{"id":3553,"date":"2026-05-26T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kevin-hart-defends-tony-hinchliffes-roast-jokes-chelsea-handler-branded-racist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:25:03","slug":"kevin-hart-defends-tony-hinchliffes-roast-jokes-chelsea-handler-branded-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kevin-hart-defends-tony-hinchliffes-roast-jokes-chelsea-handler-branded-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart defends Tony Hinchliffe&#8217;s roast jokes Chelsea Handler branded &#8216;racist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F128764424.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kevin Hart is defending Tony Hinchliffe\u2019s roast jokes that Chelsea Handler <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/20\/celebrity-news\/chelsea-handler-blasts-shane-gillis-and-tony-hinchcliffe-after-kevin-hart-roast\/\">branded \u201cracist.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/celebrity-news\/best-jokes-cut-from-kevin-harts-netflix-roast-special\/\">\u201cThe Roast of Kevin Hart,\u201d<\/a> which aired on Netflix earlier this month, Hinchliffe, who is white, said to the man of the hour, \u201cThe black community is so proud of you. Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can\u2019t breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Floyd, a black man, was murdered by a white police officer in May 2020, igniting widespread outrage and newfound awareness of ongoing racial issues in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Many viewers were shocked and offended by the remark, but not Hart.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kevin Hart defended Tony Hinchliffe\u2019s roast jokes during an appearance on \u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d Tuesday. <span class=\"credit\">breakfastclubam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThe black community is so proud of you. Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can\u2019t breathe,\u201d Hinchcliffe said during Netflix\u2019s \u201cThe Roast of Kevin Hart\u201d earlier this month. <span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that\u2019s watching the roast, if you\u2019re watching the roast, you get why they\u2019re doing it,\u201d the 46-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DYzfl7cgRtH\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained to Charlamagne tha God and Loren LoRosa on \u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get why the racial humor is on the table. I wasn\u2019t shocked. Like, that\u2019s what they do. Go <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/05\/entertainment\/kevin-hart-roasts-tom-brady-for-gisele-f-king-her-jiu-jitsu-trainer\/\">look at the Tom Brady one<\/a>. Like, that\u2019s what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast. It\u2019s not new. This isn\u2019t a new. It\u2019s not a new agenda. It\u2019s not a new approach to comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Charlamagne asked Hart whether he felt Hinchcliffe, 41, \u201cwent too far when he made that joke about George Floyd,\u201d the actor replied, \u201cIt\u2019s Tony Hinchcliffe. Like, I don\u2019t expect less, I don\u2019t expect more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He agreed with Charlamagne\u2019s take that \u201cgoing too far is the point,\u201d elaborating, \u201cThat\u2019s why you\u2019re there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that\u2019s watching the roast, if you\u2019re watching the roast, you get why they\u2019re doing it,\u201d Hart said in response. <span class=\"credit\">breakfastclubam\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cYou get why the racial humor is on the table. I wasn\u2019t shocked,\u201d Hart, seen here with fellow comedians during the roast, added. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hart even argued that Hinchliffe had one of the \u201cbest sets\u201d of the night and pointed out that he wasn\u2019t the only comedian to make light of a specific death, as Pete Davidson joked about <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/10\/celebrity-news\/charlie-kirk-dead-at-31-chris-pratt-dave-portnoy-and-more-celebs-react-to-assassination\/\">assassinated right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, would I tell those jokes? No. But do I get why they\u2019re being told? Yes,\u201d Hart insisted. \u201cLike, I\u2019m not looking at Pete crazy. I\u2019m not looking at Tony crazy. Like, that\u2019s what I know what you\u2019re going to do. I know your style of comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The married father of four \u2014 whose past affair <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/11\/entertainment\/tom-brady-savagely-drags-kevin-harts-affair-into-revenge-roast-f-k-it\/\">was another hot topic throughout the evening<\/a> \u2014 claimed he doesn\u2019t \u201cget affected by the attempt at humor\u201d and has learned the art of \u201cmov[ing] on\u201d when he doesn\u2019t find something or someone to be funny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand why we stand on a hill, and it becomes this big thing of, \u2018They\u2019re attacking the culture.\u2019 It doesn\u2019t have to be that. It literally is either you\u2019re a fan of this level of content or you\u2019re not,\u201d Hart said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hart, pictured above at the roast, also made sure to point out that he\u2019s not the one who made the Floyd joke and asked to be \u201cremove[d]\u201d from the conversation. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Chelsea Handler, who also delivered a set during the roast, called Hinchcliffe \u201cracist\u201d while discussing his performance on Deon Cole\u2019s \u201cFunny Knowing You\u201d podcast. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Deon Cole\u0092s Funny Knowing You<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also made sure to point out that he\u2019s not the one who made the Floyd joke and asked to be \u201cremove[d]\u201d from the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are upset that the night went on, that\u2019s a different conversation. It\u2019s nothing I can do. It\u2019s a production. It\u2019s a live production,\u201d he told Charlamagne and LoRosa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not compromising the live production for a reaction of what? What do you want me to do? I\u2019m gonna drag him off. You want me to fight afterwards? \u2026 That\u2019s not what I agreed to do. That\u2019s not the job at hand. The job at hand was to produce a successful roast, which I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Handler \u2014 who delivered her own set during the roast \u2014 begs to differ, as she blasted both Hinchliffe and fellow white comedian Shane Gillis for their controversial sets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Handler argued that comedians can \u201cgo for it without being gross.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Deon Cole\u0092s Funny Knowing You<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Sheryl Underwood (right), who also delivered a set during the roast, later told \u201cEntertainment Tonight\u201d she understands why so many people were \u201cupset\u201d with Hinchliffe. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re racists. They\u2019re bigots. They\u2019re sexist,\u201d the 51-year-old claimed last week on the Deon Cole\u2019s \u201cFunny Knowing You\u201d podcast, arguing that comedians can \u201cgo for it without being gross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheryl Underwood, who also delivered a set during the roast, later told \u201cEntertainment Tonight\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/21\/celebrity-news\/sheryl-underwood-reveals-which-of-tony-hinchcliffe-and-shane-gillis-kevin-hart-roast-jokes-went-too-far\/\">understands why so many people were \u201cupset\u201d with several of Hinchliffe and Gillis\u2019 jokes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to get to know what is in your brain that makes you think this is OK?\u201d she said, revealing that she told Hinchcliffe afterward, \u201cYou gotta deal with the Floyd family, and they got hands. You\u2019re talking about someone\u2019s relative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d star Michael Che \u2014 who was scheduled to deliver a set during the roast but ended up dropping out at the last minute \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/13\/celebrity-news\/michael-che-pulled-out-of-kevin-hart-roast-before-shading-white-writers-for-racist-jokes\/\">was critical of the show for similar reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/26\/celebrity-news\/kevin-hart-defends-tony-hinchliffes-roast-jokes-chelsea-handler-branded-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Hart is defending Tony Hinchliffe\u2019s roast jokes that Chelsea Handler branded \u201cracist.\u201d During \u201cThe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128764424.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}