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ESSENCE Now’s “Slayed or Shade” discusses the scandal surrounding Kevin Hart and an extortionists claims that he cheated on his wife.
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00:05are still buzzing over that video that an extortionist is
00:09claiming features Kevin Hart having sex with a woman
00:12who is not his very pregnant wife, Aniko.
00:15Now, Kevin still hasn't said whether the man in the tape is indeed him,
00:19but what he does make clear is that he ain't cutting no check.
00:22Listen to what he said.
00:25I'm not gonna also allow a person to have financial gain off of my mistakes.
00:30And in this particular situation, that's what was attempted.
00:34I said I'd rather fess up to my mistakes.
00:37Hmm, so panelists, here's the question.
00:40Do we give Kevin credit for apologizing for any indiscretion,
00:43or was he just doing damage control because he's being extorted?
00:47There's so much going on in the story, so I'm just gonna open it up to you guys.
00:50What are you slaying or shading in this Kevin Hart situation?
00:53Whitney, go for it.
00:56Let's see the panels. Okay, let's do the panels.
00:59I don't know!
01:01I'll give you a second to say.
01:02All right, everybody's panels in one, two, three.
01:07Hold up your side.
01:08Okay, Shade, Slade, and Whitney is competing.
01:11I don't know!
01:12All right, I'll give you a second to marinate.
01:14Ava, and I'll start with you.
01:15Okay.
01:16What are you thinking?
01:17So I'm thinking that it's damage control.
01:19Anyone that's in a relationship just don't cheat, period.
01:22And the fact that he's doing it on social media is just like you're trying to make the fans get on your side.
01:27I love Kevin Hart.
01:28Love his work.
01:29He's been doing it for years.
01:30But just don't cheat.
01:31That's the number one rule in any relationship.
01:33I mean, it seems so simple, Kaz.
01:35Don't cheat!
01:36Yeah.
01:37Tell me your thoughts.
01:38I mean, obviously you don't want to cheat on your woman, especially if she's pregnant.
01:42But there's so many layers for this.
01:43Especially.
01:44How about you just don't cheat?
01:45How about that?
01:46No, just don't cheat, period.
01:47But what I'm saying is, like, I understand why he came forward.
01:49Because, like, if a woman's asking for $10 million, like, first off, that woman, like, shot way out of her range.
01:54She would've asked for, like, $500K, $1 million, maybe $2 million.
01:58Maybe it goes away.
01:59Maybe she gets her money.
02:00Now she's probably going to get nothing.
02:01She's probably going to catch a revenge porn case.
02:03She's probably, all the outlets that ended up posting this video is probably going to get sued, like, Garker with Hulk Hogan.
02:08Like, there's a lot of things that are messed up here.
02:11So, I kind of got to give him props for just kind of getting in front of it.
02:14And at least, if you're going to lose your wife, don't, like, lose your money, too.
02:17Don't lose your $10 million.
02:18Don't lose your $10 million.
02:19Oh.
02:20Okay.
02:21All right, Whitney.
02:22That's a good point.
02:23Yeah.
02:24But I have to say, like, shout out to Kevin for apologizing.
02:26He's a public figure.
02:27He has to apologize.
02:28A part of the reason why we love Kevin Hart so much is because he loves his family.
02:32He respects his family.
02:33So, when he's doing something like that to his family, we sort of are like, Kevin, what's good?
02:39What's going on?
02:40What are you doing?
02:41And so, I thought it was, like, a good thing to see him on there, even though it was sad.
02:45Can I just add, like...
02:46Can I just close this out?
02:47As a stand-up comedian, like, as a fan of his, I can't wait for his next special because
02:52I know he's going to talk about all this and he's not going to hold nothing back.
02:55And, you know, he's a funny guy.
02:56So, hey, like, if you're going to get caught and you're going to get put out there and a
03:00lot of your work comes from your personal life, like, you might as well make some gain
03:04out of it.
03:05Well, he going to learn today.
03:06He's going to learn today.
03:07He's going to learn.
03:08All right.
03:09Let's check in with our girl Kayla to see what folks on social media are saying.
03:12Kayla, what's going on?
03:13Whew.
03:14Okay.
03:15We're all going to be playing with him without damage control.
03:16Mark Berry says that's just what he's doing.
03:18Nicole Drake says he's a cheater.
03:20Point blank and period.
03:21He'll do it again.
03:22Just be single and stop playing with marriage.
03:24Kalina Johnson said he said in an interview that he just got married too young.
03:27That was the reasoning for infidelities in the first marriage.
03:29Now he's saying he put himself in a situation where bad things could happen.
03:33Take some serious accountability, Kevin.
03:35Everyone's watching.
03:36Hello.
03:37We're all watching and we're talking about it.
03:38Do better, Kevin.
03:39Do better.
03:40And he's going to be like a Theresa.
03:42I find a good story.
03:43Come along.
03:44There we go.
03:45The municipal lawman, Alanesteem드�quin, Fer divine.
03:47There we go.
03:48There.
03:49We're one of many people out there.
03:50How have you been analyzed for a long time?
03:52So if you wanted to leave.
03:53All right.
03:55Last question here.
03:56We want you to find it, again.
03:57What do we have?
03:59I've provided the number of people in here.
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