Kevin Hart's father, Henry Witherspoon, has died.
and got candid about how he repaired his once-troubled relationship with his father, and how he learned to be a better dad through his own dad's mistakes.
"My kids actually think I’m the coolest dad on the planet ... I know why I am the way that I am, my dad has a lot to do with that -- the mistakes that my dad made, you know, the decisions to do drugs, being in and out of jail, in and out of our lives. I saw firsthand what not being present did and because of that, I now know what being present means," Hart explained. "I know what that can do, I know what effect it can have on your child coming up.
"Now, I was strong enough to deal with it coming up because I have a different attitude, I’m a positive guy," he said of his difficult childhood."I choose to go positive instead of negative a lot and because of that, my relationship with my dad is amazing now! And my dad understands how I feel and how I look at things, and now my dad is focusing on being the best grandparent that he possibly can.
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