Actor-comedian KevinHart4Real talks to THR's AwardsChatter podcast about his Emmy-nominated docuseries, Oscars lessons and cancel culture proponents
— continues, “It’s a gift and a curse. In the beginning of my career, it served as a gift. And as I grew, it served as a gift. But right now, you sit ‘at the top of the mountain’ and then it serves as a curse. Because now I have so much out there, and you’re scrutinized or ridiculed for so much. But I’m okay with that. And the vest that I now have on is one that’s been hit up so many times those shots don’t hurt anymore, they don’t have the same impact.
The doc about the diminutive funnyman addresses his childhood with an absent and drug-addicted father and a religious and disciplinarian mother; the roots of his sense of humor and his standup career; years of early career disappointments, followed by a career recalibration for the ages ; and yes, the experience of, ahead of the 2019 Oscars, landing and then walking away from his dream job of hosting that ceremony after an uproar about decade-old tweets that many found offensive.
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