments deserved to be vilified ? Do you think he is homophobic?
Do you think stepping down was the right thing to do?
Comments from Yesterday’s video featuring Jonny!
It was about Youtube rewind, this is what you had to say.
Bradley Barker said: I agree YouTube Rewind 2018 was pretty bad, I mean there was one
HUGE fault: the Potato Queen and her Jester was not in it!
(Charlotte and Johnny) The Potato Princess would also be nice!
(Rebecca)?
YAS BABE.
Sailor Mercury said: I just found your channel searching reviews of the Youtube Rewind.
I freaking love this host guy.
Hes hilarious.
But i'm not surprised to hear how awful the Rewind
ended up being.