Kevin Hart Jokes About Kanye West, Diddy and Cardi B During 2025 BET Awards Opening Monologue

Kevin Hart packed a punch successful his opening speech astatine nan 2025 BET Awards.

The comedian joked astir Kanye West, Sean "Diddy" Combs and Cardi B during nan grant ceremony's commencement astatine nan Peacock Theater connected Monday, June 9. During his monologue, Hart, 45, said he was "shutting down afterparties" pursuing nan BET Awards.

"Take your asses location aft this; that's why I did this connected a Monday," nan evening's emcee joked. "People gotta spell to activity tomorrow."

Alluding to Diddy's alleged activity parties that progressive copious amounts of babe oil, Hart added, "That's wherever s--- gets slippery, astatine them goddamn afterparties. We're learning a batch astir people, ain't we?"

Diddy, 55, is presently connected trial for activity crimes among different allegations including activity trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.

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Hart besides joked that he sewage self-driving Waymo cars to return nan assemblage location afterwards, and nan passengers can't "bribe" nan nonexistent drivers.

"No yachts, nary boats. Cardi B, nary pinkish stuff. What nan f---, nary of that stuff. Everybody's gonna get deed tonight. We're live. It's gonna beryllium a bully time."

The "I Like It" rapper's boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, is nether investigation aft a video of him having a pink, crystallized substance while connected a yacht went viral.

Cardi, 32, wasn't featured successful nan viral video of nan New England Patriots star, but was seen successful different footage of nan yacht's events connected societal media.

Later connected successful his monologue, Hart made a joke astir West, 48, à la nan caller movie Sinners. The comedian took retired his phone, pretending to cheque a matter connection from nan "Gold Digger" rapper. "Oh s---, it's Kanye," he said. "Yep, he says he's retired front, he's waiting for personification to induce him in."

“We each saw Sinners, don’t fto his ass successful here, truthful he could conflict somebody, truthful he tin conflict Playboi Carti again, okay?" he quipped.

"Nobody fto Kanye in, no! Not tonight!" he shouted.

West made an quality connected nan 2025 Grammys reddish carpet successful early February, wherever he and woman Bianca Censori posed for photos past left. Days later, West defended Diddy in an online rant successful February, filled pinch antisemitic slurs. He was promptly dropped by his talent agency. West's X relationship was besides temporarily deactivated.

The BET Awards are airing unrecorded connected Monday, June 9 from Los Angeles' Peacock Theater connected BET.