Netflix Renews Kevin Hart’s Funny AF Amid Tony Hinchcliffe Controversy

June 17, 2026

Kevin Hart’s Netflix show gets renewed for season two despite massive backlash over a George Floyd joke during his roast special.

Kevin Hart just locked down a second season of his Netflix competition series despite the ongoing firestorm surrounding Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial George Floyd joke during his roast special.

Netflix greenlit the renewal for “Funny AF with Kevin Hart,” which premiered in April and immediately became a cultural flashpoint when Hinchcliffe delivered material that left audiences divided and sparked immediate backlash from viewers and George Floyd’s family.

Hart’s response to the controversy has been unapologetic.

During an appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” he defended the roast format and Hinchcliffe’s set, arguing that edgy racial humor is part of the territory when comedians step up to roast each other.

“The George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture,” Hart acknowledged, “but our audience that’s watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it, you get why the racial humor is on the table.”

He went further, calling Hinchcliffe’s performance one of the best sets of the night, and when pressed about whether he should’ve intervened, Hart pushed back hard.

“What do you want me to do? Drag him off?” he asked. “That’s not what I agreed to do. That’s not the job at hand. The job at hand was to produce a successful roast, which I did.”

The renewal comes as according to Deadline, the first season stayed in Netflix’s Top 10 for over three weeks and Hart’s overall catalog has generated more than 1 billion views across the platform in just two years

The show itself pulled 13.5 million views in its first week alone, proving that controversy hasn’t killed the appetite for Hart’s brand of comedy.

Netflix also rewarded Hinchcliffe with his own deal, greenlighting multiple “Kill Tony” specials plus a solo stand-up special, essentially doubling down on the comedian despite the backlash.

George Floyd’s brother Terrence had publicly stated he expected Hart to step in and shut down Hinchcliffe’s material, but Hart made clear that wasn’t his role.

The second season is expected to premiere in 2027 and will maintain the same format with live episodes and real-time voting where viewers decide the winner.

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