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Kevin Hart has been no stranger to scandal in the last few months and as he prepares for his new comedy special, he’s not shying away from any of the controversies.
According to USA Today, while promoting his new Netflix special Irresponsible, the 39-year-old shared how he moved past being publicly exposed for infidelity and the homophobic tweets that led to him backing out of hosting the Oscars.
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“As a human, you’ve got to be OK with being flawed. You’ve got to be OK with knowing that mistakes can be made, and that there’s always opportunity for growth and improvement,” he explains in the interview. “The only way to learn is to (mess) up. My stand-up comedy is an open book to my life, all the good and the bad.”
“Before it gets to the stage, my home has to be handled,” he said of this new chapter with his wife. “We have to be in the space where we’re OK and our conversations are ultimately what led to the material that was birthed from it,” “There wasn’t a pushback, because this is always who I’ve been and what I’ve done.”
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Hart also says he’s made time to speak directly to the LGBTQ people in his life to make amends and learn more about how his old material might have offended their community.
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“I had several conversations with good friends of mine that are part of the LGBTQ community, and listened and heard the point of view that was very important, which was, ‘Hey, Kevin, we just want to know that you don’t feel the way you felt then. We wanted to hear you say that,'” Hart shared.
“I thought that me putting my change on display and never going back to that was the best way to do that… Hopefully, the people of the LGBTQ community know that I in no way, shape, or form embrace any ill will toward anybody in general. It’s not who I am.”