Samantha Bee faults the Academy for not taking a risk on a lesser-known comedian for Oscars host -- while not doing homework on Kevin Hart's past

The Daily Beast

The Full Frontal host isn't seeking to helm the 91st Academy Awards, but she thinks there's a lot of people who are capable of hosting. Speaking to The Daily Beast, Bee criticizes the Academy for not even doing a basic Google search about Hart's past homophobic comments. "It’s unimaginable to me that they wouldn’t have an intern or a P.A. nearby who could do a simple check-in," she says, adding: "I don’t think they really checked a very deep pool of talent. I think there are a lot of people who could do it, but (the Academy) would never take a risk. It’s interesting that they would take a risk on someone who is known to have certain opinions, that they would dive into that pool and not dig a little deeper to find a host that was capable elsewhere. But it’s enjoyable to sit back and munch a little popcorn and watch it unfold. I’m certainly not in the running to host, that much I do know." ALSO: Bee says of her "feckless" C-word controversy: "I don’t think it changed the show. It hasn’t. It really hasn’t.”