It was clearly a joke guy. Dave Chapelle said so, so it must be true. /s
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Kevin Hart can't understand why a young black man would be afraid to come out as gay
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It was clearly a joke guy. Dave Chapelle said so, so it must be true. /s
Is Hart being for real or did he grow up in a Philadelphia country club?
Light years of difference between "I'm a professional millionaire with fuck you money, so fuck the haters", and "I'm a young man who was afraid to come out in the middle of a rough hood when I had no fans and money to fall back on".
Light years of difference between "I'm a professional millionaire with fuck you money, so fuck the haters", and "I'm a young man who was afraid to come out in the middle of a rough hood when I had no fans and money to fall back on".
Lmao @ at the "if you were really from the hood" line. Hahaha KH got played. I don't know why he continues to be a bad faith clown about this issue and still smh @ Ellen forgiving him on behalf of everyone.
Sidenote, I never watched the barbershop, is LeBron's show good?
Sidenote, I never watched the barbershop, is LeBron's show good?
"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."
Deleted tweet from 2011
It is great, it goes in directions often ignored by talk shows.
And he's since "apologized" multiple times for his comments but then reversed it in interviews shortly after. Because he doesn't wanna have to actually listen and change, he just wants to not have people upset with him.
Who's we? And why are you conflating that accident with this thread?
What a clod. Kevin Hart reminds me of morons who think homophobia has been solved because gay people are more visible. Inform yourself, dumbass.
Kevin Hart is being sincere, it's just that he Eternal Sunshine'd all memory of him bullying gay guys growing up... and into his thirties.
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the corpse somehow set itself on fire when it declared that LNX was not what he said he was, but that he was making a choice.
I found news on the accident just shortly before this thread (yes, I am aware that I am very late), so I never had any opportunity to offer any commentary on either incident.
Just feels kinda hypocritical that everyone is saying "Fuck Kevin Hart" and "I hope he recovers" at the same time.
Mr. man figured he couldn't remain silent during that discussion else the awkwardness of past remarks would consume him, so he just blurted out whatever he could to sound cool with it.
He could have done this so much better. Pretty disingenous to not acknowledge he had these views not too long ago, if he changed them like he acts he did.
Could have gone into stuff like this has to be adressed far earlier in education or whatever. But acting like he never had those views... meh.
Could have gone into stuff like this has to be adressed far earlier in education or whatever. But acting like he never had those views... meh.
I mean I don't think "I want this guy to shut up and go away forever" and "I hope this dude isn't injured to the point of immobility" are necessarily beliefs to be held in contention.
Jumanji 3. The characters get materialized into the real world via robots and Hart's AI is inside Scarlett's body.
Being a homophobe doesn't carry a death sentence. Contrary to popular belief it would be a net positive for society for assholes to stop being assholes and let us all move on with our lives.
*Makes joke about beating his son if he ever came out as gay*
*Doesn't know what's the big deal with Lil Nas coming out, what's the problem, WhY yOu ScArEd MaN????*
*Doesn't know what's the big deal with Lil Nas coming out, what's the problem, WhY yOu ScArEd MaN????*
Not the intention definitely tripped over my words hard to convey what I wanted to. I'll hold the L. Gonna exit stage left.
Even if Kevin Hart's previous stand-up routine didn't come from a place of personal homophobia, it was clearly characterizing the hostility of straight black men against gay black men. Like bruh, you made an ENTIRE famous bit about the subject. So to play dumb that you don't understand how hostile black boys are raised to be against queer folk, is baffling, when you made a routine on the very problem.
Honestly don't know how he can try to play that off.
Favorite part was Lil Nas X's inflection and gesture towards Kevin Hart when he says, "come on, man." Like you're not about to pull that over his eyes.
Honestly don't know how he can try to play that off.
Favorite part was Lil Nas X's inflection and gesture towards Kevin Hart when he says, "come on, man." Like you're not about to pull that over his eyes.
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This is weird wholly unhelpful thinking. I myself grew up and went to school in North Philly where Kevin grew up and at a time almost every boy and man threw around the f-word like it was going out of style and various other offensive derivations of homosexual. Not everyone meant it in a violent or prejudice way it was just ignorance.
I myself haven't used the word since sophomore year of high school in the late 90s when a really close friend came out to me and my ignorant ass finally started learning more about gay culture and the gay experience and I realized that what I thought and the words I was using were so hurtful, so damaging. In reality my young self certainly didn't want anyone to hurt because of my ignorance so I actively worked to change. That was evolution of thought and my gay friends helped guide me and were so fucking understanding. Retrospectively I now hate that I allowed the burden to be on them to wake me up but their patience was so meaningful.
