Kevin Hart is Officially Done Apologizing
by EG
Kevin Hart has said he's sorry if his homophobic jokes offended you and that he has "evolved" since telling them (although he's fuzzy about whether his evolution resulted in his no longer being homophobic). Now he'd like to be finished talking about it, and he doesn't care if you don't agree. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Don’t expect to hear any more apologies from Kevin Hart about his homophobic tweets.
“I’m done with it. It gets no more energy from me,” Hart told Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America” on Wednesday. “That’s why I said for the last time, I’m addressing this. There’s no more conversation about it. I’m literally over that. I’m over the moment. I’m about today. If [my apology is] accepted today, great. If it’s not, it’s nothing I can control. Some things are left out of your hands, so I’m done with it. I’m over it.”
Hart was announced as the 2019 Oscars host in December but stepped down just two days later after homophobic tweets he posted resurfaced on social media. The 39-year-old comedian went on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in January to address the controversy and eventually apologized to the LGBTQ community for his comments.
When Strahan asked Hart how he’s changed since the controversy, Hart replied, “I have explained how I’ve evolved, which makes me say I’m over it. I’m not saying how I’ve changed anymore … I’m not giving no more explanation of who I am. I’ve done it. I’ve done it several times … I’m just done.”
Hart continued to answer combatively after Strahan asked if he had any “understanding” of how LGBTQ youth could have been affected by his words.
“I have an understanding that I’ve addressed it, and I’ve said everything that I can possibly say, and I’m over it,” Hart snapped. “You will not hear me say anything else about it … I’ve done all that I can do.”
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