Nick Cannon defends Kevin Hart
Actor-rapper Nick Cannon rose to Kevin Hart’s defence by calling out female comedians who had used anti-gay slurs on their own handles. This comes after Hart stepped down from his appointment as Oscar host.
Without mentioning Hart’s name in any of his tweets, Cannon called out Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman and Amy Schumer for using a gay slur in tweets posted between 2010 and 2012, reported hollywoodreporter.com.
“Interesting I wonder if there was any backlash here,” Cannon wrote in a tweet on Friday, embedding a 2010 tweet by Chelsea Handler stating, “This is what a f-- bird looks like when he flexes.”
Then he tweeted a 2010 post from Silverman that said: “I don’t mean this in a hateful way but the new bachelorette’s a f-----.” Cannon’s caption to this read: “And I f**king love Wreck-it Ralph!” as Silverman voices the character Vanellope in the movie.
Cannon also embedded a 2012 tweet from Schumer reading, “Enjoy skyfall f---. I’m bout to get knee deep in Helen Hunt #thesessions”
After leaving his Academy post, a role he had long wanted to take on, the comedian later did express regret for his past statements on Twitter, saying: “I sincerely apologise to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past... I’m sorry that I hurt people. I am evolving and want to continue to do so.”