Kevin Hart is speaking out about Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial set at his Netflix roast.
“Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that’s watching the roast, if you’re watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why the racial humor is on the table,” Hart said Tuesday on “The Breakfast Club.” “I wasn’t shocked. That’s what they do. Go look at [The Roast of] Tom Brady, like, that’s what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast.”
As noted by Hart, Hinchcliffe’s joke about George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by police in 2020, was met with particular backlash from critics. During his set, Hinchcliffe told 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.”
When asked if he thought the “Kill Tony” host ever crossed the line, Hart said, “I don’t expect less. I don’t expect more.”
“Tony Hinchcliffe arguably had the best set or one of the best sets,” Hart explained. “Pete [Davidson] had a great set, too. Pete had a Charlie Kirk joke in it. Like, would I tell those jokes? No. But do I get why they’re being told? Yes. I’m not looking at Pete crazy. I’m not looking at Tony. That’s what I know you’re going to do. I know your style of comedy.”
