Kevin Hart opens up about awkward discussion with daughter over his 2017 cheating scandal

Kevin Hart explained the uncomfortable exchanges he had with his oldest child over his 2017 cheating scandal.

The comic/actor, 41, speaking with Will Smith on a Father’s Day edition of Red Table Talk, explained about how he explained the scandal to his oldest child, daughter Heaven.

‘Having a little girl in my life, it’s tough – you don’t realize the impact that your mistakes can truly have,’ the Philadelphia native said. ‘When the kids get involved, it’s a different feeling, a different emotion.’

The latest: Kevin Hart, 41, explained the uncomfortable exchanges he had with his oldest child over his 2017 cheating scandal while speaking with Will Smith on a Father’s Day edition of Red Table Talk

Hart is dad to daughter Heaven, 16, and son Hendrix, 13, from his former marriage to Torrei Hart, 43; and son Kenzo Kash, three, and daughter Kaori, eight months, with his spouse Eniko Parrish, 36.

Hart said that he’s ‘got on some armor’ after some ‘public debacles’ as a celeb in the limelight, but it didn’t prepare him for what was coming at home.

‘It is very hard to shoot through this, poke through, it is very hard to bother me,’ the Ride Along star said. ‘But when your child shows disappointment, shows emotion, shows, “I don’t understand why?” and you have to have those conversations, well, now the head drops for the first time, and now you realize there is a different emotional chord that can be pulled that nobody else can touch.’

The multi-talented entertainer said that his eldest ‘daughter touched on that chord’ after he was linked to a woman Montia Sabbag while married to Parrish.

Hart explained to Smith about how he explained to his oldest child, daughter Heaven, about the scandal

Candid: Hart said that he’s ‘got on some armor’ after some ‘public debacles’ as a celeb in the limelight, but it didn’t prepare him for what was coming at home

‘When me and my wife went through what we went through and the whole cheating display, my talk with Heaven … that was one like no other,’ said Hart. ‘Getting my daughter back. Getting my daughter to understand that I was sorry, that I made a mistake, that was real. 

He continued: ‘To understand, I am still dad … every child has the internet … everything has a meaning.

‘My daughter was tough on me – until this day – until this day, my daughter is tough on me. My daughter don’t play no games with her father. She is 16.’

Ongoing process: Hart said of his relationship with Heaven, ‘My daughter was tough on me – until this day – until this day, my daughter is tough on me. My daughter don’t play no games with her father. She is 16’

The two A-listers chat on the pitfalls when celebrity meets parenting, on the special 

The Jumani: Welcome To The Jungle actor said his oldest daughter was also upset with him after he decided not to host the Academy Awards in 2018 in the wake of past homophobic tweets coming back into the public eye

The Jumani: Welcome To The Jungle actor said his oldest daughter was also upset with him after he decided not to host the Academy Awards in 2018 in the wake of past homophobic tweets coming back into the public eye.

‘When the whole thing started to happen with the LGBTQ+ community and the misconception of me and what I was and what I feel, my daughter was so upset because she couldn’t process how people could think this about her father,’ he said. ‘And it was so tough because this was when I started to realize how my fame has an impact on my household. 

‘There is a certain level of obliviousness.’