Netflix brought a lineup of celebrities to the Kia Forum in Inglewood on Mother's Day for the Roast of Kevin Hart, a three-hour live event that featured sharp material from athletes and comedians alike, according to Deadline.
Comedian Shane Gillis hosted the evening. Audience members included Tracee Ellis Ross, Eric André, John Stamos, Seth Green, Jennifer Lopez, Hasan Minhaj, and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Usher opened the show, backed by The Roots, with a performance of "Caught Up" before transitioning into a musical roast of Hart himself.
"Good luck, you gon' need it, buddy," Usher told Hart as the performance concluded. Hart, who had walked out to pyrotechnics, responded with a string of expletives, setting the tone for the rest of the night.
Tom Brady arrived as something of a surprise entry. Hart had promised the crowd the event would be superior to the earlier Netflix roast of Brady, largely because, in Hart's words, he was "not a bitch." Brady walked up the walkway behind him mid-boast.
"Jesus, do you ever shut the fuck up?" Brady said to Hart, before presenting him with what he described as a "newborn-size" New York Knicks jersey and referencing Hart's 2017 Las Vegas cheating scandal. Brady then compared his seven Super Bowl rings to Hart's two Ride Along film credits. "I guess it wouldn't be a Kevin Hart project if it wasn't a shitty sequel," he said. Brady wrapped his segment by declaring he was "too classy" to go after Hart's wife, Eniko Parrish, before doing exactly that. "But am I? What's up, girl?" he called out, finishing with "Payback's a bitch, and so are you."
Jeff Ross, known as the Roastmaster General, opened with a series of jokes targeting Hart before turning to a personal moment. Ross recounted how Hart's comments at the Brady roast had motivated him to get a colonoscopy screening, during which doctors detected his cancer. He told the crowd the diagnosis allowed him to make it to the Kia Forum that night to, in his words, "shit all over you."
Chelsea Handler followed with material targeting other guests on the dais, including Gillis. Handler questioned whether Gillis was "Druski in whiteface" before pivoting to jokes about other roasters.
Other participants included Lizzo, Teyana Taylor, Katt Williams, and Venus and Serena Williams, along with longtime Hart collaborator and Plastic Cup Boyz member Na'im Lynn, who described the assembled group as a "batch of bullshit" at the evening's outset.
