Fox News: Kevin Hart Steps Down as Oscars Host After Controversial Tweets Surface

SMITH Meanwhile a shake ░░░░░░░░ at the Oscars Kevin ░░░░░░░░ stepping down as the ░░░░░░░░ of next year s ░░░░░░░░ show just two days ░░░░░░░░ getting the gig He ░░░░░░░░ under fire after some ░░░░░░░░ tweets surfaced from years ░░░░░░░░ Jeff Paul is live ░░░░░░░░ Los Angeles on this ░░░░░░░░ us Jeff good morning ░░░░░░░░ Good morning Sandra We ░░░░░░░░ less than three months ░░░░░░░░ from the Oscars and ░░░░░░░░ Academy finds itself still ░░░░░░░░ a host after Hart ░░░░░░░░ down early this morning ░░░░░░░░ all stems from tweets ░░░░░░░░ comedian wrote between 2009 ░░░░░░░░ 2011 In one of ░░░░░░░░ that s since he ░░░░░░░░ about breaking his daughter ░░░░░░░░ dollhouse over his son ░░░░░░░░ head if his son ░░░░░░░░ tried to play with ░░░░░░░░ calling the behavior gay ░░░░░░░░ his 2010 stand up ░░░░░░░░ titled Seriously Funny he ░░░░░░░░ one of his biggest ░░░░░░░░ is his son might ░░░░░░░░ up to be gay ░░░░░░░░ says the Academy gave ░░░░░░░░ a choice to either ░░░░░░░░ or that it would ░░░░░░░░ another host Hart said ░░░░░░░░ passed on the apology ░░░░░░░░ starts HART The reason ░░░░░░░░ I passed is because ░░░░░░░░ ve addressed this several ░░░░░░░░ It is not the ░░░░░░░░ time it s come ░░░░░░░░ I ve spoken on ░░░░░░░░ I ve said where ░░░░░░░░ rights and wrongs were ░░░░░░░░ ve said who I ░░░░░░░░ now versus who I ░░░░░░░░ then I ve done ░░░░░░░░ I ve done it ░░░░░░░░ won t continue to ░░░░░░░░ back and tap into ░░░░░░░░ days of old clip ░░░░░░░░ PAUL Hart did later ░░░░░░░░ on Twitter and then ░░░░░░░░ the following tweet saying ░░░░░░░░ m sorry that I ░░░░░░░░ people I m evolving ░░░░░░░░ I want to continue ░░░░░░░░ do so My goal ░░░░░░░░ to bring people together ░░░░░░░░ tear us apart Much ░░░░░░░░ and appreciation to the ░░░░░░░░ I hope we can ░░░░░░░░ again Before Hart stepped ░░░░░░░░ LGBTQ rights advocates group ░░░░░░░░ actually reached out to ░░░░░░░░ Academy to discuss Hart ░░░░░░░░ behavior and rhetoric at ░░░░░░░░ time Celebrities like Jamie ░░░░░░░░ Curtis and Billy Eichner ░░░░░░░░ not happy with Hart ░░░░░░░░ initial reaction when he ░░░░░░░░ to apologize.”