'Keep in mind, I'm not homophobic, I have nothing against gay people, do what you want to do, but me, being a heterosexual male, if I can prevent my son from being gay, I will,' Hart said. In the 2010 special 'Seriously Funny,' he said 'one of my biggest fears is my son growing up and being gay.' Hart's attitudes about homosexuality were also a well-known part of his stand-up act.
If you don't believe that people change, grow, evolve? I don't know what to tell you,' said Hart, who added, in all-caps: 'I love everybody.' In an earlier post Thursday, Hart wrote on Instagram that critics should 'stop being negative' about his earlier anti-gay remarks. In 2011, he wrote in a since-deleted tweet: 'Yo if my son comes home & try's 2 play with my daughters doll house I'm going 2 break it over his head & say n my voice 'stop that's gay.' But they had already been screen-captured and been shared online. Hart has since deleted some of the anti-gay tweets, mostly dated from 2009-2011. The film academy didn't respond to messages Thursday evening. 'The reason why I passed is because I've addressed this several times.'
'I chose to pass on the apology,' Hart said.
