“It was on my vision board.
I would’ve been the fourth,” he said.
“When it happened, my first thought was I’m gonna ignore it.
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I was going to ignore it because this stuff is 10 years old.
Because when you feed into that stuff, you only add more fuel to the fire.
So I was going to leave it alone.
A day goes by, the fuse has grown, this fire is angry.
It’s all over the place.
Now the headlines are starting to change.
The headlines are, Kevin Hart refuses to apologize for homophobic tweets from the past.'
The word again' was left out.
Everyone took those headlines and started to run with it.
So now the slander on my name is all over.
Now I’m a little upset,” he said.
“I know that within my apologies, I’ve taken 10 years to put my apology to work.
I’ve yet to go back to that version of myself, I’ve moved on.
I’m a grown man, I’m cultured.
No one is saying, Guys, this is 10 years ago.'
Headlines aren’t saying, ‘10 years ago he apologized.’
Nobody’s finding the apologies, nobody’s finding the footage from when I had to address it.
I had to address it and apologize and say I understand how those words hurt.
I don’t joke like that anymore, because that was wrong.
That was a guy who was just looking for laughs, and it was stupid.
I don’t do that.”
“I was given an ultimatum: Kevin apologize, or we’ll have to find another host.'
When I was given that ultimatum, this was now becoming a cloud.
What was once the brightest light ever is now a cloud.
That was my reason for doing it!
I want to make the Oscars fun.
Now all of a sudden it’s a little darker, because the conversation isn’t about positives.
The conversation is about Kevin Hart’s homophobic tweets from 10 years ago,” he said.
“I’m now taking away from those moments because the night is focused on something else now.
That’s how I see it.
Once again, I’m sorry these words hurt.
But either my apology is accepted or it isn’t.
You don’t know what perfection is unless you’ve experienced imperfection.
I don’t know the perfect person society’s now looking for, but it’s not me.
I’m the first person to say it.
There is no perfect bone in my body.
I’ve made several mistakes, and I’m a better man today because of it.
I don’t want to have this conversation anymore because I know who I am.
I’m not that guy.”
We want him to host.
And you and I will talk before anything else."
He added, “On my side, I say openly I’m wrong for my past words.
I say it, I said it.
I understand that, I know that.
