Kevin Hart credits Wanda Sykes for helping him understand why his homophobic jokes were damaging
Anderson Cooper over the weekend for a 60 Minutes interview during which the subject of Hart’s past homophobia came up.As you may recall, in 2019, the producers of the Academy Awards recruited Hart to host the ceremony.
However, shortly after it was announced, homophobic tweets Hart had written years earlier surfaced.Back in 2011, he’d posted a tweet saying, “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’.”Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Hart deleted that particular tweet when it came back to haunt him years later.Hart made similar comments during stand-up appearances.
In a 2010 special called Seriously Funny, he said, “One of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay. That’s a fear.
Keep in mind, I’m not homophobic, I have nothing against gay people, do what you want to do, but me, being a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will.”As controversy around his past remarks blew up, Hart stepped down from the planned Oscars gig and later apologized for his previous comments.Talking to Cooper last weekend, Hart says it was fellow comic Wanda Sykes who explained to him why his old tweets were so damaging.
