Everyone’s been talking about comedian Kevin Hart and the 40+ antigay tweets that resurfaced from his Twitter page last week. The tweets included gay jokes, AIDS jokes, and homophobic slurs and ultimately resulted in Hart withdrawing from hosting the 91st Academy Awards.
Well, rapper/actor/comedian Nick Cannon did some detective work over the weekend and dug up old antigay tweets written by other comedians in an effort to expose the different standard he believes Hart is being held to.
Specifically, Cannon looked at white, female comedians.
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First, he shared a 2010 tweet from Chelsea Handler, who has a long history of cracking gay jokes, that included an antigay slur, and asking his followers, “Interesting, I wonder if there was any backlash here…”
Interesting? I wonder if there was any backlash here… https://t.co/0TlNvgYeIj
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) December 8, 2018
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He also posted a 2010 tweet by Sarah Silverman where she called the new “Bachelorette” a homophobic word.
I dont mean this in a hateful way but the new bachelorette's a faggot
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) May 25, 2010
Then he shared a 2012 tweet from Amy Schumer in which she used an antigay slur, along with the caption, “I’m just saying… should we keep going???”
? I’m just saying… should we keep going??? https://t.co/1kESA82WqR
— Nick Cannon (@NickCannon) December 8, 2018
Neither Handler nor Schumer have responded to being called out for their homophobia, but Silverman has. Sort of.
Over the weekend, she retweeted an article where she talks about some of her old jokes.
“All I can do is learn from it, be changed forever by it,” she is quoted in the article, “and do what I can to make it right going forward.”
“Certainly, stuff that I did 10 or 15 years ago, I cringe at now,” she continued, adding that she sees many of her jokes “very differently” today.
What do you think? Is Kevin Hart being held to a different standard than other comedians who have used similar antigay rhetoric? Sound off in the comments section below…
Pete le meat
Nick Cannon makes an excellent point about the double standards of gay men.
Crystix
Of gay men? Wtf?
Gigi Gee
Pete le meat — Wut?
iamru2
So did they get a pass because they are female or because they are white?
PinkoOfTheGange
more because they weren’t asked to do the Oscars.
whatsaywhat
It is all about intent. All three of these women are pro-gay & known allies of the lgbt community, thus lgbt people can recognize their comments as a joke – or at least give them the benefit of the doubt. Kevin Hart is not an ally of the gay community and was likely speaking to the prejudice an anti-gay audience – gay people can tell the difference.
But really, does anyone actually care about the Oscars anymore? Like who cares who hosts it – it’s lame af and been bleeding viewership for years.
Doug
When a comedian makes a lighthearted joke about beating his son if he found out he was gay, it hits a nerve with a lot of us… and it’s an experience many gay men have had. No matter how you want to twist it, that’s not funny. It’s demeaning and trivializes what a lot of us have been through.
Catholicslutbox
I don’t know about any of these women, but the first one in the picture looks like an alson twin that evade meth addiction.
Bob Scardino
Who is Nick Cannon and am I now required to hate Amy Schumer? And oh, did I mention that I DON’T CARE, not even about Kevin Hart. The real problem is people with power like Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell.
DHT
Nick Cannon is better know as Mr. Mariah Carey. he hosts one of those gong show type talent shows.
Vince
Oh come on. Saying you’re going to beat your son if you find them doing something gay or gay men aren’t real men is taking it to a whole different level.
I’m not saying what they said was right but they weren’t asked to host the academy awards either.
oz1967
it just aint comedy
Miffopro
For crying out loud, can’t we just stop chasing comedians for whatever old jokes currently not fancied!? This is part of why we’re beginning to lose the struggle…
linniejr
AAAAAAMMMMMMEEEEeNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whatsaywhat
I second that AMEN. 87% of Americans LOATHE PC culture- this cuts across all demographics. The whiny, woke, social justice warrior PC babies are almost uniformly, white, privileged, and went to expensive liberal arts colleges. Stop the insanity!!!
