Comedian Kevin Hart stepped up his public support for embattled TV host Ellen DeGeneres by meeting up for a Los Angeles lunch date.
On Saturday, he was photographed enjoying a drink with DeGeneres on the patio at Santa Monica’s Rosewood Miramar Hotel.
The Finding Dory star found herself under attack in recent weeks after past and present staff members came forward with claims suggesting misconduct, racism, and sexual harassment were rampant behind the scenes of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Hart, 41, was among the talk show host’s few celebrity friends to speak out in her defense earlier this month.
Hart had previously called for a stop to the hate directed at DeGeneres amid the TV scandal, branding her “one of the dopest people on the f**king planet”, insisting she doesn’t deserve all the “negativity”.
The comedian took a lot of flack for defending DeGeneres, who invited the funnyman on her show after he was nearly canceled for past homophobic comments.
Ellen had previously stood by Hart after he stepped down as host of the 2019 Oscars following controversy linked to old tweets featuring derogatory homophobic words he had once posted.
