Kevin Hart & Katt Williams Beef: A Timeline of Their Feud

A comedian always has jokes, but sometimes, humor can go too far — even leading to a years-long battle.In a rare act of brotherhood, Kevin Hart and Katt Williams finally decided to end their beef during Netflix’s May 2026 The Roast of Kevin Hart.
“Me and this man have been at odds for years [and] years,” Kevin acknowledged.“Katt, we have an opportunity in real time to put our f**kin’ beef behind us.
I am offering you an olive branch of peace.I want to be a brother, I want to be your friend.
Katt, I wanna move on? Can we move on, man? Can we move on?” Both comedians then shook hands and ended their feud with a hug.Hollywood Life has the full timeline of Kevin and Katt’s years-long feud here.
2014 Kevin and Katt’s tension first became public in 2014 when Katt started making passive-aggressive comments and jokes about comedians joining the Hollywood machine.This was around the time when Kevin’s film career began to gain traction, starring in movies such as Ride Along, About Last Night, Think Like a Man Too, and Top Five.
Later that year, Katt alleged that he “helped make” Kevin into the comedian he is.2016 Katt later referred to Kevin as a “Hollywood puppet” during his 2016 Conspiracy Theory comedy tour in Atlanta, Georgia.
Kevin did not respond to Katt directly, but he shared an Instagram post that year about unity in the comedy world, which fans took as a slight jab at Katt.“Me & Dave Chappelle with our brother @chrisrock tonight at the Oscars,” Kevin captioned his post.
“True professionals understand the importance of sticking together & supporting one another….at the end of the day we are comedians & there aren’t many that make it to level that we have made it.But so many doors are opened from the success of one comedian & when you see those doors open you then have the opportunity to walk thru them….it’s about helping one another not trying to tear each other down!!!! The in...