Brian
Chelsea Handler has never hosted the Oscars. Y’all are comparing apples to oranges. There’s no logic to this.
And the assertion that “no one” cared is demonstrably false. All three of them got lots of blowback.
These women didn’t get uninvited to host the Oscars because they’d never been invited in the first place.
Brian
I don’t understand why so many people are saying “but they weren’t asked to host the Oscars”, as if that means he should be held to a higher standard for some reason. Hosting the Oscars is a gig, not an honor.
This is the world we live in now. It’s idiotic, but that’s the way it is. I don’t care what Kevin Hart or Amy Schumer or Chelsea Handler said 5 or 10 years ago, nor do i care how much Brett Kavanaugh drank in high school and college.
I hope this era of liberal puritanism ends sooner than later, but for now I’ll just enjoy the show of them eating their own to keep the facade of moral superiority alive.
Scout
Totally agree with you! The Hollywood PC culture has reached the stage of eating its own. It started a year or two ago with Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, and now it’s raiding people’s histories to see whether they’re “clean” enough to host the Oscars. I would venture to say there are very, very few in Hollywood and show business in general who don’t have some anti-PC skeleton in their closets. I think Hollywood is trying to atone for their guilt of knowing about Weinstein and Spacey for years and not saying anything.
AlexEf
I guess the guy just did a lazy search for the F** word in their tweets, dug it up and here we go. So.. what’s the point this guy trying to make? That we should hate and banish everyone coz at some point they ‘possibly’ used that f**got word in their tweets? I would call it trolling.
dcbanks
Everyone should take the time to read Greg Hogben’s response to Nick Cannon that he tweeted.
joeinpdx
It was a great reply. He articulated the difference very well.
Pistolo
Yes, yes, everyone must read Greg Hogben’s response! That is your task, Queerty. I felt this swell of emotion when he described the feeling of violence homophobia causes, he’s very right.
While I agree with the spirit of what Hogben said, I also would even hold these women accountable AND Kevin Hart simultaneously. My educated guess, however, is that at least Schumer and Silverman would have a kind of self-awareness about it and less of a resistance to admitting fault. In fact, I’m CERTAIN Silverman would react that way because she has, she’s always been in favor of growth over ego. Kevin Hart acted out of ego. Pure ego. He could’ve cooly and calmly broke it down & evaded controversy but didn’t.
Now, I honestly feel like Chelsea Handler and Kathy Griffin act like they’re honorary gay men and so they can say certain ballzy things in that guise and yes, sometimes I’m offended. Doesn’t change what Kevin Hart did.
Wicked Dickie
I’m glad you mentioned Greg’s reply. You should also read the replies to his very “whitesplaining”. He named half a dozen white comedians that he has no problem with using homophobic slurs “in the name of comedy”, but Kevin Hart is an absolute no-no. Or, as he put it, “if you don’t support LGBTQI causes, you’re not allowed to sit at the table”. Whatever man.
Lacuevaman
F…… N……
Crystix
How cute, a racist. Thanks for adding to the conversation. Please go hide back under ur bridge.
Lacuevaman
who is nick cannon?
Crystix
Claim to fame is being divorced by Mariah Carey.
Kangol
He’s an actor and the host of several very popular TV shows you might have seen were you not under your racist rock. And he was married to Mariah Carey and is the father of some of her children.
oz1967
D lister
Crystix
Question – which of these ladies have been tapped to host the Oscars? NONE OF THEM. Nick Cannon is just trying to excuse this horrible behavior by pointing to other douchebags.
How bout we stop excusing the behavior for ALL ENTERTAINERS and move TF forward. I’ve lost so much respect for so many “comedians” trying to downplay the gay-bashing Hart called for if his son was gay. All it does is promote MORE homophobia and show lgbt youth it’s still a scary world growing up queer
PinkoOfTheGange
Heart was given the opportunity to fix any issues. He could of included references to any past apologies, but he chose to quit. This wasn’t specifically a racial issue till Cannon and Hughley made it one.
