Date 07/12/2018 - News People
(Reuters) - Comedian Kevin Hart on Thursday stepped down from hosting the 2019 Oscar ceremony after ?insensitive words? about the LGBTQ community he tweeted in the past appeared online. FILE PHOTO: 2018 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals - Radio City Music Hall, New York, U.S., August 20, 2018. - Kevin Hart. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly The 39-year-old comedian and ?Ride Along? actor had announced on Tuesday that he would host the Academy Awards, the film industry?s highest honors. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, was not immediately available for comment.