Kevin Hart may have been at the center of some of the leaked emails involved in the Sony Pictures hack, but he wants the world to know he’s FINE. His new movie The Wedding Ringer is coming out this Friday so he’s on top of the world. At least that’s what he says.
“I’m estactic right now. I’ve got another movie coming out right now. I’m the same way that I am when a movie’s coming out. I’m on Cloud Nine,” Hart told The Tom Joyner Morning Show.
But will his movie be funnier than Top Five, Chris Rock’s latest that he has a cameo in along with every other comedian known to man except, of course, Mike Epps?
“That’s a tough question. But let me show you how PC – how politically correct I am. Chris Rock is in his own realm of funny. He goes and catches attention with his projects that’s amazing. But that’s a completely different film. You’re looking at me being myself for the first time. That version of myself that I am onstage I got to be in this movie. And it’s my first, Rated R comedy. I got to be edgy. So when you say is it funny, I think you are looking at two movies that are hilarious, but hilarious in different ways.”
Hart also wants you to know that The Wedding Ringer is not about a wedding. It’s about a guy, played by Josh Gad, who hires a guy to be the best man at his wedding because he doesn’t have any friends.
“I’m a guy who has a business that provides friendship for those who lack. I’ve got to go out and make this lie believable. It’s about me finding these people and learning this guy’s life in and out so we can give the presentation of being best friends and go and be believable at this man’s wedding. It’s about the road to the actual wedding. Think Hangover meets Bridesmaids. In real life, this business is called prostitution. We took that and spun it.”
For his own wedding to girlfriend EnikoParrish,who he proposed to last year, which has been breathlessly reported in the media, Hart has already chosen his best man, his son Hendrix.
“I’m grooming my son to be a better version of me as a version of myself but better. So him being a part of anything I do is a must. I think that will be different and that will be special.” As for his daughter, Heavyn, Hart says she might plan the wedding, as precocious as she is at age 9.
“I can’t even describe the level of maturity. Yesterday, she told me that I should stop dressing like a racist. I said do you even know what that means. It means that you don’t like somebody because of the color of their skin. Is that what you think? She said ‘I’ve got a lot of people to apologize to, because I’ve been saying that word a lot. She’s so smart, she got the gist of it.”
As far as his own wedding date, Hart says that the reason why the amount of dogs you see on his Instagram page keeps increasing is that everytime a date is mentioned, he just buys a dog. Despite the fact that he says he’s set up his home to incorporate at least three more dogs, his plan has backfired with the latest addition, a dog that has grown into what he describes as a small pony.
“I’ve got three dogs,” Hart says. “I’m set up for three more. Now granted our house doesn’t smell like it should, but it’s the only deflection plan I’ve got. Y’all think I’m lying. Check my Instagram, I’m serious.”
Hart has come a long way from his humble Philadelphia origins, but he says he hasn’t let fame and his ever-growing career get the best of him. He’s just enjoying life.
“I don’t think about all this stuff. I’m handling life well. I’m enjoying being a father and watching my kids become well-rounded individuals. That’s what I love. This other stuff is all a bonus. I don’t care about the fame. I don’t care about the lights, cameras, action. I love the fact that I’m doing what I love to do and that the levels that I’m doing it are just getting bigger. The movies and the opportunities that I’m getting, and the people that I’m getting to work with. That’s all a plus. But as far as the fame, I don’t give two thoughts about that. It doesn’t bother me, it doesn’t faze me.
Hart hosts Saturday Night Live this weekend for the second time. In case you, like Tom Joyner is unsure when that airs, it’s 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
Listen to the whole interview, including what happens when a publicist jumps in to let the show know they’re out of time with Kevin.
