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Kevin Hart is paying tribute to his precocious father, Henry Witherspoon.
The comedian, 43, announced the decease of his dada connected Instagram Oct. 12, sharing a bid of household photos featuring Witherspoon from implicit the years.
"RIP to 1 of the realest & rawest to ever bash it…Love you dad," helium captioned the post. "Gone but ne'er forgotten."
In his message, Hart told Witherspoon to springiness ma Nancy, who died successful 2007 aft a conflict with ovarian cancer, "a hug for me," noting "y'all did bully man." He past went connected to explicit his gratitude for his dad.
"Thank you for everything….I'm a amended begetter due to the fact that of you," the Jumanji histrion continued. "We volition each marque you proud…."
In a abstracted post, Hart shared a photograph of him and Witherspoon smiling, captioning it, "RIP spoon."
Hart did not stock Witherspoon's origin of death. However, successful his 2019 docuseries Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up, the Night School alum said his begetter had battled with and beaten lung cancer but still had COPD.
After proceeding quality of Witherspoon's death, respective of Hart's pals expressed their condolences successful the posts' comments sections. "Oh, sorry, Kev," Chelsea Handler commented. "He wouldn't person near you earlier helium knew you were good." Added Wanda Sykes, "Sorry Kev. Sending you and your household tons of love."
Hart has spoken often astir his dada successful his drama specials, memoir I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons and successful interviews. In a 2017 quality connected The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the Ride Along prima recalled however Witherspoon wasn't ever astir and the interaction this had connected his beingness and parenting decisions.
"My kids really deliberation I'm the coolest dada connected the planet….But I cognize wherefore I americium the mode that I am," helium said astatine the time. "See, my dada has a batch to bash with that. The mistakes that my dada made—the decisions to bash drugs, beryllium successful and retired of jail, successful and retired of our lives—I saw firsthand what not being contiguous did. And due to the fact that of that I present cognize what being contiguous means. I cognize what that tin do. I cognize the effect that it volition person connected your kid coming up."
However, Hart noted that his dada later became sober and that they were able to eventually reconcile and develop a choky bond. "Now, I was beardown capable to woody with it coming up 'cause I person a antithetic attitude. I'm a affirmative guy. I take to spell affirmative alternatively of antagonistic a lot. And due to the fact that of that, my narration with my dada is astonishing now," helium continued. "And my dada understands however I consciousness and however I look astatine things. And my dada is focusing connected being the champion grandparent that helium perchance can."
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