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Kevin Hart Talks 'The Upside', The Oscars Situation, Always Having To Apologize + More

May 30, 2021
crazy to my fanbase to start with, if I came out and liked the craziest, darkest thing, you're going to like it, why is it coming? Stop it, Kev, you're not even going to believe me on that

situation

, I want to get into that world, so I do this, and then, I think in September, I'll do another movie called Fatherhood, which is a little bit darker. A little

more

serious, then you come back and do some

more

comedies and then I go, it's fatherhood about fatherhood. It's a really serious movie about a man who is married, has a child, and his wife dies on the delivery table, and he is forced to deal with this child alone without

having

any ability. of being a father and it becomes a tug of war and a battle between his side of the family who feel that he is just incompetent and that he can't have this child and they want to take him away from him and from both of them.
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The people who are on his side are basically telling him to step up and accept the challenge, but he's, you know, tormented, he lost his wife, he lost the only person who was ready and it put him in a space. where he felt like us. he was living from the point of view of the wii and the fact that it's just him, maybe, it's a great story, it's the current cultural climate that is making it difficult for comedians to bring it to drama kev no, but the climate is improving a little, yes. um I think it's for those who allow it to be as a comedian, you know you rise to the occasion, but we're also forgetting, we're forgetting the job of a comedian, the job of a comedian is to say what everyone else says.
kevin hart talks the upside the oscars situation always having to apologize more

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I think you know, people think about things but never say it, a comedian's job has

always

been to say those things, granted, some things are offensive, some things can be along the lines of, you know, too aggressive, just obnoxious. , and there was a time and period when that was the case, people who didn't like him just didn't watch him, uh, people didn't go to those shows if they didn't like that particular comedian and now I feel like there's something new where people who don't It's not necessarily that certain comments made by certain comedians bring a lot of attention to that comedian, but you never supported that comedian in the first place, so I don't know why people are so afraid to just go . like you, I'm not going to do it, that's not my cup of tea, you know, I don't like country music, I don't mean when I listen to country music I'm going to say something about every country singer, right, it's just not my taste, it's not what I like, so with comedy we need to get back to a place where people realize that if things are unpleasant it means it's not for you but there is an audience for it, but at the same time , as comedians, we must also be aware. of the level of sensitivity and being understanding of the communities and the races and ethnicities that are now coming forward and talking about what they like and don't like, it is our job to walk a line and if you choose to influence it, that It is your personal choice. as a comedian, um, me personally, I don't have to do that, I don't have to, I don't have to tiptoe around anymore because I can be funny without being disrespectful, it never has been, that's not my cup of tea of ​​commentary, is it?
kevin hart talks the upside the oscars situation always having to apologize more
TRUE? I've

