How Jeff Ross Plans to Get ‘Revenge’ on Kevin Hart

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🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Jeff Ross joins Matt Wilstein on this episode of Obsessed to talk about the upcoming live Roast of Kevin Hart on Netflix, the massive success of The Roast of Tom Brady, and why roasting has taken over the comedy scene. Ross opens up about the behind-the-scenes chaos of crafting celebrity roasts, unforgettable moments from past Comedy Central specials, and what fans can expect from Kevin Hart’s no-holds-barred event. The comedy legend also gets deeply personal discussing his emotional Broadway-inspired Netflix special Take a Banana for the Ride, reflecting on grief, losing his parents at a young age, surviving colon cancer, and how comedy helped him process it all. Plus, Ross shares stories about Nikki Glaser, Tony Hinchcliffe, Tom Brady confronting him mid-roast, Gilbert Gottfried’s legendary performances, and the most iconic bombs and burns in roast history. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram ⁠@kpfallon⁠ Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram ⁠@mattjwilstein⁠ New episodes every Thursday, and Saturday; ⁠early drops on YouTube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back.
0:04.4	Mom!
0:05.0	Up the stairs for something.
0:07.8	Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for.
0:12.0	Mom, what's for dinner?
0:13.6	Chop, sizzle, done.
0:17.1	Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier.
0:23.4	So its phones down, forks up.
0:25.5	Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time.
0:29.5	The engine of this Kevin Hart roast will be that he's a comic at the top of the game, and he wants his friends, people from his life, people
0:38.5	he knows well to roast him.
0:40.9	I don't want to ruin the surprises.
0:42.4	There's going to be some great surprises on this one, but it's revenge.
0:46.1	He was really mean last time.
0:49.0	To me, to Tom, you know, I talked Tom into it and then Kevin was so bricking vicious. So now Kevin has agreed to be
0:56.5	roasted and I'm like, oh, okay. Ooh, the swords are out. This is going to be no holds. I'm in full
1:02.4	roast mode on a day like that. Once the producer hat comes off and the roast hat comes on,
1:08.0	I'm unleashed. Look, baby, come on. Born to Roast.
1:29.4	Hello and welcome to Obsess the podcast. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast and today on the show I am joined by a true comedy legend, the roastmaster general himself, who will be back at it this coming Sunday night on Netflix for the live roast of Kevin Hart.
1:33.5	The filmed version of his surprisingly emotional one-man Broadway show,
1:37.2	Take a Banana for the Ride, is also streaming on Netflix now.
1:39.7	Jeff Ross, welcome to Obsess the podcast.
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