The Hard Lesson Kevin Hart's Mother Taught Him | Oprah Prime | Oprah Winfrey Network

I told my mom - what I want to do my mom said you know what Kevin she said I'm not a dream kill her exact words I'm not a dream killer you're telling me this is what you want to do I'm gonna let you do it she said you got a year you have one year to prove to me this is what you want to do and that you can support yourself Wow this is a crazy story so like six months go by at a point where you know I'm not really making money but I'm loving it I'm never saying I'm coming I'm making great relationships with comedians comedy clubs I haven't paid my rent and like a month like mom you know the rent where's the rent ahead she's like are you reading your Bible I said mom corn I don't have time to talk about that right now mom I'm late like I need the rent money are you reading your Bible mom no when you read your Bible then we'll talk about rent another week two weeks go by mom they're gonna evict me if you don't give me this rent money mom I'm serious have you read your Bible yes okay well then let's talk about rent mom oh I don't want to talk about the Scriptures I need it I need the money a month go by I get eviction notice on my door they're about to kick me out I'm like mom I go to our house I got the eviction notice she said talk to me we read your Bible I can't talk to you right now I go home I said man let me open this Bible up open the Bible up six rent checks fall out she put all my rent checks oh my goodness she put all my rent checks from that six month throughout the rest of the year they were all there Oh open it up I felt like the biggest jerk ever i sat there that was the first time I tried to read from the Bible read about two chapters I said mom I'm sorry I said I just opened up the Bible that is a beautiful story that is a she said I asked you to read it because you need to stay faithful along your journey that's okay cuz I get it mom I will you

Channel: OWN

Views: 513,158

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Id: pSN8k8mRJKU

Length: 2min 7sec (127 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 24 2014