always

seen you as a positive and optimistic person, but sometimes you get stressed just by seeing the things you like, damn, they just don't get me, they don't get it. I didn't mean to say that I'm not. That person, do you ever say, oh, I don't get stressed because you can't, you don't live for other people, right? I think that the day you start giving your opinion on the radio and doing it in a way in which you say what people want you to say, then you are not doing it, you are no longer a voice, right, you are no longer a DJ. envy angelee and charlemagne god if you're doing what the world is pressuring you to do the foolish thing about being an individual is being yourself so no I don't feel pressured by you you don't understand me you don't you don't You understand me, you just don't.
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You don't support me, I guess it's because, you know, there was a um, a couple of years ago, they broke into your house and stole a lot of your valuable things and I've seen a lot of people get caught. and they've been returning a lot of people's stuff and I think Usher got some of Usher's stuff back. Did they ever find any of your things? I haven't returned them. I don't have anything. Nothing at all. Well for me too, I have nothing in return, nothing at all, I have a high security bill, that's what I have, that's what I have now, have you ever gone out and seen someone with something on and he said, Do you know what that looked like? it could possibly have been mine, I saw some kids and some cool jackets I talked about, it came from my house, a custom made leather jacket, yeah, then I turned around and I was too young to know where that jacket came from, it looked like my saint laurent jacket no that's just clothes too they took the clothes they took everything when they put them on everything you have a security system it's a cherry kiss so what is that they do everyone who doesn't have a security system?
Do you think criminals can't pass? the security system for that is a mask for that is the whole title of being experienced so now I have staff how many watches do you have now? That's none of your damn business. No, you say you always buy a watch. I don't know what I have I don't know what I have Do you have more than Floyd Mayweather? I don't know what I have. I don't know what I have. It's okay, if people tend to look at my original time. in them you don't know anything about me and I don't know how many sneakers I have I don't know how many cars or houses I have as far as you're concerned I don't have a damn thing, I don't know I don't have anything, you call them, something you mentioned before, right, right? what's that?
Why aren't we discussing the fact that the culture changed a lot, like the way we talk, the way we joke, the things we joke about? Never mind that change in culture, this is the real thing, this is the real thing, that people don't realize that you are a product of your environment, it's okay, I don't care what people say, you know where you are, You were born and raised in North Philadelphia. I mean, I almost didn't even say the whole song. What were you raised on? What style of comedy were you raised on? You grew up before You grew up with Murphy You grew up with the red fox Bernie Mac Your father your uncles your cousins ​​this is what surrounds you what words are used and said that you are comfortable saying when you are in that environment that is all you do when you leave that environment you take that behavior with you, it's not until you leave that comfortable environment and you see how other people act and you say oh oh wait let me just shut up man you say I shouldn't say what why oh real really yeah oh oh my bad, I had no idea because from where I'm from this is what we do well I used to say dwarves all the time it wasn't until I met a little person that I found out that the word is considered an insult like them If you look, you can't use that, don't be offended and someone was thinking, I'm just saying the fact that I didn't know, yeah, and I discovered it by being around someone who made me aware and gave me the opportunity for change, he was surrounded by little people and rounds, I was surrounded by some little people and I said it and I took a look and I thought: I really hope they are offended at you with this interview.
I also corrected your apology, there will be one there. I'll listen to him, I corrected him, you know what I don't like when you tell people that something is offensive like that, the word midget is offensive, but they say, well, why I think the little person sounds worse like he had this discussion. It seems to me that you can't do that once you're aware of it and then you have the knowledge of it, then you have no excuse, but what I'm saying is you don't know it until you know it, the right people forget it. You have to know that well so when you say those times then you know it's like we're not like we ignore it all you have to do is watch all the television and all the comedy, everything, go, go.
Look at it, everyone loves Snoop now, but Snoop was no good hoes or tricks. Look at it all just the way he talked to women and the way those slurs were used, uh, homophobic slurs, just look at those. times and look at what was comfortable now when you go through 2010 2011, that's when things started, oh we had a change in PC correct and politically correct behavior, that's when the change started, but if you go back to 2000 to 2008 , nine oh, we won! For some the war of words was ridiculous and if you go back to the 90's oh god it was even worse yes thank god there was no social media it was even worse if you go back to the 90's so for the people of Now, I just think that You know, we just have to go and take advantage of the reality side of things, but I think it also depends on, well, let's go back to the movie.
Harvey Weinstein was originally attached to this movie and they had to clear all that up and get him out. as an executive producer and all that, but sometimes things happen that affect people later, like how men talk to women if they're in a position of power, which could prevent that woman from advancing in her career, which It could have been something that happened in the past. so yes, but it has affected a woman to this day, how should that be handled well? I mean, when you talk about you know him and the movie, you know at one point the movie was trying to stop in general, you know, it just stopped and people had to be aware that not everyone is him, there's a team of people, hundreds of people who worked on the film, from the production, from the catering to the transportation, the producers, the directors and the actors, the people who were watching. to this as a life-changing opportunity and success or resumes, so they had to understand, separate that and let him deal with it there, but the product shouldn't be part of its consequences, right? and when you say the The people who were affected by those things that happened to them and how the times, of course, are different and they look at each other, but they still carry that burden.
I think the light needed to be shined so that people who were affected by it, especially women, would feel comfortable venting. It's a tremendous weight for anyone, so I'm no one to judge and say, come on man, why are you saying that now? You have every right to do so if it is a burden that you have personally carried and that has affected your well-being. be and your life I can only imagine what it's going to be like when you finally say go yeah I can breathe now so I support it and I support it and I think you know there are some that have tried to take advantage of that and get on that train that can that it hasn't been on the same level, you know, some of these women who were really affected, some women tried to smear it by jumping up and

