>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK HERE WITH KEVIN HART.
RIGHT THERE.
KEVIN, I GOTTA ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR FRIEND
DWAYNE JOHNSON.
>> SURE.
IT'S GOING TO GET VERY HONEST.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK, HE MADE SOME NEWS
THIS WEEK BY SAYING THAT HE HAS A HABIT OF PEEING IN A WATER
BOTTLE WHILE HE'S WORKING OUT.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU AWARE OF THIS?
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS NAP YOUR WORKOUTS WITH MR. DWAYNE
JOHNSON?
>> IT'S NOT NEWS TO ME.
HE HAS SMELLED LIKE URINE FOR YEARS.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU TALK TO HIM?
IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
>> AT A CERTAIN POINT YOU KNOW WHEN A PERSON HAS A PROBLEM.
HE'S DEALING WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
>> Stephen: SO THIS IS COMPENSATING.
>> YEAH, THERE WERE TIMES ON THE SET WHEN I WAS LIKE, "SHOULD WE
SAY SOMETHING?" ANDESH WAS LIKE, "HE'S BIG."
JUST LET IT HAPPEN.
JUST LET IT HAPPEN, MAN.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF BIG.
THERE YOU ARE ON "MEN'S JOURNAL" WITH YOUR MIGHTY BICEPS.
RIGHT THERE.
YOU'RE KIND OF DOING THIS THING, THOUGH.
YOU'RE KIND OF DOING THE FIST THING UNDERNEATH THE BICEP.
>> ACTUALLY, THIS SHIRT HERE I HAD TROUBLE PUTTING IT ON.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FIT.
HOW OLD ARE YOU HERE?
>> 13, 13 YEARS OLD THERE.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
.>> Stephen: RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH, IT JUST GOT RATED "R," DIDN'T IT, LADIES.
IT GOT RATED "R."
AS.
>> Stephen: AS A TEENAGER WEARING A SPEEDO, DID THAT HELP
OUR HURT YOUR LOVE LIFE.
>> THAT SAYS CONFIDENT.
THERE'S NOTHING MORE CONFIDENT THAN A YOUNG BLACK KID IN A
SPEEDO.
BY THE WAY, YOU GUYS PROBABLY THINK THAT WAS WITH MY SWIM
TEAM.
NO, THAT WAS ON MY CLASS TRIP.
( LAUGHTER )
YOU-- LET ME TELL YOU HOW BAD THAT IS.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW BAD THIS PHOTO IS.
WE HAD A CLASS TRIP-- I WENT TO GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
I I WAS ON THE SWIM TEAM.
THAT'S THE NORM.
THESE ARE THE TRUNKS YOU WEAR.
EVERY GUY IS IN A SPEEDO.
WOMEN ARE IN TAPERED SUITS.
I DID NOT KNOW THE WORLD OF THE OTHER SWIM WORLD.
I DID NOT KNOW THE LONG SWIM TRUNKS EXIST.
I WENT TO THE TRIP, MY GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE GET IN THE POOL, AND I SAID I'M SO HAPPY I BROUGHT MY
TRUNKS.
AND I BROUGHT MY SPEEDOS.
LET'S GO!
AND I GET OUT THERE-- IT'S THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A GROUP SAY,
"WHAT THE ( BLEEP ) DO YOU HAVE ON?"
I'VE NEVER-- AT THE SAME TIME-- AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I WAS LIKE--
( APPLAUSE )
"WHAT ARE YOUR ALL SPEEDOS AT?" NOBODY ELSE HAD ON SPEEDOS.
THAT'S MY CLASS TRIP.
THAT'S A GREAT PICTURE.
>> Stephen: TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU WERE ON-- ACTUALLY
THREE, YEARS AGO, SINCE THEN, YOU-- YOU WERE IN A SERIOUS CAR
ACCIDENT.
>> YES, YES.
>> Stephen: ANY RESIDUAL OR ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT AS RAIN?
>> NO, MAN, I'M GREAT.
I'M BACK TO 100%.
VERY LUCKY TO BE WHERE I AM.
OF COURSE THE APPRECIATION FOR LIFE GOES UP 1,000% WHEN YOU
HAVE ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE CAUSED
TERMINAL HARM, LIKE TO WHERE IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE WHAT IT IS
NOW.
>> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND IT MADE YOU RETHINK YOUR
WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: BUT IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
HOW DO YOU KEEP THAT-- HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR MIND FOCUSED WHERE
IT SHOULD BE?
>> I HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS WHEN THE BATTLE STARTS,
RIGHT?
BECAUSE AFTER MY ACCIDENT, OF OF COURSE I WAS SHUT DOWN AND I WAS
HOME.
AND AFTER THAT THE PANDEMIC.
AND YOU'RE LOOKING TAIL COURSE OF ALMOST TWO AND A HALF YEARS
WHERE I'VE BEEN HOME.
THE FOCUS ON MY FAMILY WAS A PRIORITY.
THAT UNDERSTANDING-- ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S MY BABY.
THAT'S MY TRIBE, RIGHT THERE.
THE HART HOUSEHOLD.
THE HART HOUSEHOLD ( APPLAUSE )
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR ME, THE THING WAS, I'M SUCH A
WORKAHOLIC.
I GET 1,000% TO MY CRAFT, TO MY BUSINESS.
AND IT WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT I'M NOT MATCHING THAT ENERGY AT
HOME.
HOW DO I-- HOW DO I GIVE THAT ENERGY AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT
IS GOING INTO THEM FIRST, AND THEN THE WORK SECOND?
I WAS DOING IT REVERSE.
I WAS DOING IT WORK FIRST, FAMILY SECOND.
AND I THINK IT TAKES A LOT TO CHECK YOURSELF, TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU'RE WALKING WRONG, AND WHERE YOU'RE TAKING STHEAPS
AREN'T CORRECT STEPS.
SO NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS AND I'M
BACK AT WORK, IT'S THE MENTAL OF, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK
IN IT.
YOU'RE HUSTLING AGAIN.
BUT WE SHUT DOWN FOR A WEEK, LET'S GO HOME AND LET'S CHILL.
YOU'VE BEEN AT IT, MAKE SURE YOU GO TWO WEEKS AND WIFE, KIDS, AND
YOU'RE PRIORITIZING.
SO I THINK NOW WHEN I'M ABLE TO MAKE THOSE BIGGER MOVES AND
BIGGER DECISIONS, IT'S JUST MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE A
PRIORITY.
NOT THAT I HAVEN'T BEFORE.
IN THE PANDEMIC I JUST REALIZED THAT I COULD HAVE DONE MORE AND
I MISSED A LOT.
I'VE NEVER BEEN HOME FOR THAT LONG.
AS A COMIC, YOU'RE GONE EVERY WEEKEND.
AND I WAS GONE NEAR EVERY WEEKEND FOR 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
SO WHEN YOU GET TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS
CONSISTENTLY, THE SMILE CHANGES.
THE HEART BEATS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND YOU WANT AND NEED FOR THE LOVE THAT COMES WITH UN--
UNCONDITIONAL FEEDBACK OF JUST YOU WHEN YOUR TIME.
IT'S NOTHING ELSE.
I DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANT YOUR TIME.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE KEVIN HART, EVERYBODY.
( APPLAUSE ).