'Shut the f*** up!' Kevin Hart SLAMS cancel culture but admits he cringes when he thinks about past homophobic tweets and says he has grown as a person since writing them
Kevin Hart slammed celebrity cancel culture after reflecting on his decision to stand down as presenter of the 2019 Oscars in a candid new interview.
In an interview with the The Sunday Times, the 41-year-old actor said fans involved in cancel culture - needed to 'shut the f**k up' when the hostility was based around 'nonsense' remarks.
Hart also looked back on his own career in which he had been 'canceled many times' - he did not appear in his role as host of the 2019 Oscars after tweets and some of his early stand-up routines featuring homophobic comments resurfaced.
Despite apologizing to the LGBTQ community, he refused a demand from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to apologize again, saying at the time that he had addressed the issue enough.
'What are you talking about?' Kevin Hart slammed celebrity cancel culture after reflecting on his decision to stand down as presenter of the 2019 Oscars in a candid new interview (pictured 2020)
He said: 'If somebody has done something truly damaging then, absolutely, a consequence should be attached. But when you just talk about… nonsense? When you're talking, "Someone said! They need to be taken [down]!" Shut the f**k up! What are you talking about?'
Kevin went on to say that comedians struggle to express themselves out of fear that their jokes might get them canceled.
He said: 'You're thinking that things you say will come back and bite you on the ass. I can't be the comic today that I was when I got into this.'
The star added that people need to remember that comedians tell jokes to make people laugh, and not to make them angry.
Kevin also said that he gets angry over people expecting others to behave perfectly all of the time.
He said: 'I don't expect perfection from my kids. I don't expect it from my wife, friends, employees. Because, last I checked, the only way you grow up is from f*****g up. I don't know a kid who hasn't f****d up or done some dumb s**t.'
He did not appear in his role as host of the 2019 Oscars after tweets (pictured) and some of his early stand-up routines featuring homophobic comments resurfaced
Hart said in his latest interview that he cringes when he thinks about those comments (pictured) and now knows that he has grown as a person since publishing them
Looking back: In an interview with the The Sunday Times , the 41-year-old actor said fans involved in cancel culture - needed to 'shut the f**k up' when the hostility was based around 'nonsense' remarks (pictured 2020)
Talking about the tweets, Kevin welcomed people to pull them up as they would be looking at a younger version of himself who failed to be funny on one particular attempt.
He added that he cringes when he thinks about those comments and now knows that he has grown as a person since publishing them.
His new film, Fatherhood is based on the 2011 memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love, which was a New York Times best seller.
Hart stars as Matt, based on the true story of Matthew Logelin, who gained a daughter, Madeline, but lost his wife Liz all within a 27-hour period.
Kevin and his wife Eniko celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary last August and welcomed their second child in October.
Along with Kaori, the Harts are also the proud parents of son Kenzo, who turned three last November.
The Ride Along actor also has a daughter Heaven, 16, and a son Hendrix, 13, from his previous marriage to Torrei Hart.
The comedian announced he would step down and then apologized to the LGBTQ community for his 'insensitive words'
On the work front Kevin was been busy filming Netflix's eight-episode limited series True Story in Los Angeles earlier this year.
Independent Spirit Award nominee Wesley Snipes also has a role in the show portraying Kid's (Hart) wayward big brother Carlton in the fictionalized drama based on his rise as a comic.
True Story marks the Philadelphia-born 41-year-old's TV drama debut as part of his lucrative four-picture deal with the streaming giant.
'It's pretty dope!' Hart - who boasts 204.2M social media followers - marveled last month about the production.
True Story will also feature Black Lightning's William Catlett, Star Trek: Lower Decks' Tawny Newsome, Titanic alum Billy Zane, and Ghosts of War's Theo Rossi.
Watchmen director Stephen Williams helms the first four episodes while Star Trek Picard director Hanelle Culpepper will helm the final four episodes, according to Deadline.
Growing family: The Harts, who celebrated four years of marriage last August, are also the proud parents of son Kenzo, who turns three in late November; the comedian and actor also has a daughter Heaven, 16, and a son Hendrix, 13, from his previous marriage to Torrei Hart
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