Katt Williams tapped Kevin Hart's ex for his tour. Torrei Hart was once credited with 'molding' the comedian during their marriage.
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- Katt Williams has hired Kevin Hart's ex-wife, Torrei Hart, for his tour.
- Torrei Hart was once credited with "molding" her ex-husband's comedy.
- Williams' hiring of Torrei Hart is the latest advancement in his yearslong feud with Kevin Hart.
Torrei Hart recently announced that she's going on tour with Katt Williams, and the ex-wife of comedian Kevin Hart has long been confident in her comedic abilities.
According to documents filed as part of Torrei and Kevin Hart's divorce proceedings in 2011 and viewed by Business Insider, Torrei Hart was once involved in the development of a reality TV show dubbed "Comedy Wives." The show would follow her, Lisa Wayans, Mandie Taketa, and Blake Sunshine as they navigated their personal and professional lives in Hollywood.
As treatments for the show included in the court documents explain, each of these women was "connected to one of the biggest figures in the comedy world today" at the time — Lisa Wayans (née Thorner) was married to comedian Damon Wayans for nearly 20 years, Taketa was briefly married to Wayne Brady, and at the time of the pitch, Sunshine was in a relationship with Donnell Rawlings.
Not only was Torrei Hart married to Kevin Hart, but in blurbs for "Comedy Wives," she's described as being responsible for Kevin Hart's successful career.
"Torrei was married to Kevin Hart for eight years, molding his career and turning him into the star he is today," her bio reads, according to the court documents.
Torrei and Kevin Hart divorced in 2011 after getting married in 2003.
And as Business Insider's Lauren Edmonds and Ayomikun Adekaiyero reported, Torrei announced on Instagram Monday that she would be joining Katt Williams' "Dark Matter Tour" for select dates in January and February.
The news came less than a week after Williams mocked and criticized Kevin Hart on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast, reigniting the pair's yearslong feud.
In the podcast episode, Williams suggested Kevin Hart was an industry plant who didn't earn his way to the top.
"In fifteen years in Hollywood, no one in Hollywood has a memory of going to a sold-out Kevin Hart show, there being a line for him, [him] ever getting a standing ovation at any comedy club," Williams added.
Kevin Hart responded to Williams' blows the next day on X, formerly known as Twitter, writing, "Gotta get that anger up outcha champ…. It's honestly sad."
The two have exchanged heated jabs at each other over the years, dating back at least to 2014. And in 2016, Williams even apologized to Kevin Hart on the radio.
Kevin Hart seems unbothered by Torrei Hart's decision to join Williams' tour.
When TMZ asked Kevin Hart what he thinks about his ex-wife joining Williams' tour, he said, "I want everybody to win. I hope the tour is great!"