ABC Entertainment PR and an Academy spokesperson have confirmed that the Oscars will officially not have a host this year. Jimmy Kimmel was the Academy Awards host for the last two years. This information comes months after Kevin Hart stepped down as host. The comedian stepped down in December 2018, hours after he was announced as host, after homophobic tweets that he had posted years ago resurfaced.

Kevin Hart had earlier refused to apologise for the tweets, saying, "I chose to pass on the apology. The reason why I passed is because I have addressed this several times. This is not the first time this has come up. I have addressed it. I have spoken on it. I have said where the rights and wrongs were. I have said who I am now versus who I was then. I have done it. I am not going to continue to go back and tap into the days of old when I have moved on and I am in a completely different place in my life."