Kevin Hart left no prisoners during his opening monologue at the 2025 BET Awards.
The comedian, 45, roasted Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kanye West and Cardi B while hosting the award show at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday.
After saying he was “shutting down afterparties,” Hart shaded Combs, 55, by telling the crowd, “That’s where s-t gets slippery, at them goddamn afterparties. We’re learning a lot about people, ain’t we?”
Combs, who is currently on trial for sex trafficking and other charges, has been accused of hosting “freak-off” sex session where participants allegedly used an abundance amount of baby oil.
While going after West, 48, Hart said, “Oh s–t, it’s Kanye. Yep, he says he’s out front, he’s waiting for somebody to invite him in.”
“We all saw ‘Sinners,’ don’t let his ass in here, so he could fight somebody, so he can fight Playboi Carti again, okay?” Hart joked.
“Nobody let Kanye in, no! Not tonight!” he shouted to the audience.
In February, West made an unexpected appearance at the 2025 Grammy Awards with his wife, Bianca Censori, who posed nearly naked on the red carpet. Days later, West went on an antisemitic rant on social media.
At the BET Awards, Hart also alluded to the recent viral videos of Cardi, 32, and her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, partying on a yacht in Miami. In one of the clips, Diggs, 31, pulled out a small baggie with pink substance that appeared to be cocaine.
“No yachts, no boats. Cardi B, no pink stuff. What the f–k, none of that stuff,” Hart quipped.
“Everybody’s gonna get hit tonight,” the “Jumanji” star added. “We’re live. It’s gonna be a good time.”
But Hart also gave Cardi her due later in his monologue.
“The women in hip-hop are doing such amazing—I told you guys it’s a matter of giving flowers, so I wanna make sure I celebrate this correctly. Shouts out to Cardi B, shouts out to Meg[an] Thee Stallion. shouts out to Latto, Doechii, just to name a few. You guys are all doing amazing things,” Hart said.
“We all love you, we all see you, we all support you. It’s dope as hell to see how you guys are pushing the goddamn business in music forward. Keep going ladies, keep going,” he added.
The BET Awards were a star-studded affair with performances by Lil Wayne, Teyana Taylor, GloRilla, Leon Thomas, Ashanti, Keyshia Cole, Babyface, Ludacris, Jennifer Hudson and more,.
The Ultimate Icon Award was given to Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg, and Kirk Franklin.