All this muck racking is giving the Trumpites a gleeful holiday season.
Kangol
Trumpites don’t give a crap about this. They’re foaming over locking up Hillary and beginning to hear that the Orange Oaf, a/k/a “Individual 1,” the “unindicted co-conspirator,” might have to wear a tangerine jumpsuit in prison once the Mueller investigation is over.
Rock-N-RollHS
Context is everything, my n**ga.
Kangol
Watch the racist BS, dude. Don’t go there!
surreal33
Fine, upstanding white folks always get a pass.
Actor Mark Wahlberg was convict of assault (1988) for beating a Vietnamese man with stick (he lost sight in his eye) while screaming racial epithets. Also he was arrested for throwing rocks a black school girls. Mr Wahlberg has NEVER apologize for his actions and he has the unmitigated gall to try have conviction record wiped clean. Mr Wahlberg continues to be a highly paid actor and no one has called for him to explain his past as a convicted, racist, hate monger.
AlexEf
Oh man.. can you read? The topic is about 3 gay-friendly comedian women who once used the word f**/got on tweeter many years ago. They didn’t beat anyone and didn’t scream any racist slur.
Donston
So, it’s cool because they’re “gay friendly”? People need to stop giving all these “allies” passes and understand that just because these people say one thing doesn’t mean it’s a reality. Female comedians pretty much need the support/worship of gays and pink dollars. That doesn’t truly mean their affection and support is genuine. I’m not saying that most are full of sh*t. I’m saying don’t be so naive. Still, these tweets aren’t really comparable to Kevin and the outright hate in his words.
Doug
That’s not true. Wahlberg made it a point to meet with the man and make an apology to him for the assault several years ago. He also made it public and voiced his regret. Hart couldn’t even make a three-sentence apology to gay people, he was too proud to do it. Hart could have actually made a great short speech at the beginning of the Oscars and used his experience to point out that all of us change. I think he would have received a lot of respect for that.
Donston
There is a definite double standard. However, a couple of Hart’s comments reflected some genuine, obvious hate.
Surreal33, I see your point on Wahlberg. He’s been able to get away with so much shit, and the mass media and Hollywood continues to give him a pass.
Kangol
Wahlberg’s a white man, so he’s forgiven all his past actions. Mel Gibson, a raving racist anti-Semite, was nominated for an Oscar last year instead of remaining a pariah. Don’t be surprised if Kevin Spacey also makes a reappearance sooner than later; I bet there’re people in Hollywood looking to bring him back and rehabilitate his image. And just look at the corrupt, narcissistic, incompetent, racist President of the US, though he’s so inept and brazen in his criminality he’s going to pay the piper soon enough. Hart clearly has issues with/is terrified by gay people. He should get some counseling for that, especially since he’s talked about harming his son if he turns out to be gay.
Donston
I don’t really think Mel and Kevin are comparable. He had his alcohol addiction to lean on, and his behavior was so outrageous that many just dismissed it as a minor mental breakdown. With Kevin there’s just too many disturbing allegations from too many people, and they go back decades to recent. And it’s all too calculated. He does have enough industry friends that someone out there would give him a shot. But I’m not sure he’ll ever want a shot. And officially being out now certainly doesn’t help. With Hollywood it’s about the bottom line and image. And I’m not sure Kevin will ever not be a stain on both of those things.
Brian
No, it’s not a “definite double standard.” It’s multiple different standards applied to multiple different situations. Hart was nixed by one employer, but the women weren’t up for that job with that employer.
Total lack of logic in the comments here. People aren’t thinking critically.
David
So what’s Nick’s point? That it shouldn’t be a big deal for black men to be homophobic? Because the worst female comedians are homophobic? You know what the best part of all of this is? Kevin Hart’s jokes, and the jokes of these three comedians ARE NOT JOKES! They’re lazy comments that they probably thought were pithy, but weren’t. They’re just obnoxious. There’s no punchline. I’ve done stand up, and I know the anatomy of a joke. None of these people give a damn about gay men, and any of them claiming to ba allies are liars.
