all right you got to wait sometimes for greatness we welcome in award-winning actor comedian writer all the slashes Philly fan executive producer star of fight night now streaming on peacock you just saw a clip of it the one and only our guy hi Kevin how you doing Molly I say hi to you nicely I'm sorry I apologize to you Molly I don't apologize to him he can wait you Molly I feel bad absolutely he can wait all right wait but you and me I would never and you know it has to be something drastic for me to ever push the schedule back but he gets no explanation none ever he can wait why you wearing Shades in the morning it's called a long night why don't you get off my ass man let me live my life let me live bre I'm sorry Kevin I apologize for him I really apologize I don't ask you about your goddamn mustache or your hairline in the morning I didn't ask they did that let me live my life goodness gracious okay okay oh my gosh all right Kevin I really want to talk to you about all things Philly because your squad's looking good but first we got to talk about this show we had will Packer on this is a epic cast Fight Night based on true events of the night of Muhammad Ali's historic comeback in 1970 Kevin I know how busy you are how many projects why was this important for you to be involved in um I don't think that there's a better story that should have been told a long time ago um I think the story the story of Fight Night and the the reason behind it um means so much more you're talking about um a entrepreneur you're talking about a dreamer that was based in Atlanta that saw the city being so much more than what it was at that time and that Vision had to be met with action unfortunately he bit off more than he could chew which caused one of the biggest consequences of life um that became one of the stories and you know uh I got to credit my partner and will Packer and finding the story being a part of the development in the early stages and then bringing it to me and saying Kev this is something we have to do and I said to do it we got to do it right we got to make sure it's grounded it's real but more importantly it's packed with the star power and presentation of our culture um that we know this story deserves and that's exactly what we did we delivered on all levels and right now it's available on peacock and I think our audience our fan base is gonna be blown away by what this series is the performances from Sam taji Don Cheeto Terence Howard uh um Khloe Bailey Lori Harvey I mean look the list goes on and on of star power Legends and future star power but it's something that was necessary to answer the question short Kevin talk about your character chicken man and and what it was like to embrace that role and how challenging that was for you I mean this a period piece so comedy was was not the the goal here it's a drama this is a a drama a drama filled with drama D like moments meaning that there's comedic moments but they're in the early stages before the wheels actually get rolling and spinning and spiraling um I think the the character of chicken man was something that I gravitated towards because of my admiration for the person um I relate to the hustle I relate to the dream and I relate to the idea the want and as a person who saw and believed in things that nobody else saw for me the goal of getting there was the only goal and to relate to that you have to be that and I think that's where my understanding of a chicken man grew levels and Beyond and while I was able to elevate the performance take on the performance and um really really like nurture the world of what it presented Well you certainly know how to hustle and dream big uh and Achieve those dreams Kevin let's talk a little NFL season kicks off tonight AFC Championship rematch so the producers asked us for Super Bowl predictions later in the show and I was on The Struggle Bus between your Eagles and I'm also kind of a Jordan love Packers Fan I'll give that answer a little later in the show also got to mention one other thing as a Giants fan I cannot believe we just let you get saquin Barkley go right up down the road doesn't even have to move his house it's unbelievable Kevin how do you feel about your team like are Super Bowl what are you thinking well let's talk about saquan Barkley and saquan Barkley to the Eagles and let's acknowledge the one thing that is the elephant in the room which is that the Giants are idiots to let sequan Barkley go shows how stupid that organization is what idiots idiots to let one of the best running backs of Our Time of Our Generation leave leave that organization and come to Philadelphia to not only be in your division but be your rival and possibly destroy you what do you do in that management office how do you handle that conversation I'll handle it for you by telling yourself you're idiots all of you are idiots fly equals fly we'll fly better with saquin which is why I feel strong about our Super Bowl pick also when you talk about our wide receiving our wi receiving core you talk about our offensive line you talk about our defensive line more important you talk about our cornerbacks you talk about what we pretty much have established over the course of four seasons of collaboration and want and need we now have all the pieces to our puzzle and there's no excuses we will be in a Super Bowl by the way if you go check the Vegas bets we are favored like we're up in that top I think the top three of choices right now and it shows that the world is believing what I believe which makes people feel even more confident fly was fly isth well a couple of things a couple things that need to be pointed out number one the Giants weren't idiots for letting saquan Barkley go they were idiots for paying Daniel Jones to begin with and that ultimately forc them to be in a position where you know what Sequon baky might as well let you go because why pay all of this money and we ain't G to win no damn games so that's why they