“I’m 5-foot-5, like with a shoe on, like a sneaker,” Kevin Hart told Anderson Cooper on Sunday’s episode of ’60 Minutes.’
Kevin Hart is setting the record straight about his height. In an interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, the comedian revealed his height. Cooper mentioned that GQ said Hart was 5’5″, while another outlet claimed he was 5’2″.
“That place is bulls—,” Hart laughed. “GQ finally got it right. I’m 5-foot-5, like with a shoe on, like a sneaker. Now, if I put a boot on, I can get to 5’5″ and a half.”
The Jumanji actor hasn’t stopped talking about his height over the years. He told Cooper it’s because he isn’t “afraid to laugh” at himself.
“I’m confident that the laugh that I’m getting, you’re not laughing necessarily at me as if I’m a joke. You’re laughing at the experience,” he said. “I’m giving you an experience through a story that is relatable. More importantly, I’m saying things other people don’t have the heart to say.”
Cooper also poked fun at a “tall tale” Hart tells in his shows about his wife watching “tall people porn.”
“Is that what you want?” Hart quipped, recalling his reaction. He added, “I can’t fix that, so we have a problem.”
When the topic of money came up, Hart became hesitant. Cooper asked if Hart had reached billionaire status.
“None of your business,” Hart joked, prompting a giggle from Cooper. “Man, are you trying to get me robbed?”
He continued, “I mean, hopefully. Even if I don’t or if I’m not, the better side to what I’ve done is to create what can become the new norm for others in the business of fun and for others in the business of entertainment. Not just being a part of the business, but learning and understanding how to be the business.”
As the conversation turned serious, Cooper asked about Hart stepping down as host of the 2019 Oscars due to homophobic comments he made. Initially, Hart didn’t issue an apology, but later he did.
“Later on, the understanding came from the best light bulb ever,” he said. “Wanda Sykes said, ‘People are being hurt today because of comments like the ones you made. People think it’s okay to make those comments today because of what you did.’ It was presented to me in a way I couldn’t ignore.”
“In moments of despair, great understanding and education can come if you’re given the opportunity,” he added.
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At the time, Hart told Ellen DeGeneres that his old tweets and comedy specials were in the past and had already addressed the controversy.
“I know who I am,” he said in January 2019. “I know I don’t have a homophobic bone in my body. I know I’ve addressed it. I know I’ve apologized. Within my apologies, I’ve taken ten years to put my apology to work. I’ve yet to return to that version of the immature comedian I once was. I’ve moved on. I’m cultured. I’m manufactured. I’m a guy that understands now. I look at life through a different lens, and because of it, I live differently.”
