Kevin Hart, with a sad heart, announced that his father, Henry Witherspoon, died in a touching tribute thanking him for everything he’s done.
“RIP to one of the realest & rawest to ever do it…Love you dad,” the comedian wrote in the caption of a series of Instagram photos of himself with his late dad on Wednesday. “Gone but never forgotten.”
Hart, who lost his mother, Nancy Hart, to ovarian cancer in 2007, added, “Give mom a hug for me….y’all did good man.”
Hart went on to share how grateful he was for everything Witherspoon taught him. Hart claimed he could be a better father to his own children because of the example his father set for him.
“Thank you for everything….I’m a better father because of you 😢💪🏾🙏🏾 We will all make you proud,” he wrote.
Hart also shared another post in which he was seen smiling beside his father, who appeared to have breathing tubes in his nose.
“RIP spoon …..😢🙏🏾,” he captioned the post on Wednesday.
Many of Hart’s friends shared their condolences by commenting on the post.
“Blessings bro. Love to you and the fam,” Hasan Minhaj commented on the heartbreaking post.
“Sorry Kev. Sending you and your family lots of love.❤️🙏🏾,” Wanda Sykes wrote.
“Oh, sorry, Kev. He wouldn’t have left you before he knew you were good. ❤️,” Chelsea Handler added.
“So sorry Kev. Love you. Keep making them proud brother,” Marlon Wayans commented.
Hart and his father had a strained relationship for years but ended up burying the hatchet.
“My kids actually think I’m the coolest dad on the planet … I know why I am the way that I am, my dad has a lot to do with that, the mistakes that my dad made, you know, the decisions to do drugs, being in and out of jail, in and out of our lives,” he shared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in 2017.
Hart continued, “I saw firsthand what not being present did and because of that, I now know what being present means. I know what that can do, I know what effect it can have on your child coming up.”
“I choose to go positive instead of negative a lot and because of that, my relationship with my dad is amazing now!” he shared. “And my dad understands how I feel and how I look at things, and now my dad is focusing on being the best grandparent that he possibly can.”
Hart is a father of four children. He shares Heaven, 17, and Hendrix, 14, with ex-wife Torrei Hart and Kenzo, 4, and Kaori, 2, with his second wife, Eniko Parrish, whom he wed in 2016.
