{"id":14215,"date":"2019-01-04T13:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shows4.com\/mobile\/?p=14215"},"modified":"2019-01-04T13:30:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T13:30:33","slug":"kevin-hart-admits-he-might-take-oscars-hosting-gig-back-opens-up-about-why-he-stepped-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shows4.com\/?p=14215","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart Admits He Might Take Oscars Hosting Gig Back  &amp; Opens Up About Why He Stepped Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_hollywood\/article934_slide.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/blog_hollywood\/article934_slide.jpg\" \/>In his first interview since giving up his Oscars hosting gig, Kevin Hart opened up about his decision to step down, and with some persuasion from Ellen DeGeneres, decided he may just give it a go after all.<\/p>\n<p>Ellen DeGeneres promised us an \u201cincredible\u201d and \u201chonest\u201d interview with Kevin Hart about hosting the 2019 Oscars, and she didn\u2019t disappoint. Kevin, who gave up the offer from the Academy in December after homophobic tweets from 2011 resurfaced, didn\u2019t shy away from the touchy subject as he reflected on the backlash during his Jan. 4 appearance on Ellen\u2019s show. Kevin explained that he didn\u2019t address the old tweets at first because he had already apologized for them after he first wrote them, but when media headlines started becoming about his \u201crefusal\u201d to apology, he knew he had to step down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s now becoming a cloud,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt was once the brightest star and the brightest light ever, and it just got real dark. The Oscars is no longer about Kevin Hart on that stage and taking an intense night and making it loose and fun. Now, it\u2019s a little darker, because the conversation isn\u2019t about me hosting the Oscars, it\u2019s about Kevin Hart\u2019s tweet from ten years ago and homophobia. I don\u2019t want to make that night about me and my past when you have people who worked hard and stepped on that stage and received an award. I\u2019m taking away from those moments because the night is focused on something else now. Because I saw it like that, I would much rather step down and apologize again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin and Ellen are longtime friends, and she was completely understanding of his apology and reasoning. However, she also told him she\u2019s disappointed he\u2019s no longer hosting the show, and revealed that he called the Academy to ask them if they\u2019d still have him. \u201cI said\u2026Kevin\u2019s on, and I have no idea if he wants to come back and host, but what are your thoughts?\u201d she revealed. \u201cThey were like\u2026oh my God, we want him to host! 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