Jeff Ross Says Kevin Hart Roast Is Revenge on Netflix Sunday

Jeff Ross says jeff ross is counting the days until Kevin Hart gets roasted on Netflix Sunday, May 10 at 8 p.m. ET. Ross is framing The Roast of Kevin Hart as payback for Hart’s 2024 turn as roastmaster on The Roast of Tom Brady.

Ross Calls It Revenge

“My own attitude towards it—I don’t want to ruin any surprises, and there’s going to be some great surprises on this one—but it’s revenge,” Ross said on Obsessed: The Podcast. He also said, “This is going to be a comic’s roast.”

Ross said the engine of the show is Hart wanting “his friends, people from his life, people he knows well, to roast him.” That setup gives Netflix a cleaner comic lineup than a celebrity-friendly tribute and makes the event feel closer to a controlled firing line than a standard special.

Tom Brady’s Roast Fallout

Hart’s 2024 set is the reason Ross is leaning so hard into revenge. Ross said Hart was “vicious” with Brady and with him, and recalled from backstage monitors, “I was like, ‘There’s no more protecting Tom on this,’” after Hart dug into Brady’s divorce from Gisele Bündchen and his strained relationship with Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Hart said “f--- you” to Brady no fewer than seven times. Brady later said, “I didn’t like the way they affected my kids” and added, “I wouldn’t do that again because of the way that it affected, actually, the people that I care about the most in the world.” That complaint hangs over the new roast, which will test how far the format can go when the target is already known for going hard first.

Hart’s Own Material

Hart’s past gives the show its sharpest edge. In 2017, he admitted cheating on his then-pregnant wife during a drug-fueled Las Vegas trip, and footage of the affair later surfaced in an attempted multimillion-dollar extortion against him. He later issued a public apology after that attempt.

He also stepped down as host of the 91st Oscars after a series of his homophobic tweets resurfaced. Ross said Hart wants jokes from people who know him best, but that history widens the target list before the first joke lands.

Netflix on Sunday, May 10

“So now, Kevin has agreed to be roasted,” Ross said. “OK. The swords are out. This is gonna be no holds barred.” For viewers, that means Sunday’s stream is set up less like a safe comeback special and more like a test of how much damage Hart is willing to absorb after making Brady the headline act last year.