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Kevin Hart told Jimmy Kimmel that Oprah Winfrey should never be targeted in celebrity roasts, joking that he’d drive to her house to stop it. He also reflected on his Netflix Is a Joke Festival roast, acknowledging some jokes hurt, and reinforcing that while roasts are about laughs, certain celebrities are off-limits.
In a recent remark, Kevin Hart says there is a celebrity who should never be roasted, arguing it would be like spray-painting the Sistine Chapel and underscoring that person's revered status; the name isn’t disclosed in this excerpt.
Kevin Hart defends his Netflix Roast amid backlash over Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd joke, arguing edgy racial humor belongs in a roast; Floyd’s brother expected Hart to intervene but Hart says his job was to produce a successful roast, not police jokes, while the controversy fuels feuds among comedians including Chelsea Handler.
Kevin Hart says Tony Hinchcliffe arguably delivered one of the best sets at Netflix’s Roast of Hart, acknowledging the George Floyd joke drew backlash but arguing that boundary-pushing humor is part of roast culture; he also praised Pete Davidson’s set and said he’s not here to engage in the discourse around the material, blaming production. Chelsea Handler later criticized the jokes as racist and sexist.
Kevin Hart weighed in on Tony Hinchcliffe’s Netflix roast, noting that while a George Floyd joke wasn’t tasteful, the roast’s audience understands the format and the humor’s place in that setting. He said Hinchcliffe “arguably had the best set” (with Pete Davidson also delivering a strong showing) and emphasized he wouldn’t tell those jokes himself, but he gets why they’re told. Hart also urged not to be dragged into the ongoing controversy around the material, blaming it on production rather than his own stance. The roast drew later scrutiny from Chelsea Handler, who called some jokes racist/sexist.
Kevin Hart said he wasn’t surprised by Tony Hinchcliffe’s boundary-pushing jokes during Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart, explaining that roastees don’t write the material and that the crowd understands the format. Hart acknowledged some jokes, like the George Floyd bit, aren’t tasteful but defended the overall approach as par for roast culture, even praising Hinchcliffe’s set as among the best, while noting the backlash and broader discussion around the routine.
Kevin Hart addressed backlash to Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd joke from Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart on The Breakfast Club, saying the joke wasn’t tasteful for their culture but that roast audiences understand why it’s told, and that Hart would not tell that kind of joke himself. He urged viewers not to blame him and framed the backlash as a production issue; the night also drew criticism from George Floyd’s brother Terrence Floyd and Chelsea Handler, who slammed Hinchcliffe and other roasters.
After weeks of backlash over MAGA comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd jokes at Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart, Hart breaks his silence on The Breakfast Club, saying the remarks were not tasteful but that he’s not responsible for other comics’ material and cannot police live productions. He notes a productive conversation with Floyd’s friend Stephen Jackson, while a growing petition urges Netflix and Hart to donate roast proceeds to Floyd’s family charity as Tucker Carlson-era backlash continues and other participants condemn the jokes.
Michael Che pulled out of Netflix’s Kevin Hart roast due to SNL scheduling conflicts and then publicly criticized the roast’s white writers, posting a slide naming five of them and arguing that Black and white roasts use very different material. Variety notes 17 writers were credited, and the telecast included controversial jokes such as a George Floyd in Hell gag and a height joke that invoked lynching.
Michael Che pulled out of Netflix’s live Roast of Kevin Hart due to scheduling with SNL, then used social media to critique the event’s writers, arguing that white writers targeted edgier topics like slavery and other offenses, while Black writers and roasts tended to different targets; Variety notes the telecast involved multiple writers (including Black writers on the dais) and Netflix did not comment.
Michael Che pulled out of Netflix's live Roast of Kevin Hart due to SNL scheduling, then used Instagram to criticize the roast's writing pool, arguing white writers pushed edgier material (slavery, sex crimes, slurs) while Black writers’ jokes differed; the telecast had 17 credited writers with a mix of Black and white writers, fueling a broader conversation about who writes jokes for Black comedians.
A writer for Netflix’s Kevin Hart roast revealed an uncensored Melania Trump joke that didn’t air, aimed at Tony Hinchcliffe with a quip about opening for Trump. Variety published the sidelined zingers, noting the climate for political humor has grown tougher in the Trump era. The piece also references Melania’s alleged outrage over a separate Jimmy Kimmel joke, which has fed into calls to sanction jokes she dislikes, while the Netflix roast did air another jab from Pete Davidson about Hinchcliffe.
During Kevin Hart's Netflix roast, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson used the offensive R-word in a joke about Draymond Green, drawing swift online backlash even as some defended the moment as part of comedic freedom; the incident has intensified a broader debate on political correctness in humor.
Netflix’s Netflix Is a Joke festival roast of Kevin Hart included sharp jokes about Lizzo’s weight, the #MeToo movement, and Hart’s Riyadh Comedy Festival appearance, but several lines were cut; writer Madison Sinclair hinted at the scrapped material, and Netflix has not commented on the edits as Hart also addressed a past cheating scandal during the show.
In a Variety exclusive, Jeff Ross breaks down Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart—how the backstage tension, edgy bits (including the Eddie Murphy-inspired look and a zinger about Hart’s dad selling crack), and the production craft kept the live surprise intact—and who he’d like to roast next (Drake, Stevie Wonder) while noting nothing about Kevin’s life was off-limits.