Americans Don't Agree on the Kevin Hart Controversy
by EG
Americans don't agree on much of anything these days, and Kevin Hart is no exception. A new poll shows that Americans are sharply divided over whether Hart should have been made to apologize for past homophobic remarks and whether he should have gone ahead and hosted the Oscars. Read on for details.
Many Americans say that Kevin Hart made the right call to back away from hosting the Oscars after his anti-gay tweets resurfaced and he declined to apologize anew for the years-old remarks.
However, the comedian's video posts to his 66 million-plus Instagram followers about why he didn't revisit his old tweets were viewed more favorably than unfavorably, while the film Academy was viewed negatively by some, according to a new Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll.
Hart's decision to step down from hosting the 91st Oscars was viewed favorably by 44 percent of Americans in the survey, which was conducted from Dec. 7 to 10 from a national sample of 2,202 adults. Among respondents, 26 percent said that Hart shouldn't have exited as host.
Americans were split on whether the Academy made a good call to ask Hart to apologize or step down: 36 percent of respondents said the organization would have been "right" to pressure the comedian to apologize, while 34 percent said that was "wrong."
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