Anyone wanting to revisit one of this year’s most unpleasant and ridiculous episodes, take heed: Kevin Hart will recount his firing from the Oscars ceremony and the fallout that followed for the new Netflix series, Don’t F*ck This Up.
Hart will open up about the whole mess in the new docu-series, set to debut this December 27. In his announcement on Instagram, Hart described the show as a “hell of a rollercoaster; peaks, hills, valleys, ups, downs. It’s as real, as raw, as transparent as you could be.”
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Kevin Hart became something of a cause célèbre in late 2018 when he landed the job as Oscar host. Not long after, a series of homophobic tweets and jokes came back to haunt him. Public outcry over the controversy worsened when Hart refused to apologize for his words, claiming he’d already done so. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences fired Hart just three days after the announcement that he would host the show. Hart then apologized to the queer community for his offensive words.
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“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,'” Hart said on Twitter in 2011.
But the saga didn’t end there. This January, Hart said he would reconsider hosting duties after an extended, if controversial, interview with Ellen DeGeneres. Hart claimed that he’d intended his words as a joke, nothing more, and that people with vendettas against him had used the occasion to hurt his career. The interview did little to quell the public outcry, and ultimately, the Oscar ceremony went on without a host. Hart then attacked the LGBTQ community, calling it too sensitive and insisting that it didn’t understand that people can change. Right.
In an upsetting postscript to the whole affair, Hart argued with Little Nas X later this year, not understanding why the singer felt a need to come out, or why he would have ever faced homophobia.
PoetDaddy
Kevin Hart is persona non grata in my home. I hope his Netflix endeavor fails as completely as his humor does. Hart seems to think he’s hilarious. I do not agree.
Cam
Cashing in on bigotry. (eye roll).
Chrisk
He’s been cashing in alright. Apparently he’s the wealthiest comedian ever. Worth 150 million. Personally I’ve always changed the channel when he’s on. Never found him to be funny in any way which is why it’s so perplexing that anyone cares enough to watch this. Maybe someone that knows him better can explain this.
Jon in Canada
A black friend of mine, Max, calls him “That Homophobic Hobbit from the Hood” and truth be told, it seems quite apt.
Chrisk
Ha. I looked. His official height is listed as 5’4 which means he’s probably about 5’2.
Catholicslutbox
Obviously just another filler series.
90% of Netflix is junk, with 10% of quality series sprinkled throughout all four quarters.
Bob LaBlah
The only fascinating thing about Kevin Hart was his baby soft bubble butt that everyone (once upon a time) wanted a glimpse of. Now that he is over forty years old who cares about him, his butt or his less than stellar career. What as he ever done where he is not looking like a buffoon in? The guy can’t act his way out of a bathroom stall. He is to be laughed at and thats that.
Jack Meoff
Could only happen in America
TheDefiler
I’m betting the series will end with his unironically insisting he’s not going to say any more about this matter because he’s already apologized for the tweets (which no one’s ever seen). I guess this series isn’t *him* saying more about this; Netflix is. Yeah, right….
radiooutmike
Ding ding ding!
outdavid
watched it, he makes a rather profound apology by the end of the series – to tell us he is now properly listening to what everyone’s been telling him this whole time. More importantly though, he’s listening, or at least it seems so. I’m buying it.