having

things that weren't true and then that made This look bad, it got weird for a second , but I'm glad that the people who decided to stand up stood up.
What is the correct way to drive? Old comments, old tweets, old jokes, what's the right way to handle? There is no right way to do it if you have changed and you move on then you have I have nothing to say guys what do you want me to say? Well, you're an executive, so, you've given me, you give talent. opportunities say yes, you would never give someone a chance chief executive chief executive I'm sorry, wouldn't you ever give someone a chance based on old tweets or old comments old jokes no, why I don't understand why I'm judging you from the high school.
I'm going back to your college days when you were supposed to be stupid. That I am? It depends on what those comments were. How many? How many things? Okay, how many times have you said? some racist playing, are you talking to me, I mean anyone, many times, how many times did you say some racists got a job? If anyone, I think everyone has everything. I hate black people. I hope they all die and then now they're looking for work. You're going to like it if you can't, if you're a hypocrite and you can't. Tell yourself it's like having a child.
Your child comes home and your child got in trouble at school for cheating on the test. You're angry, but you're not going to look at yourself and say, Damn, I did that. Same thing, yeah, sure, yeah, I did the same thing. I cheated on the exam. Now yes, you can't tell your child because you have to be firm and stay on your ground and make sure you understand that this is wrong or that she understands it wrong, but you. Did you do it if your son is in the back setting it on fire and you go out and catch him?
You see burnt paper everywhere. Are you going to look at your son like he's the most ridiculous kid you'll ever remember? He used to do the same thing too right? Did you get hooked on school? Did you pick up a girl or guy and let them into your house at any point? like everyone does the same thing because you're supposed to be dumb, you're supposed to do it, that's the The only way to become an adult, a polished adult, is to be dumb. How did you watch Kelly's docu-series, especially what you have in the daughter? I spoke to my daughter immediately after you and I found out about it.
Did you say I talked to my daughter right after the first one and made sure she understood that I'm not just her dad, I'm her friend? And I told her that it's very important that you feel comfortable talking to me about anything that I said.who have paid good money to see the show live? That's why I'm so strict about the cell phone policy, how come people don't understand that? How come people don't understand that? Oh, I get it, I can't, I can't do a tour, you don't, I can't do a tour if you put my show online, I can't. filming a special and a special will be a big problem if you upload the jokes online well kev you already have enough money i gotta get these likes and these retweets well that's my point lights and rooftops

kevin

hart

, these are the lights and the retweets are on the rise, that's why I'll kick you, I'll kick you and give you your money back.
I don't have any problems again. You don't care who you are. No, there is no envy. It remains annoying to this day. You never understand it. They kicked him out. diabetes has nothing to do with her it has to do with him yes, you know, kev said: are you going to keep kicking people out? That's what I'm asking, that's what it boils down to, let's not forget the coldest balls, uh, show, also because you. I haven't even addressed that let me let me finish this I