actually did sayquan Barkley a favor and you let him go to a division rival that that's obviously Superior to you which is the Philadelphia Eagles having said all of that Kevin Hart uh I want to know is there anything motivational that you have said or that you want to say to the Philadelphia Eagles because most people might not know this but I know how upset you were at how things went down last year you were very very upset you didn't walk into the playoff game against Tampa very very confident a matter of fact I recall damn near having to stop you from crying but the game because that's how that's how despondent and depressed you were about their prospects how are you what are you doing about that n first of all Stephen A when me and you talk privately I start all those conversations by saying off the Record you to say that right now it really does disturb me it pisses me off that you're letting out private conversation to the world actually he said it on first take too that's why I said it but go ahead okay go ahead here here's what I will say I don't have to motivate an establishment that knows their why we know how close we were we know what we messed up we know what we should have did the motivation well that's given to people that need it the Eagles don't need need motivation the Eagles now need a Super Bowl and we have an alignment of superstars we have an alignment of talent that have put us in the best position to get that so when you talk about Kevin Hart and you talk about the Philadelphia natives I am what we are I'm a winner and you know what we do in the city your brotherly love we win Stephen A whether it's now tomorrow or the day after we will get there so between my Philadelphia Eagles by the way who play t night we're talking about the an opener which I'm very excited about because we start off with a bang and the bang goes boom tonight tonight and I will fly my wings will flap well you tomorrow yeah tomorrow you know where that game is by the you you know where that game is Kevin you and I are on the same team all right don't create division right now don't create go toil it's in Brazil it's in Brazil it's in Brazil tomorrow Friday yes only reason why I go work that's only why I didn't go well I mean you Kevin har I mean you couldn't get you could you couldn't get a couple of days off so you can fly there and fly back for the game I mean they might need you they might need you might I'm only premiering the biggest series of my life Stephen A I'm only Premier the best thing that I've done in my acting career his show tonight guys let's not screw this up his shows tonight confused Kevin there's a lot of things we could talk about I'm going to let you pick I want to talk about the Tom Brady roast if you think Stephen A could handle something like that no I mean I want to talk about did you see ludicrous throughout the first pitch uh there's a lot of ways we go we talk about your Sixers getting Paul George you pick what are you hot on watch this and this is just me knowing media Miley because I know what you want here Paul George being on the Sixers is a very big deal Paul George Joel and be and Maxi will be a conversation throughout the basketball season ludicrous throwing out the first pitch diabolical I want the I want the footage removed I don't want people to be able to look at that video ever again that's my brother and I'm here to protect him Tom Brady wrotes a success it was Stephen A Smith oh boy when you talk about the world of conversation attached to what a lot of people have to say and want to say well man you need you need you need somebody boy oh boy with Stephen A Smith be the perfect somebody Stephen A no would you it's hard to get me to come back to host another live event like that but for you Stephen would you host it what would I host it if you think I said get your bleep button Tom Brady enough wait till you hear what I say about Stephen A Smith I mean you think the the dialogue attached to Stephen A Smith by the way the timeline of this live event we have to match the expanding space in his hairline you know how long that would be we have to go we got to go four hours a four hours this is a live event Stephen A if you tell me you'll do a live roast I'll commit right now to saying I'll host it Stephen you wouldn't do it hell no what if we give what if we give you off a couple off limits things no no no I wouldn't trust it first of all keev ke no no if you're gonna do it do it right if I would to do it it wouldn't be anything off limits that's why I'm not going to do it okay secondly everybody wanted me to do it except my sister kmen stepped in and said hell no third Kevin Hart you had a few people that were critics out there let me say this for you they they kiss you you know what you did a great job that was a I mean damn it that was epic y'all did a hell of a job with that you know I I I reached out to you me you did a hell of a job bro I mean you gonna do a roast that's how you do a roast that was spectacular do it was spectacular I gotta take a moment man to shout out I just want to shout out my brother Tom Brady me and Tom are very close have been very close Tom satting as seat and was okay with the heat that came after dialogue conversation all presented itself but to your point Stephen A that if you're gonna do a rose do the rose it's to it's to present the world of hard comedy tough comedy and make people laugh but make people be okay with being uncomfortable we achieve that go we I'm told we have to let you go you have a million other media responsibilities but by the way the way you just answered all three questions Kevin come on who's better than you he he remembered everything I said forg you gave me all the answers I want the glasses I I know you want Molly and let me tell you something first take does not have a take without mol I know that man over there is I'm gonna need you to say that again I'm 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