Kevin Hart is reprising his role as the voice of Snowball the rabbit in The Secret Life of Pets 2 (Patton Oswalt has replaced Louis CK in the role of Max, fyi). In the first Pets, Snowball was the villain, but not a super bad villain, all he needed was love. It looks like in this new film, Snowball has become a superhero, or at least believes he is one, which is a clever way to give Snowball a redemption story and to bring the character back. Hart appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote the movie. Fallon has a skit he likes to do in which he and his guest take a quiz and depending on who answers, one of them gets a puppy or kitten to hold. They keep bringing out animals until one or both have a lapful of furry adorableness. So it seemed perfectly appropriate to use rabbits when Kevin and Jimmy took the quiz, right? Wrong. Because Hart is terrified of rabbits and thinks they are possessed.
About the 4:30 mark is where Kevin starts getting panicky about the rabbits he has thus far avoided.
What country invented the sport of Rabbit Jumping, also known as Kaninhop? Was it A) Iceland B) Sweden or C) New Zealand?
Hart: Don’t bring no rabbit out here that’s bigger than that, man. All I got to do is use common sense. Why would a rabbit be in Iceland? I don’t see that happening. You know, it’s cold, so let’s X that out. You know what, if I had to guess… it’s Sweden.(correct bell rings)
Here you go Jimmy, your rabbits are Steve Moody and Helen Weatherby
Hart: (jumps up yelling at the big rabbit) Oooh – that’s the devil! Look at that rabbit’s eyes! That’s the exorcist! Oh my God! That rabbit’s dead. That rabbit ain’t alive, Jimmy.
Fallon went on to get the final question correct, which landed two beautiful bunnies on Hart’s chair. At first, he won’t sit with them but the audience boos him so he sucks it up and sits next to one. When Fallon’s stagehand tries to hand Hart the second the bunny, it wriggles – like bunnies do – and Hart yells out again. He does finally settle with the bunny on his lap, although he looks like he can’t wait to get out of there. I’m sure Hart is playing his fear up for the camera, but I think his performance is based on a real distrust, at the very least. A lot of people have an animal that freaks them out. I can’t even look at scorpions, but that’s probably common. I also have a thing about frogs. And I won’t touch a small bird. If it’s a hawk/eagle size or larger, I’m fine but anything smaller, oh hell no.
As for his interview on Fallon, Hart talked about hurting his hip due to a fall at his friend’s wedding doing his signature dance move (which his wife told him not to do). Instead of coming to his rescue, all his friends pointed, laughed and took their phones out to get a shot. Then he said he was going to do the exact same dance move at his 40th birthday party coming up so we’ll see what he breaks this time. He also talked about voicing an animated character because he wants to pattern his career after his idol, Eddie Murphy. So I guess the real question is, how does Murphy feel about bunnies?
I mean, come on, is this the face of the devil?
Thanks to Just Jared for the story
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I can’t stand this little twerp. Rabbits are adorable.
In YOUR opinion. I personally don’t like rabbits and never have done, mainly because animals that hop creep me out.
Yikes, those pink eyes!
I just really cannot stand him. It’s like everything he does and says annoys me. And the whole Oscar thing, his refusing to apologize…he’s an egomaniac that isn’t funny. I don’t get why anybody likes him. Rant over.
I like him a lot…I like his comedy and his Real Husbands… show. I like that he doesn’t take himself too seriously and often makes himself the butt of the joke. I think he’s harmless but I can understand your opinion (shared by many) and as much as I like him, I don’t have a defense for the Oscar thing or other problematic behavior.
Yep I thought maybe rabbit is some slang term for gay men I haven’t heard of yet. Little twerp is the most perfect description for this pathetic guy
He jumped the shark with the cheating, homophobia, refusal to apologize, etc. I don’t see him the same anymore.
Me either, plus he’s just been everywhere the last few years, enough already.
Same.
Rabbits > Kevin Hart
I totally understand this fear, rabbits scare me too. My 3rd grade class had a pet rabbit we had to take turns bringing home on the weekend and it would bite the hell out of me! I loved it so much but it was not a happy rabbit, probably not a great idea to have it live in a classroom with 20 loud ass children. They are absolutely adorable but it’s one animal I have a hard time trusting, lol. My daughter asked for a rabbit for Christmas two years ago and I got her a guinea pig instead, who I love very much but of course he bites me:)
That just doesn’t sound like a good idea to me, sending a rabbit home to a different place every weekend. Poor rabbit!
Rabbits are creepy because their teeth never stop growing, they are like fingernails in that they just keep growing. That is crazy! But that is why it is important that they have stuff they can gnaw on to grind their teeth down.
Rabbits are cute, but they are a little creepy up close. I have a friend who has two as pets. I like looking at them from a ways back or petting them if SHE is holding them.
That’s sort of how I feel about mice. They’re cute, but the thought of even just one in my apartment gets me obsessing about germs and when they run, they’re creepy.
I wasn’t really into rabbits either until my sister got Bundles who I grew to absolutely adore. I was devastated when he died as he was my favourite pet. They are a bit creepy tbh but they also have cute distinct personalities. Bundles liked climbing and bananas and ear rubs (he smiled).
I think the red eyes are insanely creepy and scary, I hate bunnies with red eyes! But bunnies with any other color of eyes are super cute and fluffy and I wanna hold them!
Red eyes…shudder
To quote the great Anja,
“Bunnies aren’t just cute like everybody supposes
They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses
And what’s with all the carrots
What do they need such great eyesight for anyways?
Bunnies… bunnies… it must be BUNNIES!”
I’m scared of anything bigger than me too, so I know where you’re coming from Kevin Hart LMAO
I love rabbits but would never have one.
One of my workers owned 2 of those big rabbits and she brought them in to visit me.
I went out to accept a delivery and came back and one was up on the desk and the other was up on the bookcase.
I asked her if they got there on their own and she said they had. “They can jump.”
You know what else they do? They get nosebleeds when stressed and they will chew your wood furniture and my office was covered in hair. They shed worse than cats.
Most pet stores have stopped selling bunnies around Easter because dumb-ass people think they are a great gift and then turn them outside when they realize the truth. Pet store rabbits can’t survive outside.
Rabbits are better wildlife I think unless you are committed to the care of them and I really like those little, dwarf, down-ear rabbits that are the color of Siamese cats. 🙂
This might mess with my bad-ass rep, but I collected handmade bunnies from Bunnies by the Bay in WA state for years.
“Bunnies on the tables, bunnies on the chairs, bunnies, bunnies, bunnies, bunnies everywhere!”
Still have them but they sold out to China. 🙁
I’m no fan of Kevin Hart, but that was pretty mean. If you have anxiety and phobias about something, it’s not a laughing matter. He looked actually terrified.
That’s the cutest ‘devil’ I’ve ever seen lol