Back in September, Kevin Hart was in a horrific car crash that left his back broken in three different locations. Doctors said he was close to never being able to walk again. However, after a successful surgery, he is able to do more than walk. He opened up to Men’s Health and revealed not only his huge scar but how he is a changed man.
Hart described his new perspective on life as, “It’s a resurrection. That’s the best way for me to put it. I feel like the other version of myself died in that moment and this new version was born to understand and to do better. Sometimes you’re not going to get it when you’re supposed to get it. But when it comes and that light bulb goes off, holy f*ck.”
It was a slow process, and at first, he could not move in his bed, wipe his ass, or put on socks. Now, he can do all of that. However, he did not do it alone. That also changed how he feels about the people around him. He says, “It all boiled down to four walls. And in the space of those four walls was my wife and my brother, my kids and my friends, all on rotation. And I got a chance to think about what matters, and it’s not fame. It’s not money. It’s not jewelry, cars, or watches. What matters are relationships. You know, the people that were helping me get up and out of the bed.”
He is spending more time with those people. He gets home early to be with kids after school and eat meals with them. Instead of working on movies, he is watching them with the loves of his life twice a week.
Talking about movies, he also talked about the Oscars scandal. The actor spokle with Ellen DeGeneres, Wanda Sykes, and Lee Daniels about his first apology, and they explained to him what he did wrong. That is when he admitted to himself that he really “f*cked up.”
He is not the man he was a year ago, and that is not a bad thing. It was just a bad thing that got him there.
