{"id":505534,"date":"2021-05-13T19:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505534"},"modified":"2021-05-13T19:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:36:15","slug":"billy-crystal-the-oscars-need-a-host-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billy-crystal-the-oscars-need-a-host-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Crystal: The Oscars Need A Host Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbilly-crystal-the-oscars-need-a-host-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Crystal-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2019, the Oscars upended its decades-long tradition of having a host when comedian Kevin Hart stepped down from the coveted gig over old jokes that offended members of LGBTQ community. Since then, the show has gone hostless and has suffered tremendously in the ratings as a result. Comedian Billy Crystal, who has hosted the show eight times in his career, says the tradition needs to come back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/billy-crystal-explains-why-the-oscars-needs-a-host\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PEOPLE<\/a>, Crystal said the host serves as the show\u2019s center by being simultaneously a voice for the audience and voice for Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, a show needs a host, you need a center,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s face it, after the first 40 minutes, four out of five people have lost. By the end of the night, the winners are all backstage and you\u2019re dealing with disgruntled people who are disappointed. You want to make them feel good and the home audience to stay with the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, when the Oscars decided to go hostless for a second time in a row, Crystal said that the Oscars without a host made the show boring overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always loved being out there. I loved the, I guess, the trust, you know, that the movie academy had in me to get out there, and I felt like it was a great honor to do it. And I think that when you have a show that\u2019s as long as it is, things are going to happen,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-oscars-have-no-host-again-billy-crystal-sounds-off-like-a-trial-without-witnesses\">he said<\/a>. \u201cAnd I think the problem with the no-host thing, perhaps, is that there\u2019s not somebody out there to capitalize on that moment, like you do when the wrong best picture was nominated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Hart had been slated to host the 2019 Oscars, but stepped down within 48 hours of accepting the gig after the Academy demanded he apologize for his past jokes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to continue to go back and tap into the days of old when I moved on, and I\u2019m in a completely different space in my life,\u201d Hart said in a video on Instagram at the time. \u201cI\u2019m going to be me; I\u2019m going to stand my ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, Hart stepped down from his dream of hosting the Oscars and apologized to the LGBTQ community for his \u201cinsensitive words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have made the choice to step down from hosting this year\u2019s Oscars \u2026 this is because I do not want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists,\u201d he wrote on Twitter. \u201cI sincerely apologize to the LGBTQ community for my insensitive words from my past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Men\u2019s Health a year later, Hart expressed regret with how he handled the situation, saying he had acted immaturely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the whole Oscars thing, there was a big gap between what I thought the problem was versus what the problem really was,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/trending-news\/a30469053\/kevin-hart-car-accident-recovery-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hart told the magazine<\/a>. \u201cI got 10 years where I made sure not to joke or play in the way that I did back then because it was a problem. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re gay or not gay. I\u2019m a people person. I\u2019m going to love you regardless. It wasn\u2019t until close friends like Wanda Sykes, Lee Daniels, and Ellen talked to me and explained what they didn\u2019t hear me say that I understood. Then I was like, \u2018Oh, s*** \u2014 I did f*** up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-hart-caves-apologizes-over-oscars-controversy-i-did-f-up\">Kevin Hart Caves, Apologizes Over Oscars Controversy: \u2018I Did F***\u00a0Up\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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