Kevin Hart left no prisoners throughout his opening monologue on the 2025 BET Awards.
The comic, 45, roasted Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kanye West and Cardi B whereas internet hosting the award present on the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday.
After saying he was “shutting down afterparties,” Hart shaded Combs, 55, by telling the group, “That’s where s-t gets slippery, at them goddamn afterparties. We’re learning a lot about people, ain’t we?”
Combs, who’s at the moment on trial for intercourse trafficking and different costs, has been accused of internet hosting “freak-off” intercourse session the place individuals allegedly used an abundance quantity of child oil.
Whereas going after West, 48, Hart stated, “Oh s–t, it’s Kanye. Yep, he says he’s out front, he’s waiting for somebody to invite him in.”
“We all saw ‘Sinners,’ don’t let his ass in here, so he could fight somebody, so he can fight Playboi Carti again, okay?” Hart joked.
“Nobody let Kanye in, no! Not tonight!” he shouted to the viewers.
In February, West made an surprising look on the 2025 Grammy Awards together with his spouse, Bianca Censori, who posed practically bare on the pink carpet. Days later, West went on an antisemitic rant on social media.
On the BET Awards, Hart additionally alluded to the latest viral movies of Cardi, 32, and her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, partying on a yacht in Miami. In one of many clips, Diggs, 31, pulled out a small baggie with pink substance that gave the impression to be cocaine.
“No yachts, no boats. Cardi B, no pink stuff. What the f–k, none of that stuff,” Hart quipped.
“Everybody’s gonna get hit tonight,” the “Jumanji” star added. “We’re live. It’s gonna be a good time.”
However Hart additionally gave Cardi her due later in his monologue.
“The women in hip-hop are doing such amazing—I told you guys it’s a matter of giving flowers, so I wanna make sure I celebrate this correctly. Shouts out to Cardi B, shouts out to Meg[an] Thee Stallion. shouts out to Latto, Doechii, just to name a few. You guys are all doing amazing things,” Hart stated.
“We all love you, we all see you, we all support you. It’s dope as hell to see how you guys are pushing the goddamn business in music forward. Keep going ladies, keep going,” he added.
The BET Awards had been a star-studded affair with performances by Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Leon Thomas, Ashanti, Keyshia Cole, Babyface, Ludacris, Jennifer Hudson and extra,.
The Final Icon Award was given to Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Kirk Franklin.
