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Kanye West Sat Stone-Faced as Pete Davidson Took Shots at Him During Kevin Hart’s Netflix Roast
Pete Davidson targeted Kanye West during Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast, with Ye reportedly watching stone-faced from the audience.
Kanye West was in the room when Pete Davidson aimed a few of the night’s sharpest jokes in his direction during The Roast of Kevin Hart, which streamed live on Netflix on Sunday night, May 10, from The Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
The event, hosted by Shane Gillis, brought together a stacked guest list that included Dwayne Johnson, Regina Hall, Katt Williams and Chelsea Handler. Davidson, who was also on the bill, used his time to revisit one of the most public celebrity feuds of the last few years, this time with Kanye sitting close enough to hear every line.
Speaking to fellow comic Tony Hinchcliffe, Davidson said, “Tony, nothing you say tonight will hurt my feelings. I was in a beef with Kanye, so I’ve taken shots from better gay Nazis.” He also made a Charlie Kirk joke aimed at Hinchcliffe, extending the set into the sort of mean-spirited, internet-fed material that roast formats now seem designed to amplify.
TMZ later reported that Kanye was indeed in the audience at the Kia Forum, where he was described as “stone-faced” and “expressionless” while Davidson worked through the material about him. The one moment TMZ noted as a shift in his mood came when One Battle After Another star and former Ye collaborator Teyana Taylor hit the stage; then, he was reportedly more animated.
Davidson and Kardashian began dating after her split from Ye, and the rapper escalated his public hostility toward the comedian in 2022. That year, he depicted Davidson in claymation in the video for ‘Eazy’, showing Ye kidnapping him, burying him alive and then decapitating him. It was an ugly escalation, and one that pushed the feud far beyond tabloid chatter.
Several public figures defended Davidson after the video, including James Gunn and Kaley Cuoco. Davidson eventually hit back, saying, “I’m not gonna let you treat us like this anymore and I’m done being quiet.” He later shared a text exchange with Kanye that ended with Davidson replying to the question of where he was: “in bed with your wife.”
The Kevin Hart special was only the second live Netflix roast, following the 2024 Tom Brady event. As for future targets, it has recently emerged that Paul McCartney was one of the main names considered for the 2026 edition, while Will Smith was also reportedly in the mix.
Outside the roast, Kanye’s week was also marked by a legal setback. He lost a copyright infringement trial over the unauthorized use of a sample on an early version of ‘Hurricane’, with a jury finding him personally liable to pay more than £130,000.
Ye released his new album Bully in March and has also tried to mount a world tour, though dates in the UK, Switzerland, Poland and France have been cancelled in the wake of his past antisemitic remarks.
