Comedian Kevin Hart said he would never host the Oscars because they are no the leftist award ceremony is no longer “comedy-friendly environments anymore.”
During an appearance on Sky News, Hart was asked about stepping down as host of the Academy Awards five years ago and whether he would ever take on the gig in the future.
“No, absolutely not,” Hart said.
“Let’s just throw that hope right out the window right now. Whatever level of hope you have, I want to destroy it right now. No, not at all.”
“Those gigs aren’t good gigs for comics,” he added.
“It’s no shot to the Oscars, the Globes or anything. Those just aren’t comedy friendly environments anymore.”
“The days of it being a room for a comic, those days are done,” Hart continued.
“There’s a lot of people who understand it. But if you’re not an industry comic, meaning a comic who has the relationship of all, then those rooms are very cold. It’s not the gig that it was of old.”
Hart gave kudos to fellow comedians like Chris Rock and Ricky Gervais, who still continue to take such gigs, but added there is too much pressure, the Daily Wire reported.
The “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” star was picked to host the Oscars in 2019, but ultimately stepped down after being told to apologize over past tweets and jokes.
“My team calls me, ‘Oh my God, Kevin, everyone’s upset by tweets you did years ago,'” Hart said in a video on Instagram at the time.
“Guys, I’m nearly 40 years old. If you don’t believe that people change, grow, evolve as they get older, I don’t know what to tell you.”
If you want to hold people in a position where they always have to justify the past, do you. I’m the wrong guy, man.”
“I chose to pass on the apology,” he added in a second video.
“The reason why I passed is because I’ve addressed this several times. This is not the first time this has come up. I’ve addressed it. I’ve spoken on it.”
“I’ve said where the rights and wrongs were. I’ve said who I am now versus who I was then. I’ve done it. I’m not going to continue to go back and tap into the days of old when I’ve moved on and I’m in a completely different place in my life.”
Hart later announced that he had stepped down from hosting”
“I sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.”
