Kevin Hart onstage at the 88th Academy Awards in 2019.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty
Kevin Winter/Getty
Fans hopingKevin Hartwill one day host theOscarsare in for a disappointment.
In aninterviewon Bravo’sWatch What Happens Livethat aired Thursday, the comedian toldAndy Cohenin no uncertain terms that gig is “not going to happen.”
“Kill the idea of it, it’s not going to happen,” said Hart, 44, when Cohen stated he was “still ready” for him to host the Academy Awards — and the in-studio audience applauded the idea.
“There’s just no return of good,” Hart continued. “What is it doing for me? There’s no upside at this point. That’s the only reason why.”
(Left to right:) Andy Cohen and Kevin Hart on “Watch What Happens Live”.WWHL/YouTube
WWHL/YouTube
“Some would call it a thankless job,” said Cohen, 55, of the gig, which comedians throughout Oscar history — includingRichard Pryor,Billy Crystal,Whoopi Goldberg,Jon Stewart, andChris Rock— have taken on.
“Some would,” responded Hart. “But you can’t discredit the stage that the Oscars presents. It’s a phenomenal stage, millions of views attached to it.”
TheLiftstar added, “I think at a point of time in my career, it was something that acted as a bump and want, just to get a notch in my belt of something else that I was able to obtain and view. But I’m far beyond and past that. But I don’t need that at this point.”
“Whatever little hope you had, I want to destroy it right now,” he told the outlet. “Those gigs aren’t good gigs for comics. It’s no shot to the Oscars, no shot to the Globes or anything else. Those just aren’t comedy-friendly environments anymore… The days of it being a room for a comic, those days are done.”
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Kevin Hart in 2024.Santiago Felipe/Getty
Santiago Felipe/Getty
“The reason why I passed [on apologizing] is because I’ve addressed this several times. This is not the first time this has come up. I’ve addressed it. I’ve spoken on it. I’ve said where the rights and wrongs were. I’ve said who I am now versus who I was then.”
Speaking with Cohen, theMe Timeactor addressed comedianJo Koyhosting theGolden Globe Awards on Sunday. “That’s a tough room,” said Hart. “It’s an industry room where the expectation is one of consequence. So everyone is on edge about, ‘What are you going to say about me?’”
Action-comedyLift, starring Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Sam Worthington, is now streaming on Netflix. It follows the comedian’s other recent release on the streamer, the documentaryKevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only.
source: people.com
