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Fans are savaging Ellen DeGeneres after she appealed to their sense of forgiveness in defense of fellow comic Kevin Hart, who was pressured into declining an offer of hosting the Oscars over his decade-old homophobic tweets.<\/p>\n
DeGeneres, whose on-screen coming-out made television history, offered Hart a chance to explain himself on her show after controversy over his 10-year-old tweets forced him to turn down a chance to host the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n
After he explained that he’s already apologized, grown up, and evolved since then \u2013 “I’m not that guy anymore<\/em>” \u2013 DeGeneres told him that she’s called the Academy to ask for him to be reinstated.<\/p>\n Ellen may believe in forgiveness, but her fans certainly don’t. Many were outraged that she had forgiven Hart on their behalf, claiming that she could not speak for the entire LGBT community \u2013 and that his apologies had never happened.<\/p>\n Unfortunately Mrs Ellen, this ain\u2019t your fight. The harm is done and this man hasn\u2019t learned. He is worried about his pockets being harmed.<\/p>\n Not the community he has harmed https:\/\/t.co\/GdTpweBjDR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) January 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n In my house, these words and attitudes manifested themselves at dinner tables, family gatherings, school events, and more. They hurt me so, so much, but confronting the men who made me feel that way and then us moving forward together (in love!) helped all of us heal.<\/p>\n \u2014 Phillip Picardi (@pfpicardi) January 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Others insisted that he hadn’t flagellated himself sufficiently to be forgiven.<\/p>\n I feel like if you\u2019re not homophobic anymore, you shouldn\u2019t mind apologizing for your past homophobia again and again and again. I don\u2019t want to hear a hostile retelling of how we didn\u2019t hear your meager apology the first time.<\/p>\n \u2014 Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) January 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n “Don’t destroy a man over this” <\/p>\n “Ok…the world was different place 10 years ago and I can see how telling a homoph-” <\/p>\n “And let him host the oscars” <\/p>\n “What?” <\/p>\n This is not how forgiveness and atonement work. At all. Understanding the harm takes time. He hasn’t done the work.<\/p>\n \u2014 Felicity (@lissie_w) January 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n A few people stuck up for Ellen, but they probably weren’t the kind of supporters she and Hart wanted.<\/p>\n Never apologize to liberals for facts or jokes that hurt their little feelings. Laugh at them even harder instead.<\/p>\n \u2014 Mark Dice (@MarkDice) January 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/div>\n Very big of her. \n
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Of course, if Trump had said the homophobic things Kevin Hart tweeted, Ellen would have led the furious unforgiving ‘woke’ rage against him.
Liberal celebrity hypocrisy is such a limitless vibe. https:\/\/t.co\/bvr7oZi0hU<\/a><\/p>\n