“The Roast of Kevin Hart” has everyone talking — and not necessarily in a good way.
While some viewers have praised the special for its raw, unfiltered comedy, others have criticized several jokes about race, slurs, and Hart’s family.
The roast, released on Sunday, notably featured divisive jokes from comedians like Shane Gillis, Tony Hinchcliffe, and others.
For his part, Gillis joked about Jeffrey Epstein, lynching, and slavery, at one point saying that Hart’s ancestors “came to America in a slave ship in a bottle.”
Hinchcliffe faced backlash for a George Floyd joke, telling Hart, “The Black community is so proud of you… right now George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can’t breathe.”
