In case you missed it, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently confirmed that comedian Kevin Hart will be hosting the 2019 Oscars ceremony. And that means one thing: it’s time to comb through his old tweets in search of dirty laundry.
Intrepid journos have apparently decided that the target of their fishing expedition is Hart’s old tweets about homosexuality:
do u think he's gonna make gay jokes when he hosts the oscars or nah https://t.co/apRUOlFIed
— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 6, 2018
Kevin Hart has now deleted this tweet after he was named as Oscars host pic.twitter.com/fxra6gx44E
— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 6, 2018
Plenty of other still there including this old gem https://t.co/rq53efZCrD
— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 6, 2018
As Adam flagged last night, this…was not a one-time thing. https://t.co/oX9yReKkiC
— David Mack (@davidmackau) December 6, 2018
After seeing this @benfraserlee tweet, 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 became a hit. https://t.co/P8nTOilFgx pic.twitter.com/6uzPhnvt4F
— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) December 5, 2018
Kevin Hart's offensive homophobic comments have resurfaced. Do they warrant firing him? Maybe. https://t.co/F0IqhPwidb pic.twitter.com/QKtuCOEIsY
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 6, 2018
It’s déjà vu all over again.
And awayyyyyyyyy we go https://t.co/NCKtTCGa4B
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) December 6, 2018
This stuff has been out of hand for a long time ago. Exactly how long should a person be unemployable for after saying something people take offence to?
The latest tweet you pictured was from about 7 years ago after all ? https://t.co/iB4bC3nThh
— Persnickety (@Dawnsfire) December 6, 2018
White Folks Try to Get Black Man Fired https://t.co/ICQPKSFTKU
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) December 6, 2018
We're not even waiting until the awards show now to find something to be offended over.
— BT (@back_ttys) December 6, 2018
The moral of this story?
Never tweet. https://t.co/EP0x8u4tDZ
— BT (@back_ttys) December 6, 2018