That said Nick complaining that there’s a double standard. The problem is that in general there is no standard. There’s no standard when the black community as a whole is rampantly homophobic. And there’s no standard when white women are rampantly homophobic, because nearly all white women get a pass for constantly being homophobic.
Drew
For me the main difference is that Kevin Hart said that he would kill his son if he were gay. To me that is like saying he might kill any gay man. ( I used man, because I don’t know how he feels about other LGBTQ community) That is a threat to my life. It can hurt being called names, but it is worse to threaten a life.
blitzkid84
“Your comment is awaiting moderation.” Of course it is LOL.
blitzkid84
The problem here is that Nick Cannon is dead wrong. I don’t know about Amy Schumer but I distinctly remember Handler and Silverman receiving major blowback, on multiple occasions btw. There was major backlash against Sarah Silverman for her “performance” at the James Franco roast. Shaming and apologies being demanded and so forth. There were calls for Netflix to cancel Chelsea Handlers show because of her use of gay slurs and her obsession with using gay people’s (mainly gay men’s) existence as an insult towards people she didn’t like or disagreed with. The reason why Nick Cannon missed this when it was happening is because he is not gay and didn’t care and because he doesn’t identify with Handler and Silverman as he does with Kevin Hart. Cannon is putting a spotlight on these white women’s use of the slur not because he thinks they are wrong, but to defend Hart and make him a victim of racism in this. So no! Point not taken.
Brian
Yup! Nick Cannon missed the news, so in his mind, it never occurred.
Nick’s tweets get picked up by bloggers who aren’t real journalists.
The tweets make it into a blog post, and the tweets become fact. 🙁
inbama
For me, friends get to use the same language we use in front of them.
If we can’t control people in our own group from using a word, it’s imbecilic to expect other people not to.
Intent is everything.
Polaro
Because they were funny and Kevin was just mean.
Doug
That’s the big difference here. Hart’s comments were demeaning, not to mention making a joke out of beating up his son. Not funny.
DHT
Chelsea, Sarah, and Amy? It’s like he’s going after the three graces of the gay community. BTW…what does Cannon have against Kathy Griffin that he didn’t call her out too?
Aires the Ram
These PC “social justice warriors” or “Me Too” are destroying many things in this country, one of them being comedy. I remember the Saturday Night Live of 15/20 years ago, when it was actually funny. They made fun of, parodied, EVERYBODY. If you were black, hispanic, gay, white, democrat, republican, pink, green, whatever, you got made fun of. And the jokes were very funny, even when they directed at whatever/whoever you are. Not so today, nobody can say a goddamn thing without some social justice fruitcake getting their ass puckered. They’ve killed comedy. I believe that if a comedian makes a joke about a particular group of people, meaning a “funny”, not “malicious” or “mean” joke, then it’s a-ok. But with all the educational system and media manipulated pressure out there now to convince the young ones that if anyone even looks at them crosswords that they’re a “Victim”, it’s awfully hard to make a living as a comedian.
dean089
For years I’ve heard how this one or that one is above reproach because they are pro-LGBT, but are they really? Not being vocally anti-gay isn’t the same thing as being pro-LGBT. In the immortal words of Janet Jackson, “What have you done for me lately?” Last year RuPaul called out a number of so-called pro-LGBT celebrities for treating gays more like pets or fashion accessories than equals — and isn’t EQUAL what we’re really looking for?
Itsonlythetruth
Most of Kevin Harts Twitter comments were homophobic rants, they were not jokes. I wish he would have issued a real apology and moved on to host the show. I think he would have been a great host. That’s my 2 cents on the issue.
nitejonboy
These women have all displayed many times that they are LGBTQ allies and supporters, Kevin Hart hasn’t done shit for us, that’s the difference between them..screw you Nick Cannon, go back to being a nobody that no one cares about.
broadshoulder
Women comedians get away with muder. I don’t care what you say = those tweets were homophobic