Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and others toasted an emotional Kevin Hart at the Kennedy Center on Sunday.
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on March 24. “The triumph of tonight is we found something Kevin Hart doesn’t already have: the Mark Twain Award,” joked Jerry Seinfeld on Sunday at the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
“Take my mom away, and I don’t have an idea of what I want or who I want to be,” Hart said. Later, he addressed his children, visibly choked up: “I breathe for you. I live for you.”He reflected on his journey from taking a gamble on comedy to becoming global superstar. Hart’s friends, colleagues and mentors toasted and roasted Hart throughout the evening. Among them were TV host Nick Cannon, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star J.B. Smoove, rapper Nelly, singer Robin Thicke and “Night School” co-star Tiffany Haddish — all of whom appeared in “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” the parody of reality TV that Hart co-created.
“Do you know how many tickets you’ve sold?” Chapelle asked. He said he researched it: half a billion. Hart grinned throughout the show, watching from the dress circle with his family, as his young children crawled over his lap. He seemed particularly tickled by Jimmy Fallon’s song.
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