Jeff Ross said Eniko Hart was fully in on the joke when Netflix aired its live roast of Kevin Hart, and that she took the insults in stride. Ross, who appeared in the second installment of the streamer’s GOAT roast series, said he even apologized to Hart at the after-party after going hard on the comedian during the three-hour broadcast.
The roast brought out Tom Brady, Dwayne Johnson, Katt Williams and other stars to take swings at Hart, but Ross said the night changed when Williams showed up unexpectedly and started going in on him. Ross said Hart looked a little tense at first, then asked for the hatchet to be buried and turned the room back into celebration. The comedian said the vibe was over the moon by the end.
Ross wore a replica of Eddie Murphy’s red leather outfit from Delirious for his appearance and said he really did Kevin Hart dirty. One of the lines he kept using all week was, “Kevin, your dad sold crack, and you literally sell everything except crack.” He also said he opened with a version of, “Your dad was a street hustler and addicted to crack cocaine,” before adding, “So I guess being dependent on the Rock runs in the family.”
Hart’s response mattered because the roast was not just a pile-on. Ross said Hart is a smart producer who likes to follow discomfort, and that was the point of bringing together a cast that included Brady, Johnson and Williams for a live event meant to push limits without breaking them. Ross said he did not believe Hart and Williams had actually talked until Williams came out on television, which is what gave that part of the night its edge.
That edge did not last. Ross said the only real tension he felt was when Williams appeared out of nowhere, and even that gave way once Hart asked for the feud to be buried. Ross said Eniko Hart loved being part of it, called her a great sport and said he thought everybody was there for the same reason: to have fun with Kevin. By the time Ross spoke about the night, he said he was hungover from the after-parties and still felt the celebration hanging over the room. In the end, the roast landed the way these events are supposed to land — sharp enough to sting, but not so sharp that the party stopped.