I'm 34 now and back home in Philly there are still many regressive pockets of intolerants. It is most definitely still a huge part of black and Latin culture specifically the religious and hustler types. They haven't changed and seemingly are not seeking to. Hart definitely needs to examine his fucked up theories/beliefs and shed that North Philly Yo mentality. I don't think he is a cruel or malicious person but he is being irresponsible and lazy seeing how massive his platform and fanbase is so massive and how he weilds crazy influence. He is ignorant but I still feel that not allowing people at least some space to evolve is such a waste. So many people here and other places go right to "X is trash" or "X is a garbage human being" and that is so counter productive. Maybe in Kevin's case he is running out of chances to edify but I hate how oppressive certain people can be who clearly have never lived in a non-woke era. The lack of empathy can be staggering and it would be reductive to assume these individuals are way young but I can't help but surmise they are ignorant to the tenor of the 80s and 90s and what a sewage of influence that existed and still does to some extent. All that said his recent accident has fuck all to do with his homophobic ignorance and it is garbage person behavior to think that one thing informs the other. Just my thoughts.
This is weird wholly unhelpful thinking. I myself grew up and went to school in North Philly where Kevin grew up and at a time almost every boy and man threw around the f-word like it was going out of style and various other offensive derivations of homosexual. Not everyone meant it in a violent or prejudice way it was just ignorance.
I myself haven't used the word since sophomore year of high school in the late 90s when a really close friend came out to me and my ignorant ass finally started learning more about gay culture and the gay experience and I realized that what I thought and the words I was using were so hurtful, so damaging. In reality my young self certainly didn't want anyone to hurt because of my ignorance so I actively worked to change. That was evolution of thought and my gay friends helped guide me and were so fucking understanding. Retrospectively I now hate that I allowed the burden to be on them to wake me up but their patience was so meaningful.
I'm 34 now and back home in Philly there are still many regressive pockets of intolerants. It is most definitely still a huge part of black and Latin culture specifically the religious and hustler types. They haven't changed and seemingly are not seeking to. Hart definitely needs to examine his fucked up theories/beliefs and shed that North Philly Yo mentality. I don't think he is a cruel or malicious person but he is being irresponsible and lazy seeing how massive his platform and fanbase is so massive and how he weilds crazy influence. He is ignorant but I still feel that not allowing people at least some space to evolve is such a waste. So many people here and other places go right to "X is trash" or "X is a garbage human being" and that is so counter productive. Maybe in Kevin's case he is running out of chances to edify but I hate how oppressive certain people can be who clearly have never lived in a non-woke era. The lack of empathy can be staggering and it would be reductive to assume these individuals are way young but I can't help but surmise they are ignorant to the tenor of the 80s and 90s and what a sewage of influence that existed and still does to some extent. All that said his recent accident has fuck all to do with his homophobic ignorance and it is garbage person behavior to think that one thing informs the other. Just my thoughts.
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As a South Philly resident, Bravo.
It is possible to criticize people who operate in such hollow ignorance out of a desire to see them do better. It doesn't have to be black and white.
I fee like this is a pretty standard denial among homophobes; acting like coming out was never a big deal to anyone and nobody ever suffered for it or had any reason to be afraid to do it.
The tone of this whole exchange is so hostile. I feel bad for Lil Nas, he's better than all these guys but he has to put up with their shit.
Kevin Hart seems like one of those dudes who's "cool with gay people" as long as they don't do "gay shit". And remember that he's not gay.
What's funny about this is even if you don't think Kevin is homophobic (lol), it was clearly him pushing the "Man up!" brand of dealing with adversity which is its own corruptive version of toxic masculinity
You really don't see the irony of you saying this as a straight man in a thread about homophobia?
Hart is playing two sides to this.
One, he got in trouble for that dollhouse joke that cost him the Oscars.
Two, he is in the super rich category of LA now, he lives in a bubble and doesn't understand what middle class and below people have to deal with, especially when it comes to being a minority AND lgbtq.
One, he got in trouble for that dollhouse joke that cost him the Oscars.
Two, he is in the super rich category of LA now, he lives in a bubble and doesn't understand what middle class and below people have to deal with, especially when it comes to being a minority AND lgbtq.
You're right definitely fucked up. Just wanted to talk. Definitely apologize. Came at it wrong.
But he does understand, because he didn't start out in that super rich LA category. Hart grew up in the hood, he cut his teeth in the hood. He made his initial bread and butter in the hood. So he knows damn well what it's like being a young black boy growing up in the hood and how you get treated if niggas even catch a whiff of gay on you. He wouldn't even be on The Barbershop if he were that far removed.
So the situation is reverse. Hart didn't play dumb to the obvious because he's in the rich bubble and doesn't understand what it's like. He played dumb as a performance for others in that bubble right along with him. This shit was for Ellen and her ilk.