On Friday Rob Schneider took to Twitter to defend fellow comics Louis C.K. and 
Kevin Hart. Schneider began by addressing the controversy surrounding Hart being 
appointed as host of the 2019 Oscars before backlash surrounding past tweets penned 
by the comedian and deemed to be homophobic caused him to step down from the role. 
"I support @TheEllenShow supporting @KevinHart4real. Comics are the ones who 
are supposed to say the horrible things we all think but don’t,” Schneider tweeted. 
Hart appeared on Ellen’s eponymous daytime talk show Friday during which DeGeneres 
revealed that she had contacted the Academy and was told Hart would be welcome 
to resume the role. Hart said he is considering it, while Degeneres has faced 
major backlash for the segment. Next up Schneider turned his support to C.K., who is 
accused of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct as the MeToo movement took flight. 
The comic as recently been testing the waters by making sporadic stand 
up appearances. However, a resurfaced video of him using the N-word and a recently 
made recording of him attacking the survivors of the Parkland high school massacre, 
have likely put him back at square one. Schneider defended the comedian writing this: 
For context, C.K’s “jokes” about the survivors of the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory 
Stoneman Douglas High School, that left 17 students and teachers dead and 
17 others injured, went something like this: 
Fellow actor and comic Jim Carrey responded to C.K.'s jabs at the shooting victims 
with one of his works of art showing a tiny C.K. at a mic with a towering former student 
and activist Emma Gonzalez staring him down.
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