![]() ![]() Hart first pulled out of the hosting gig two days after announcing his participation, noting on Twitter that he didn’t “want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists.” He claimed in an Instagram video that the Academy called and asked him to apologize for the offensive tweets, which included calling someone a “fat faced fag” and noting that someone’s profile pic looked “like a gay billboard for AIDS.” “The reason why I passed is I’ve addressed this several times,” Hart said in the video. “I’ve said who I am now versus who I was then. Whatever we can do, we would be thrilled. We feel like maybe he misunderstood or it was handled wrong or maybe we said the wrong thing, but we want him to host. ![]() I have no idea if he wants to come back and host, but what are your thoughts?’ And they were like, ‘Oh, my God, we want him to host. I knew how important it was and that it was a dream. “I was so excited when I heard they asked you – I thought it was an amazing thing. “I called the Academy today because I really want you to host the Oscars,” DeGeneres told Hart in an interview. Hart stepped down from the 2019 gig in December after several of his years-old, homophobic tweets resurfaced online. Ellen DeGeneres personally called the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and urged them to re-hire Kevin Hart as Oscars host, she revealed on Friday’s Ellen.
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