Kevin Hart admits his daughter is ‘tough’ on him ’till this day’ over his cheating scandal

On a Father’s Day edition of Red Table Talk, the comedian told actor Will Smith, “You don’t realize the impact that your mistakes can truly have—when the kids get involved, it’s a different feeling.”

Kevin Hart believes reuniting with his 16-year-old daughter, Heaven, was the most difficult challenge he faced following his adultery scandal.

“I can say that having a little child in my life is challenging. You don’t understand how much of an impact your mistakes can have – until the kids are involved, it’s a different feeling,” Hart, 41, said Will Smith in a special Father’s Day episode of the Facebook Watch series Red Table Talk.

While he said his own “armor” is robust, he admitted to becoming emotional when his children are touched by his previous deeds.

“It’s very hard to bother me, but when your child shows disappointment, shows emotion, shows ‘I don’t understand why,’ and you’ve gotta have those conversations, well, now the head drops for the first time,” stated the dad. “And now you’ve realized that there’s a different emotional chord that can be pulled on you that nobody else has the privilege of ever touching.”

Hart went on to say, “And my daughter touched on that chord, man, when my wife and I went through what we did, and the whole infidelity exhibition… my talk with Heaven. Goddamn. Goddamn, that was unlike any other. Getting my daughter back. Acknowledging my error and apologizing to my daughter “That was real.”

Will Smith and Kevin Hart are taking over Red Table Talk for Father’s Day. Watch the trailer.”My daughter was hard on me. “To this day, she’s tough on me,” Hart revealed while sitting down with fellow actor Smith, 52, to explore their biggest parenting errors, their ex-wives, their children’s relationships, and more, including personal confessions, revelations, and life lessons.

Smith has three children, while Hart has two with ex Torrei Hart (Heaven and Hendrix, 14) and two with wife Eniko Parrish (Kenzo, 3, and Kaori, 8 months old).

As Hart explained to Smith later in the meeting, “When your child expresses disappointment, you don’t realize the impact that your mistakes can have.”

Why Kevin Hart Tells His Kids About His Scandals: ‘It’s Gonna Come Out’Parrish, 36, was eight months pregnant with their first child when the comedian cheated on her. He apologized publicly on September 16, 2017.

In his apologies, Hart addressed the story of his encounter with model Montia Sabbag and the alleged extortion efforts that followed.

In a 2020 appearance on The School of Greatness podcast, Hart opened up about why his wife stayed by his side after the scandal, recalling Parrish coming “to an amazing conclusion of, ‘I like the fact that we have a family, that we have a household, and that we now have a job to do to get better.'”

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Hart recalled Parrish telling him, “That’s what you owe me.” “You owe me the get-better.”

The actor admitted that his wife “held me accountable,” and that it “wasn’t a walk in the park.”

She went on: “But it was her understanding that we don’t let the outside world affect our inside, and I credit her for setting that tone.”