Kevin Hart recently addressed the way he handled the controversy surrounding his Oscars hosting gig last year, admitting: I did fuck up.

During an interview with Mens Health published Wednesday, the Jumanji actor reflected on the debacle, in which his old homophobic tweets and jokes resurfaced in December 2018, shortly after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Hart was tapped to host the 2019 Oscars.

With the whole Oscars thing, there was a big gap between what I thought the problem was versus what the problem really was, Hart told the publication.

He later added, It wasnt until close friends like Wanda Sykes, Lee Daniels, and Ellen [DeGeneres] talked to me and explained what they didnt hear me say that I understood. Then I was like, Oh, shit I did fuck up.

Shortly after Harts old remarks were widely reported, the comedian posted a video on Instagram saying that he refused to apologize, claiming that he had already addressed his problematic comments in years past. The next day, he tweeted an apology to the LGBTQ community and announced his decision to step down from the hosting gig.