Currently, Kevin Hart is on a pretty special standup tour with Chris Rock. The two comedians have been co-headlining and selling out arenas left and right.
And while the 43-year-old comedian loves his job, he can’t help but miss his family while he’s away. But thanks to technology, he’s never too far. Hart chatted with PEOPLE this past week to talk about his partnership with The Children’s Place.
During the sit-down, Hart talked about how much his 22-month-old daughter Kaori Mai makes him laugh on FaceTime.
My daughter Ori makes me laugh daily. She’s talking a little bit now, but her new thing on FaceTime is she doesn’t know how to hold the phone out so you can see… so she just walks with it. It’s all over the place. It genuinely makes me laugh — her inability to just look at the phone — but she’ll run with it, she’ll want to show you stuff, but she doesn’t know that she’s not showing you.
Hart also shares a 4-year-old son named Kenzo with his wife, Eniko Hart. Additionally, he has a 17-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son with his ex-wife, Torrei Hart.
The comedian, who is worth over $200 million, says being hands-on with his kids is most important.
I think what’s most important is me being hands-on with my kids. My kids are sponges, they see what I do. My kids are extremely lucky to have a parent that’s hands-on, that’s there, and that they get daily doses of. Some other kids don’t have the same, It’s about being there, being present.
While talking to kids at the newly renovated learning area at the Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center in East Harlem, Hart explained how he hopes the back-to-school initiative inspires children who may not have that supportive parent in their life.
It can’t just be about the schooling system. I think there needs to be added components around. So what [The Children’s Place is] doing is just adding another tier, another branch, to the tree of possibility and expanding a child’s mind. Providing books, providing tools that are very necessary.
