Kevin Hart Extends Olive Branch to Katt Williams as P Diddy Allegations Mount

Comedy beef update: after a year that started with Katt Williams torching half of Hollywood on Club Shay Shay, Kevin Hart says the ice is thawing — and the two might actually team up. Yes, really.

Where things stand now

On 7 PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony, Hart was asked about the lingering tension between him and other comics. He said the vibe has changed as everyone got older, and the direct conversations have finally started happening.

"It is better, man... me and Mike, me and Katt — there was always a little ruffle in the water, but picking up the phone does a lot."

Hart said part of the issue was never about respect. It was about what they thought they should be doing together but weren’t, and letting go of the middleman to talk one-on-one has helped. He also framed it as a responsibility thing now.

"We know we got a job to do... be better examples. We’re mending whatever the problems were and talking about doing a couple different things together — some great ideation to shake sh*t up for the culture and finally share the screen."

The quick timeline

• January 2024: Katt Williams drops an almost three-hour scorched-earth interview with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay, taking aim at a lot of people — including Kevin Hart and Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
• What he said about Hart: Williams called Hart an industry plant and claimed he’d never seen a real line outside a Hart show or a standing ovation. He pointed at Hart’s early résumé — a network sitcom and the lead in 'Soul Plane' during his first year in L.A. — and asked, "What do you think a plant is?"
• What he said about Diddy: Williams referenced the then-swirl of allegations around Combs’ alleged 'Freak Off' parties and added, "P Diddy be wanting to party, and you’ve got to tell him no. I did. I got the receipts."
• January 4, 2024: Hart replies on social media, calling Williams’ rant "sad" while cheekily plugging the trailer for his Netflix heist movie 'Lift' (dropping in eight days at the time) and quoting Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s line, "They really love you."
• Late 2024: The Combs situation blows up further with investigations and, by September, an arrest on federal charges. Williams’ comments about Diddy suddenly looked a lot less like wild gossip and a lot more like foreshadowing. The legal saga has only gotten messier since.
• Now: Hart says he and Katt have talked, the air is clearing, and they’re actively batting around ideas to work together.

What Katt was arguing, exactly

Williams’ main Hart point was pretty blunt: he said the industry propped Hart up early. He claimed that in 15 years around Hollywood, nobody could remember a truly sold-out Hart show with lines around the block or a thunderous club ovation, then pointed to Hart landing a sitcom and leading 'Soul Plane' right away in L.A. His conclusion: that’s what a plant looks like.

How Hart played it at the time

Instead of going silent, Hart posted the 'Lift' trailer and essentially told Katt to get the anger out of his system, calling the whole thing sad. The replies were not exactly a warm embrace — a chunk of commenters sided with Williams and told Hart they used to find him funnier. It turned into a mini referendum in the mentions.

So are we actually getting a Hart/Williams project?

Hart didn’t drop titles or timelines, but he made it sound like real conversations are happening — plural. The way he put it, the point is to stop the back-and-forth and give audiences what they’ve wanted for years: both of them sharing the same screen, on purpose, and not just trading quotes from separate podcasts.

If that actually lands, I’m in. After the year these two had, a sharp, no-egos collaboration would be the funniest plot twist yet.