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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOLKS, MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN ACTOR AND
COMEDIAN WHO'S CONQUERED EVERYTHING FROM ANIMATED MOVIES
TO STADIUM TOURS.
HE NOW STARS IN THE NETFLIX SERIES, "TRUE STORY."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," KEVIN HART.
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♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
THANK YOU.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
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WOW.
IT FEELS-- I GOTTA BE HONEST, MAN.
THAT FEELS SO GOOD.
IT FEELS... I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MUCH YOU JUST
MADE ME SMILE.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE HAD THE AUDIENCE INTERACTION, AND
JUST SEEING PEOPLE AGAIN, SEEING THEIR FACES, MAN.
IT'S SPECIAL.
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VERY SPECIAL.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S LIKE SOMEONE TURNS ON AN AIR CONDITIONER IN
YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HEAR THAT FROM A CROWD.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A DAMN BIG STAR.
>> DARN RIGHT I AM.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN DOING-- YOU'VE BEEN DOING ALL
THE SHOWS.
AND WE'VE GLAD TO BE ON THE CAVALCADE.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHAT ARE THE COVID PRECAUTIONS YOU RUN INTO AT THE DIFFERENT
PLACES YOU GO TO?
WE TRY TO BE SAFE HERE.
HOW DO YOU COMPARE OUR PROTOCOLS TO OTHER PLACES?
>> RIGHT NOW I'M ON A PROMO TOUR, AND THE CRAZINESS IS
SEEING HOW EVERYBODY IS DIFFERENT.
I WENT TO "THE TODAY SHOW."
THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE.
THAT WAS LIKE GOING TO-- WHAT IS IT CALLED?
JAIL, YEAH, YEAH.
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>> Stephen: THEY SCRUB YOU DOWN WHEN YOU COME IN.
>> IT WAS TOUGH.
AT ONE POINT I ASKED THEM, "YOU ALL DID KNOW I WAS COMING,
RIGHT?" FINGERPRINTS.
I'M TALK A PRICK OF BLOOD.
I MEAN THEY PUT SOME ( BLEEP ) ON MY FACE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT IS.
THEY SPRAYED ME.
AND THEY THINK I DON'T KNOW.
I SAID, "WHAT IS THAT?
WAS IT RAID?" I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
I GOT DONE THERE, AND THEN I AREN'T TO THE OTHER ONE WAS-- I
WENT TO GO DO "KELLY AND RYAN," AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE IS CRAZY
BECAUSE THEY'RE LIVING A LIE THERE.
SO BACKSTAGE, WELL, BACKSTAGE THEY'RE ALL TALKING TO YOU, BUT
WHEN WE GOT OUT ON THE STAGE, AND THEY ACT LIKE THEY NEVER
TALKED TO YOU BACK THERE.
THEY SAY,s, WE DON'T SHAKE HANDS."
I SAID, "WE JUST HUGGED IN THE BACK."
>> Stephen: THAT JUST MADE NEWS.
THAT JUST MADE NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS AN EXCLUSIVE.
THAT WAS A "LATE SHOW" EXCLUSIVE.
>> THEY KNOW I'M CRAZY ENOUGH AND CALL THEM ALL OUT ON IT.
I GET IT.
EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO GET BACK TO THE
WORLD OF NORM.
THERE ARE SOME HYPERSENSITIVE TENSION IN HOW TO DO IT AND
PROGRESS.
BUT I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE
DIFFERENT PLACES -- SOME PLACES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE WERE IN
A PANDEMIC.
I WAS IN -- >> Stephen: I WAS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.
>> I WENT TO WICHITA, AND I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY, AND I WAS
LIKE, "IT'S CRAZY, THE WHOLE PANDEMIC."
AND HE SAID, "WHAT'S THAT?" AND I SAID, "IT'S LIKE A WHOLE
THING."
AND HE SAID, "GET OUT!
GET!" HE TOLD ME TO GET.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND SOME DO.
EVEN IN CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE GETTING BACK TO IT SLOWLY.
BUT AS A PERSON THAT THRIVES OFF OF BEING AROUND PEOPLE AND
CROWDS, IT'S JUST GOOD TO SEE FACES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT
ENERGY.
AND I HOPE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER BACK TO THE WAYS OF NORM.
OF COURSE, SAFETY FIRST, BUT THIS JUST FEELS GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT THE KIDS FASCINATED, WE GOT THE PILLS
COMING.
OH, I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT-- YOU'VE BEEN INTERVIEWING PEOPLE
YOURSELF.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE BEEN DABBLING IN THE INTERVIEW GAME
YOURSELF ON THE SHOW "HART TO HART" ON PEACOCK.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU OFFER PEOPLE A DRINK.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE?
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE A FAN OF TEQUILA.
>> YOU HAVE TEQUILA FOR ME ( BELL RINGS ).
>> Stephen: A LITTLE ICE?
>> I'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU GIVE ME.
RIGHT THERE.
>> Stephen: HERE WE GO.
>> I'LL BE HONEST.
YOU GUYS ARE WAY TOO COMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: WE'LL STERILIZE IT.
>> I JUST SAW STEVE PUT HIS HAND ON THE ICE.
HE PUT HIS HAND ON MY ICE.
OKAY.
LET'S GO.
THIS IS GREAT, MAN!
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
>> TO YOU-- HOW ABOUT THIS?
TO YOU?
>> Stephen: I'M DOING IT.
>> I'M SAYING LET'S TOAST TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE GUEST.
WE HAVE TO TOAST-- YOU WANT A LITTLE OF THIS ACTION?
>> GIVE IT TO ME.
I'LL TAKE IT.
>> Stephen: KEEP AWAY THE SCURVY.
>> HOCH BATCH OF DELTA RIGHT THERE.
>> Stephen: TO-- FROM ONE TALK SHOW HOST TO ANOTHER TALK HOE
HOST, HERE'S TO GUESTS AS GOOD AS KEVIN HART.
THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
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NOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT DON'T GO AWAY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE KEVIN HART, EVERYBODY.
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