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Kevin Hart revealed he had Coronavirus early on in the pandemic, right around the time Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson revealed they were diagnosed with COVID-19. You may be wondering why Kevin never said anything about his diagnosis…and he explained why during a comedy set!

“The problem is that I had it around the same time as Tom Hanks,” the 41-year-old said during his comedy set at Dave Chappelle’s show An Intimate Socially Distanced Affair this past weekend (via Page Six). “And I couldn’t say anything because he’s more famous than I am.”

Tom and Rita revealed they had COVID-19 right at the start of the pandemic, before the United States instituted lockdowns. They made a full recovery and are now enjoying their summer!

We’re glad to see that Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Kevin Hart are all healthy.

Kevin Hart is speaking out about “cancel culture.”

The 41-year-old comedian opened up in an interview with Deadline.

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“When you talk about our state of today, we’re becoming comfortable with giving this ‘cancel’ idea in culture the level of attention that we are. We’re letting people control and dictate the start and finish of peoples’ lives, and if we are in a time of finding any type of solution to the fight of equality and change, which seems to be a global fight now—a global fight of people being treated fairly, change, understanding and accepting the past, but preparing for a better future—that means that we can’t be in a position where we’re contradicting ourselves,” he said.

“If people [have done something] wrong, the idea of canceling those people, and ending whatever career or thing they have…If it’s just over, then what’s the teachable moment for them? What, it’s over, and then you can’t do nothing else for the rest of your life, because you made a mistake?”

“What happened to the days of making a mistake, learning from the mistake, not doing that, and educating others on what not to do because of your mistakes? Isn’t that parenting? Isn’t that the world of raising a kid?” he continued.

He also discussed Internet culture, and what’s worthy of giving attention.

“I think it’s about picking and choosing what you’re giving that attention to. Like, what are the things that we’re giving a significant amount of importance to? What are the stories that we are grabbing onto that we know should just be left in the wind? What are the things that we can bypass, and not create an internet frenzy with?

You know, it’s a high level of clickbait that’s available on the internet daily. How much of it’s positive? Not much. I can’t tell you the last positive story I’ve seen on the internet. It’s a pool of negative s–t; that’s all it is. Everything is about what someone did, or what they’re doing, or what they didn’t do, and the consequences that come behind it. It’s all based off of gossip. It’s all based off of guilt, of greed. It’s really just a bad environment now, and people love it. People love the energy that comes with negativity.”

Here’s why he came to the defense of Ellen DeGeneres and Nick Cannon.

Pete Davidson and O’Shea Jackson Jr. are pairing up!

The Saturday Night Live comedian and the Straight Outta Compton star are teaming up for American Sole, a “high-stakes, high-top dramatic comedy set in the world of after-market sneakers,” Deadline reported Thursday (August 20).

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The film will be written and directed by How To Make It In America creator Ian Edelman and produced by Kevin Hart and NBA All-Star Chris Paul.

“American Sole is a story about the highly exciting, very profitable sneaker industry and the secondary sneaker market. With my own personal passion for sneakers and the culture that drives it, I’m excited to be a part of telling this entertaining story,” said Chris.

Here’s a description: “The pic follows two twentysomethings (Davidson, Jackson) with mountains of college debt who use the fast cash of after-market sneaker reselling to achieve their American dream. But when their startup runs out of cash and a shady investor is their only way out, the dream quickly becomes a nightmare.”

That’s not Pete Davidson‘s only exciting comedy coming up…find out what else is coming!

Kevin Hart is revealing why he decided to defend Ellen DeGeneres, as well as Nick Cannon recently amid controversies.

“Well, I don’t lose sight of the definition of friendship, and in our business, it’s one thing that people don’t really hold on to. There’s a lot of relationships that are fake, and there’s some that are real. In my case, the ones that are real are the ones that I’m always going to be adamant about speaking on behalf of. I know the people that both of them are, and knowing the people, all I can say is my experiences with those people. That’s not to take away from what other people are saying that they have had, and that they have done. It’s just to highlight what I’m saying I know, and what I can speak on behalf of,” Kevin told Deadline. “In times like this, I know also how dark it gets. I know how lonely it gets, because I know that these are times when people just turn their back on you. So for the ones that you love, that are close to your heart, you just want them to have some support, when it seems that there is none out there, and that’s just who I am as a person.”

He added, “That goes for anybody, across the board, that I consider a friend, and that’s not a big group of people. Everybody doesn’t get that conversation and that feeling from me, but the ones that do, I’m serious about it. I’m true to it, and it doesn’t mean that you have to speak on behalf of the problem. It doesn’t mean that you have to disregard the things that others are saying. It means that I can just speak on my relationship with my friends. When it comes to Nick, and it comes Ellen, I know who they are, and I know who they’ve been for the years that I’ve been around them, and I can only speak to that. Those are two of the most amazing people that I know.”

Kevin and Ellen recently met up for lunch together.

Will Smith and Kevin Hart have signed on to star in a remake of Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

Deadline reports that the two comedians will also produce the pic with their Hartbeat Productions and Westbrook Studios. Aeysha Carr will write the script.

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The original movie, which premiered in 1987, centered on a mismatched duo forced to become bunk mates and traveling partners in a desperate attempt to get home to loved ones for Thanksgiving after their flights are canceled.

Steve Martin and John Candy starred in the original movie from John Hughes.

Over the weekend, Kevin was seen hanging out with disgraced talk show host Ellen DeGeneres after defending her from critics. See the pics here…

Ellen DeGeneres is getting out of the house to meet up with Kevin Hart.

The 62-year-old talk show host and the 41-year-old actor enjoyed lunch outside at Caruso’s at Rosewood Miramar Beach on Saturday (August 15) in Montecito, Calif.

While Ellen and Kevin ate lunch, Kevin‘s very pregnant wife Eniko showed off her baby bump in a bikini while hanging out at the beach.

Earlier this month, Kevin defended Ellen amid her toxic work environment allegations.

“I have known Ellen for years and I can honestly say that she’s one of the dopest people on the f–king planet,” Kevin wrote. “She has treated my family and my team with love and respect from day 1.”

Kevin is not the only celebrity who has supported Ellen…find out which stars have spoken out about this situation.

Kevin Hart is commenting on the situation going down with Ellen DeGeneres and defending her amid toxic work environment allegations.

“It’s crazy to see my friend go thru what she’s going thru publicly. I have known Ellen for years and I can honestly say that she’s one of the dopest people on the f*cking planet. She has treated my family and my team with love and respect from day 1,” Kevin posted.

He continued, “The internet has become a crazy world of negativity….we are falling in love with peoples down fall. It’s honestly sad…When did we get here? I stand by the ones that I know and that I love. Looking forward to the future where we get back to loving one another….this hate shit has to stop. Hopefully it goes out of style soon….This post is not meant to disregard the feelings of others and their experiences….It’s simply to show what my experiences have been with my friend. Love you for life Ellen…”

Kevin is not the only celebrity who has supported Ellen…find out which stars have spoken out about this situation.