NAACP Image Award-winning comedian Kevin Hart recently gifted a pet goat named Will Smith to Emmy Award-winning comedian Chris Rock during their show at Madison Square Garden (MSG).
According to reports, Hart brought a gold chain-wearing goat on stage during his comedy show with Rock at MSG on July 25. The show was part of their joint tour titled the “Only Headliners Allowed” tour.
“I brought you the f*****g goat. I’m not joking. I really brought the f*****g goat,” the Philly native told Rock while holding the pet goat on a leash.
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“I have an apartment!” Rock interjected.
To that sentiment, Hart responded, “That’s not my problem!”
Dave Chappelle, who made a surprise appearance a few moments prior, began petting the goat before asking the 43-year-old what its name was.
“This n***a is confused as f**k. What’s up? What are we gonna name this goat, Chris?” Chappelle asked.
“The name is Will Smith,” Hart jokingly replied, in reference to the Oscar Award-winning actor and rapper who slapped Rock during the 94th annual Oscars Award ceremony in March. The 53-year-old smacked the comedian in retaliation, as Rock made a joke about his wife, NAACP Image Award actress Jada Pinkett-Smith’s bald head on stage. Prior to the incident, Pinkett-Smith revealed that she shaved her head due to suffering from a severe scalp condition called alopecia.
In a recent episode of Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Hart went into detail about his hilarious gift to Rock and praised the 57-year-old for inspiring him.
“I told Dave, I said, ‘Hey man, I’m gonna gift Chris a goat at the end of the show,'” he said on July 26. “So we get the goat, but I hid the goat from Chris. I didn’t want him to see it. Dave knew about the goat, and at the end of an amazing show, we all [came] back onstage, and we [were] saying goodnight. I said, Chris–you know, Chris is a mentor, friend, inspiration, but he’s a large part of the reason I am where I am today in my career, just from his advice, his insight, etc., and he’s my G.O.A.T. Like, he’s my guy, and I wanted him to feel that and experience the world of understanding of how I feel about him in front of that audience. So I gave him the goat and said, please give my guy his flowers.”
