{"id":684173,"date":"2026-06-04T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684173\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:04:10","slug":"kevin-hart-admits-dwayne-the-rock-johnsons-joke-caught-him-off-guard-during-brutal-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684173\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart admits Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s joke caught him ‘off guard’ during ‘brutal’ roast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Hart admitted that Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s joke at the \u201cRoast of Kevin Hart\u201d<\/a> caught him \u201coff guard.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an appearance on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d<\/a> Wednesday, the \u201cThink Like a Man\u201d actor said he was a little taken aback by the professional wrestler\u2019s joke about Hart\u2019s late dad, Henry Robert Witherspoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the one that caught me off guard, Dwayne,\u201d Hart, 46, told host Jimmy Kimmel, 58, when asked if any of the jokes on the Netflix special \u201churt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin Hart (seen above on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d) revealed which joke from his roast caught him \u201coff guard.\u201d Kimmy Kimmel Live\/Youtube<\/p>\n

The comedian (seen above on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d) said he was surprised at Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s joke about his late father, Henry Robert Witherspoon. Kimmy Kimmel Live\/Youtube<\/p>\n

\u201cDwayne had the picture of my father and he had a mug shot of my dad and he goes, \u2018Look at my dad. Kev, we both love our dads,’\u201d the \u201cRide Along\u201d star recalled. <\/p>\n

Hart said Johnson, 54, showed a picture of his dad, late wrestler Rocky Johnson, \u201cin shape, you know, coming from the gym.\u201d <\/p>\n

However, when the \u201cMoana\u201d actor showed a photo of Witherspoon, Hart said it \u201cwas the worst picture of my father I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d <\/p>\n

During the Netflix roast, Dwayne (seen above) compared his late father, wrestler Rocky Johnson, to Hart\u2019s dad. Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

The \u201cMoana\u201d star posted side-by-side images of their fathers (as seen above). Netflix<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe worst picture of my father. It caught me off guard, but it was funny,\u201d he explained of the image, which was of a shirtless Witherspoon sitting down.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything done with the effort of giving a laugh, I\u2019m always going to give it the benefit of the doubt. All the stuff said about me, you know, I\u2019m like, look, it is what it is. They\u2019re jokes at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere during Dwayne\u2019s roast, he targeted his \u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle\u202c\u201d co-star\u2019s height, calling Hart a \u201clittle burnt Oompa Loompa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hart (seen above with comedians at his roast) said the photo was \u201cthe worst picture of my father\u201d but said \u201cit was funny.\u201d Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

Dwayne (seen above with the comedian) also made jokes about Kevin\u2019s height and his marriage to Eniko Hart. Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

Dwayne also came after Kevin\u2019s wife, Eniko Hart, saying she \u201cdeserves an award for pretending to enjoy intimacy\u201d with him.<\/p>\n

The \u201cZooptopia\u201d voice actor then suggested the longtime couple spend time together and \u201copen up a bottle of tequila and, you know \u2026 Stop squirming, Kevin!\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cRoast of Kevin Hart\u201d is streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Hart admitted that Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson\u2019s joke at the \u201cRoast of Kevin Hart\u201d caught him \u201coff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1508,236,10586,5654,7570,91,38974,1036,75489,88,11575,55676,206,122658,92],"class_list":["post-684173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-dads","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-friendships","tag-celebrity-news","tag-comedians","tag-comedy","tag-dwayne-the-rock-johnson","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel-live","tag-kevin-hart","tag-movies","tag-roasts","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}