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Before Kevin Hart Got Roasted on Netflix, Don Rickles Hit Him With a Joke He Never Forgot

Hart later said he didn’t think Rickles was being malicious, but the joke was awkward enough that he decided to leave.

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The internet is still buzzing about The Roast of Kevin Hart, which streamed live on Netflix this past Sunday (May 10). As one would expect, the show contained a fair amount of racial humor directed toward Hart.

Take, for example, this zinger from roastmaster Shane Gillis: “Kevin’s so short that they’re gonna have to lynch him from a bonsai tree.” According to Gillis, he spent three weeks debating whether to tell that one.

Hart took the joke in stride and even shook Gillis’s hand right after, but it was far from the first time the comedian had a joke pertaining to his race aimed at........

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