Kevin Hart Has Tom Brady Roast Regrets, Vows To Do Things Different In Future Prep

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Kevin Hart, who hosted Netflix’s Greatest Roast of All Time: The Roast of Tom Brady in May, has reacted to Brady’s public regrets about the program’s jabs. “When he says he regretted doing it,” Hart told Bleacher Report this month, “I think what he’s referring to is, ‘I could have tapered it a little differently, saying or having a conversation pre of, like, ‘Guys let’s go and do this, but let’s not touch this or this.” Hart added, “Also, like, what it did for comedy and, like, our climate of sensitivity, I think it was necessary and valuable.” The roast poked fun at Brady’s sports career, but also inserted jokes on his personal life, including his divorce from supermodel Gisele Bundchen and past relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan, who was pregnant with their son when Brady split.

In an interview with the Pivot Podcast, Brady said his regrets centered on his family. “I loved when the jokes were about me.

I thought they were so fun. I didn’t like the way that affected my kids. So it’s the hardest part about, like, the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way, and then all of a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that affected actually the people that I care about the most in the world.” Hart defended his roastmasters. “Hard-hitting fun jokes.

Everybody up there got hit, everybody got hit,” he said. “But those comics got an opportunity to show what makes them special.