Update 12-6-2018: 

After finding himself in a very precarious situation, Kevin Hart has responded to critics after being called out for deleting some old anti-LGBTQ tweets. The 2019 Oscars emcee took to Instagram where he responded to vitriol coming his way. Accompanying his video, Kevin wrote: 

Stop looking for reasons to be negative...Stop searching for reasons to be angry....I swear I wish you guys could see/feel/understand the mental place that I am in. I am truly happy people....there is nothing that you can do to change that...NOTHING. I work hard on a daily basis to spread positivity to all....with that being said. If u want to search my history or past and anger yourselves with what u find that is fine with me. I’m almost 40 years old and I’m in love with the man that I am becoming. You LIVE and YOU LEARN & YOU GROW & YOU MATURE. I live to Love....Please take your negative energy and put it into something constructive. Please....What’s understood should never have to be said. I LOVE EVERYBODY.....ONCE AGAIN EVERYBODY. If you choose to not believe me then that’s on you....Have a beautiful day 

 

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Kevin Hart has landed in hot water after deleting old anti-gay tweets from his Twitter after being announced as the host of this year's Oscars. This was pointed out by Benjamin Lee, an editor at The Guardian, who was one of the first people to publicly call out Hart. 

Lee tweeted, "I wonder when Kevin Hart is gonna start deleting all his old tweets?," and pulled up several of the comedian's tweets where he said one person looked like "a gay bill board for AIDS," and he called another person a "FAT FAG." 

In a past interview, Hart said that he isn't anti-gay and added that he had "nothing against gay people," but said that "One of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay." 

Kevin seemingly addressed the tweets in an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015, where he told Jonah Weiner, "I’d never apologize for what was never intended to be disrespectful — I’d never allow the public to win for something I know wasn’t malicious." He added, "I think people take things so serious — you send out a tweet, and I’m not apologizing for that." 

When it came to the joke about not wanting his son to be gay, Kevin told Weiner, "It’s about my fear. I’m thinking about what I did as a dad, did I do something wrong, and if I did, what was it? Not that I’m not gonna love my son or think about him any differently." 

Kevin has yet to address the situation. 

Source: Buzzfeed