Stephen Colbert and Kevin Hart share a tense exchange about his recent controversy

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Stephen Colbert and Kevin Hart share a tense exchange about his recent controversy
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Over the past month, Kevin Hart has been in the news a lot. A lot.

After stepping down from hosting the Oscars following the resurfacing of old homophobic tweets, the actor/comedian has been attempting to manage his PR image in a series of interviews.

Stephen Colbert starts the clip above with a recap of his latest appearance on Good Morning America, where Hart said he's "done with it". But Colbert wasn't done asking about it.

"I've found that it's not over until the audience is over it," says Colbert at one point. "Not when I'm over it."

What follows is a fairly blunt discussion about the role of an entertainer, and whether or not it's important to please the audience.

"At some point you just have to be okay with you," Hart says. "I'm okay with me and all the decisions I've made in my life. This is the decision I've made to say: 'I'm over it'."

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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