Key Takeaways
- Katt Williams says he put his feud with Kevin Hart behind him after Hart offered an apology "worthy of [him] being forgiven."
- Speaking on Listen and Laugh, Williams said they settled their differences before teaming up for Hart’s Netflix comedy 72 Hours, which also stars Mike Epps.
- The reconciliation follows Williams calling Hart an "industry plant" in 2024; the comedians publicly made amends at Hart’s Netflix roast in May.
Katt Williams and Kevin Hart have come a long way since their public fallout in early 2024.
Released Friday (November 13), Williams was the special guest on the second episode of Ice Cube and Mike Epps' new podcast Listen and Laugh. Around the 46-minute mark of the video below, Epps joked that he’s long called Hart a "midget" and "punk ass," to which Williams playfully rebuffed.
The comedian starred in Hart’s recent Netflix comedy film 72 Hours just two years after dissing him as an "industry plant" on an episode of Club Shay Shay. Epps also starred in 72 Hours.
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"I didn't like the guy, and I had reasons that I felt that way," Williams admitted while speaking about Hart. "But when he contacted me, yeah, there was probably a list of 15 things in my head of things a muthafucka would have to say to get me to be from on-site [so] we can be good."
Williams added that Hart extended an apology that was "worthy of [him] being forgiven."
"To his credit, or the credit of him and Netflix or whatever it was, he said everything I needed to hear him say," Williams explained. "So there was no working involved in the conversation that we were having. But then once that was behind us, now we can do whatever the work is."
Elsewhere on the Listen & Laugh episode, Epps joked that he joined the 72 Hours cast because he "forgot he didn’t like" Hart. "I still don't like him. Little muthafucka. Caused all kind of grief in my goddamn life."
Earlier in the conversation, Epps called Hart being "arrogant as fuck," but said he had "love" for the Mark Twain Prize recipient.
While on The Breakfast Club in May, Hart said he and Williams reconciled after a private talk roughly eight months earlier and learned to "figure out a way to work together." That same month, Williams spoke during Hart's Netflix roast and the comedians publicly made amends.
Nearly 10 years before Williams' appearance on Club Shay Shay, during an Atlanta stand-up performance, the entertainer called Hart a "puppet.” The same year, Williams challenged Hart to a $5 million comedy duel, proposing that it be held in a boxing ring. Williams would later apologize for the remarks and call Hart the "reigning King of Comedy."
"The fact that he's a Black male like me and the fact that I attacked him with such vitriol at a time when our country is already divided in every way it could be divided," Williams said on The Big Tigger Show.
