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Lil Nas X Was Interrupted As He Patiently Tried To Explain Anti-Gay Prejudice To Kevin Hart [View all]
Source: BuzzFeed News
Lil Nas X Was Interrupted As He Patiently Tried To Explain Anti-Gay Prejudice To Kevin Hart
"Kevin Hart acting like he doesn’t know why Lil Nas X would be scared to come out is like someone who stole the thing you lost helping you look for it."
Michael Blackmon
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on September 4, 2019, at 12:23 p.m. ET
Lil Nas X is winning praise online for explaining to a confused Kevin Hart, who quit as Oscars host last year after renewed attention to his past anti-gay comments, that he wanted to come out in order to combat anti-gay prejudice.
In a clip from Tuesday's episode of HBO's The Shop: Uninterrupted that's been going viral online, the "Old Town Road" rapper was asked about his decision to come out as gay.
"And with all that early success, you felt it was important to make an announcement recently?" asked marketing executive Paul Rivera, referencing Lil Nas' record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100.
But before Lil Nas could properly answer, Hart blurted out, "He said he was gay! So what?"
Lil Nas then said he wasn't "forced" to come out but made the decision to live openly because "growing up [he had been taught] to hate that shit."
"Hate what?" Hart interrupted again. "Hate what?"
"Homosexuality, gay people," Lil Nas explained.
-snip-
But Hart's apparent surprise at learning about anti-gay prejudice from Lil Nas reignited a conversation online about whether he'd truly reckoned with his own past.
-snip-
"Kevin Hart acting like he doesn’t know why Lil Nas X would be scared to come out is like someone who stole the thing you lost helping you look for it."
Michael Blackmon
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on September 4, 2019, at 12:23 p.m. ET
Lil Nas X is winning praise online for explaining to a confused Kevin Hart, who quit as Oscars host last year after renewed attention to his past anti-gay comments, that he wanted to come out in order to combat anti-gay prejudice.
In a clip from Tuesday's episode of HBO's The Shop: Uninterrupted that's been going viral online, the "Old Town Road" rapper was asked about his decision to come out as gay.
"And with all that early success, you felt it was important to make an announcement recently?" asked marketing executive Paul Rivera, referencing Lil Nas' record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100.
But before Lil Nas could properly answer, Hart blurted out, "He said he was gay! So what?"
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Lil Nas then said he wasn't "forced" to come out but made the decision to live openly because "growing up [he had been taught] to hate that shit."
"Hate what?" Hart interrupted again. "Hate what?"
"Homosexuality, gay people," Lil Nas explained.
-snip-
But Hart's apparent surprise at learning about anti-gay prejudice from Lil Nas reignited a conversation online about whether he'd truly reckoned with his own past.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/lil-nas-x-kevin-hart-gay-homophobia
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