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The "Old Town Road" rapper and the actor appeared together on a recent episode of HBO's 'The Shop: Uninterrupted.'

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00:00Lil Nas X and Kevin Hart shared a tense moment during HBO's The Shop Uninterrupted

00:14when discussing the rapper's decision to come out so publicly at the height of his success.

00:19Nas X broke out with his hit Old Town Road, which is now the longest charting No. 1 in

00:23the history of Billboard's Hot 100, and on Tuesday's episode, marketing executive Paul

00:27Rivera asked the rapper why he felt it was important to make an announcement with his

00:31success, but before Nas X got a chance to answer, Hart interrupted the conversation.

00:36And with all that early success, you felt it was important to make an announcement recently?

00:41He said he was gay, so what?

00:42The rapper explained that growing up, he was taught to quote, hate that shit, but once again,

00:46Hart interrupted.

00:48I'm grown, I'm grown up to hate that shit. I'm not supposed to ever like this.

00:53Hate what? Hate what?

00:54Homosexuality, gay people, come on now.

00:57When the comedian continued asking the rapper, why are you growing up to hate it, Nas X simply

01:02replied, if you're really from the hood, you know.

01:05Some on social media found it ironic that Hart was questioning the rapper on the hate the

01:09gay community faces considering the comedian himself was asked to step down from hosting

01:14the Oscars over homophobic tweets. Hart tweeted at one time that one of his biggest fears is

01:19his son growing up to be gay and tweeted that he would break a dollhouse over his son's head

01:23if he discovered him playing with a toy.

01:26Writer Philip Henry wrote, Kevin Hart acting like he doesn't know why Lil Nas X would be

01:30scared to come out is like someone who stole the thing you lost helping you look for it.

01:34Another fan tweeted, Kevin Hart acting like it's no big deal when he's been part of and

01:39contributed to the homophobic culture in that community is f***ing baffling.

01:43Later in the episode Nas X explains he didn't come out for attention, instead he revealed his

01:48sexual orientation to let fans know that it was irrelevant to his music.

01:52Damn straight? For more on this story head to THR.com and until next time for The Hollywood

01:57Reporter News I'm Neha Joy.