apologize

to the woman. I know she suffers from diabetes. I'm sorry it ended badly.
There was no malicious intention behind her being molested. We didn't realize it. I had diabetes, so in the future people will come to my show even though my tour is already over, when I tour again, if you have diabetes, you won't be in a place where you can't, you can't treat yourself, just take a step outside and just do it in the hallway talking about treating them, we should hand out candy for those whose sugar may be low, okay, in case you know what I'll put, I'll put mints under the seeds, there you go, there you go, so the people can reach out, grab a mint, I don't know what to do anymore, do you think you're getting too big?
I mean, listen, I think you should go out and get everything God has planned, yeah, and he plays, but do you ever think? that your star is getting too big he's not going to hold back I'm not going to stop or slow down anytime soon I mean look I'm about to start filming Jumanji on February 1st I'm about to make another movie I told you paternity Secret Life Pets Two goes into production um pre-production of another comedy that we are developing a beat um developing a television series for me that is going to surprise people and people as if I were going to do a season of something simply unexpected that will leave people speechless people so my goal is for 2019 to be the wow factor for me and my talent, my acting ability, the things that I'm doing just to take people in a different direction and by 2021 I'll be back on my feet . and I'm going to post a very controversial hour of comedy.
I think that's what I'm going to do. I think I'm going to go. I'm going to stop being a good guy. I'm going to be the bad guy in the comedy because I feel like it's necessary, we have to want to wake people up. I need a twist. I love that you already know what you're doing in 2021. I really play that far. Has this experience in the last two weeks change your opinion about hollywood that's a very good question charlemagne I'm going to choose not to answer that question I'm not going to answer that question but you definitely know you can look you can see things in a different way lens, Now I can see things with a different lens, not necessarily in a negative way, just an enlightened and enlightened, I've been enlightened, do you think black celebrities are treated differently?
That's a tough man because yes, there is a racial. stigma in Hollywood that can't be ignored um and there's there's there's a cloud there's a cloud and if you choose to stand under that cloud and just complain about it then you're a part of it and you don't change I don't want to, I don't want to be in that conversation so I do my best to shift and maneuver correctly. When doing that, you just have to be strong and stay upright at the times when you're supposed to and you're supposed to break. earth you have to you have to know up in the network you have to do things that people don't expect you to do while you keep progressing you're not doing it to be a you're doing it to stay true to yourself and keep moving Keep relationships intact, keep understanding the business but understanding the broader picture.
My bigger picture is to get to a point of success where the opportunities I'm giving to others are endless, so I can't, I can't stop and focus too much. about me and the personal anger that I may or may not have and the end goal if I'm trying to get to a billion these you can't do it without these relationships you're not it's not it's not it's not it's not going to happen so make sure To simply be respectful and sincere, make sure you are honest, you have a high level of self-awareness, pride and respect, not only for yourself but for others. also and as you go, people will see that and understand that they will continue with you and when you get to this point that you want to get to now, the door is open, come on, but the change that we are looking for because it is not going to happen if more people do not have this mentality I'm opening the door now let's go, we have to get more people to the door, so the goal is to get to the door, I'm almost there. the door and then approaching the door like that, you know you're going to deal with this.
I'm pretty sure this isn't the last thing I'll deal with publicly. I'm pretty sure there will be more and you know, now you just have to understand that, accept it and look at the long term goal, keep pushing, that's it, I have to get there when I get there, let's celebrate because everyone will look back, Oh God. God, he said he was going to do it, he did it and he said the reason he wanted to do it was to create opportunities and I'll be damned if Heartbeat Production is laughing out loud. All of these entities are not doing exactly that now that I am.
I'm so relieved because originally, when you were going to come here, they were trying to do this extravagant plan where we all have to sit in freezing bathtubs, so I agreed to do it. Did they say you were the only one who didn't want to? to do it that's not true, I wouldn't do it, I said yes reluctantly, but I said yes and then they said logistically it wasn't going to work and I said whoo, no, it was too long, I said we can't. send them such long tubs because all these interviews are going and I was like, no, I'm not going to stay in that tub for that long so you won't be there when you call the ball that you're not in. there I have to go in and out cringing, right, give me a second, everyone, uh no, but the show is great, everyone should find a way for them to do it, because the show is only getting bigger and it will become more successful.
Um, and you know the ratings and the awareness behind it is huge, so I've been focusing on the athletes, but I think I'm going to start and go out to other people to share it, it'll be cool to change it up. and reverse it and uh, interview them all in the tub, just put them all in a tub, no, no, that's a tub. We talked about one of his worst shows once he told us about someone who threw a plate of chicken and hit him in the head true story atlantic city sweet cheeks never forget it now tiffany haddish had a bad show new years eve yeah you called your little sister after that you called her right after and what did she say how was the conversation I called her I jumped on The ass a little bit told her you know this isn't anyone else's fault you know it's you it's your job now same be prepared and you know that she is happening very fast for tiffany, very fast, everything is happening very fast for tiffany and me.
I want her to be aware of how quickly it's happening just to make sure you're not overextending yourself to the point where you're not giving yourself the best chance to be great, make sure you're giving yourself the best chance you have to do it. She works in this trade and you know when things move at the pace they move sometimes you forget the work that needs to be done on some things it's just me, it was just me reiterating what I know, she already knows and you just know. doing "I'm sure she's fine, you know, unfortunately it happened, I can't do anything about it, so it's time to move on and just make sure your next tour is great and get people to put away their cameras at your shows." because I".
I'm sitting there no disrespect to the guy. I don't know the guy. It's like you're invading my territory. You must have been attacked for my safety. Well, at least he caught you with something. Yeah, that was a very disrespectful part. Born here, once again, you live here, explain what happened. This guy got up and was filming himself and said, "You know," and he walked up to her and it went viral, but it was really rude to do that to someone. Otherwise, you are living in a time where negativity is celebrated. Yeah, you know, this is, this is the negativity, it's the now.
No, nobody wants to see the good. You know, we just want to see the bad and because we want to see the bad. Going viral is not about the fun drug, it's about the bad, so when you know that's the drive behind the intent of so many now, it all comes out like you know if you're coming to see my shows. Laugh and see what's good, are you looking to catch the train wreck and be part of the scene when it happens? What is the real intention behind the support these days? If you travel with a person and you travel with them, you know?
You, if you're going to be there during the good days, then support the bad ones. That's what I'm saying in your next presentation because I was thinking about Dave Chappelle and how he talked about the bombing in Detroit and it wasn't like that. even that was a long time ago and what happened he got high, smoked some wheat and talked about it, it was very funny, so in my head this is something that everything becomes material and then advice like, honey, he bought the guy in the stage to kick it. He, man, that goes back to you, rewarding people with the right, that's hard mm-hmm, that's hard, right, yeah, last time you came here you were talking about a bunch of other comedians, do you know?
They've met with those other comedians that crushed the meat and we had conversations there's no one, it's not okay, they have no problems, yeah, you know, there's one thing I want to ask you because I saw you on Ellen and Ellen wanted you to keep the styles right and you You said maybe I'll think about it, but now it's a final note. What changed between you doesn't want to talk about it anymore. Just keep asking me. I'm not asking you how I'm saying what changed between Ellen and that. Yeah, I like what you did there, like it was a round.
He asks about it, but he makes it seem like he's not asking, he's asking. uh, Ellen is one of my closest friends, Ellen is a dear friend of mine and you. I know when you see a person who is going to fight for you at that level, you can't help but be impressed by that and you know you can't not receive that, you know that right now, I just witnessed the love of a true friend. I saw my friend really be a friend who didn't have to be a friend and that conversation was authentic, it wasn't something prepared and prepared, we didn't talk beforehand and I had to do interviews, that's how it was.
Kevin I'm going to talk to you, let's talk, I didn't know what the plan was so when she did it it was comforting so I said I'd think about it and then it was real. It was a real reaction, you know, they didn't give me a definitive answer at the time, but she made me think from a different perspective seeing what she said and how she said it and just her, her love, you know, her love for me, that it is real. thing and I will be eternally grateful for that woman love of the deaf man what made you call Don Limón I'm not talking about that that's fine, I'm not talking about that I just didn't like what Don Limón said and I called him and then we talked on the phone, but they're all fine now, I mean, don lemon is fine now, yeah, we'll find out, he said we're fine, we'll find him, we don't have any problem with Donald Trump,

