Kevin Hart, who was briefly tapped to host the Oscars until backlash over his past homophobic tweets and jokes—and backlash over his attempts to defuse the backlash—led the comedian to step down from the job, is still not hosting the Oscars, Deadline reports. Hart, who appeared on Ellen Friday to discuss the controversy, seemed to be laying the groundwork for a return: DeGeneres introduced him as “this year’s Oscar host,” and as Slate’s Christina Cauterucci noted, Hart’s appearance had all the hallmarks of an apology tour except “a believable apology.” But although “the situation is still fluid,” Hart has reportedly decided that if he hosted the Academy Awards, the controversy would be a distraction, which is pretty much what he said a month ago:
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