apologize

to him I don't have to apologize, I just said nothing.
The man had an off-the-record conversation on the phone and I made sure he understood my point of view and he said some things that made me understand his point of view and we broke up. We started getting off the phone with a mutual understanding between us and each other's side and there was respect, but we had to get to that place. I had to call him personally so he could hear me speak. You know, I think people understand you. As you know, they say they want you to be an ally of the LGBT community, but in reality you are an ally of everyone, I think so.
I don't think you can pretend to be good, right? You can't pretend to be good, you can't whether you're a good person or you're not, you can't, you can't pretend that at some point it's going to come out that it's not real if you have a good heart. or you don't have it you're real you're a fraud, or you hug yourself with love because you're nice or you're distant and hard to talk to, you can't be a person who literally stands on the platform of inspiring and trying to motivate everyone to be the best version of himself, the only person who could say he does it at a high level in front of a lens is dwayne. hey listen national salahi women's day let a woman know you love her hey talk stupid this is me he's doing his nonsense dwayne do this dumb even if he likes it he has a lot of superstars with him now like this You know it when you talk to him, what the hell?
Are you doing it man, hey, hey, hey, look at me, keep your head up, don't you, but he's a goodGenuine guy who goes out of his way to spend his energy on others, am I the same way I try to take this? energy and I put it out into the world like that, that's what I love, I'm not selfish with it, yeah, I'm not selfish with my attitude or my energy, I put it out there, so if you were a person that was divisive, then I would . I get it, but I'm not, there's no device like where, how do you associate that with Kevin Hart?
How's that, what's the advantage of all this, Kev? Yeah, excited, just go watch my movie right now, don't watch the movie, definitely go. Look if you see the movie in theaters it won't disappoint you yeah definitely enjoy it I'll tell everyone uh what doesn't break you makes you stronger man keep your shoulders up no matter what you're going through in life there's always something worse there's something worse, keep that mentality, it'll make you smile no matter what, man, well thanks for joining us, thanks man, I appreciate you, we appreciate it,

kevin

hart

, ladies and gentlemen, thanks guys, it's the breakfast club, good morning.

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