Common social media influencer Leenda Dong walked right into a wave of admiration when she met comic Kevin Hart for the primary time.
The 2 had a humorous change in the course of the “Go VIP with Kevin Hart” Airbnb occasion on the Coramino Dwell Lounge in Los Angeles on Sept. 26, 2024.
Dong, recognized for her hilarious social media skits about all the things from millennial courting woes to household life, met the “Jumanji” star, who claimed he and his spouse, Eniko, had been such huge followers of her.
Kevin Hart seemingly gushing over feminine influencer at Airbnb occasion with spouse, Eniko Hart. (Picture: @enikohart/Instagram)
“Once you meet @kevinhart4real one in every of my fav comedians that I appeared as much as for comedy. Was so completely satisfied to listen to that him and his spouse @enikohart enjoys my loopy ass movies and gave me encouraging phrases,” she captioned a video of their interplay on Instagram.
Within the clip, Dong enters Hart’s non-public lounge and is immediately greeted by him with “Oh my God!” earlier than directing somebody to seek out his spouse so she will meet the social media star too.
The “Elevate” actor then goes on to inform Dong how a lot they “love” her and her “creativity.” Clearly shocked, she replies, letting Hart know he’s one in every of “her favourite comedians.”
“Oh, cease, you’re going to make me cry,” he responds earlier than his spouse enters the video and acknowledges the budding star.
As Eniko and Dong converse, Hart appears into the digital camera and earnestly states, “I’m the fan. You see that.” The video ended with a photograph of the second Dong received to take a flick together with her favourite comic.
The vast majority of the feedback on the publish congratulated and inspired the influencer.
Over 23,000 folks agreed with the commenter who mentioned, “Kevin Hart was so star struck.” A number of different followers acknowledged that remarks like, “Awww! He fanned out over you. Such a candy second. Comfortable for you!!!”
Many had been very supportive of Dong’s assembly her favourite comic, together with one who urged, “Do I scent co-Star?!!! I believe I do! Put these two in a film collectively!!!”
Eniko capped off the healthful second within the feedback, telling the influencer, “It was so good to satisfy you.” Regardless of the healthful comment, some followers jumped on the alternative to warn Dong.
“The actual fact Kevin mentioned go get his spouse @enikohart to satisfy you says loads,” mentioned one particular person, whereas one other observer observed, “His spouse irritated me with no matter she mentioned.”
However different commenters started making allusions to Hart’s associations with Sean “Diddy” Combs.
“Woman, avoid him. He’s on the diddy listing,” one quip learn.
One follower blatantly requested, “Did his palms scent like child oil?”
Whereas Hart has not been confirmed to be related to any current claims or fees towards the Dangerous Boy Information founder, Hart appears to be doing all the things to remain on his greatest habits, together with preserving his spouse Eniko shut by.
Final yr, extra particulars got here out about Hart’s 2017 dishonest scandal that included a reckless evening of playing and drug use in Las Vegas.
Final yr RadarOnline obtained a recording of a Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace investigator interviewing the now-45-year-old about particulars of that evening.
He claimed that he and an unnamed (married) billionaire pal had chartered a personal jet to Vegas with three girls. Because the wild evening continued, Hart acknowledged that he would finally be “pressured” into taking a drug.
“My safety guards that had been with me informed me, ‘Kevin, you’re f—d up, nevertheless it didn’t seem to be you had been f—d as much as the purpose we had been nervous’,” Radar reported the comic admitted within the interview.
Hart would finally confess to having sexual activity with mannequin Montia Sabbag and that he was being extorted with a recording of their acts used as blackmail.
The evening’s occasions prompted Hart to fall out along with his former shut buddy, Jonathan JT Jackson, who was accused of being concerned within the extortion plot. Police arrested Jackson in 2021 on prison fees; one rely of extortion, one rely of extortion by threatening letter prison case, two counts of identification theft, and one rely of tried promoting of stolen property. All the costs towards Jackson finally had been dropped.
Final yr, Jackson sued the “Suppose Like a Man” star in June 2024, claiming Hart didn’t uphold his finish of an settlement to declare Jackson’s innocence and clear his identify of any wrongdoing within the public eye. As an alternative, Hart acknowledged info, noting that Jackson’s fees had been dismissed.
Months later in October, Los Angeles County Superior Court docket Decide Daniel S. Murphy dominated that Jackson forfeited his proper to sue Hart resulting from a clause to their preliminary settlement that agreed to personal arbitration.
Nevertheless, the “Jumanji” star was extra involved about preserving the connection along with his spouse Eniko, who was pregnant with their first little one on the time of his infidelity. Hart has since vowed by no means to return to Sin Metropolis with out his spouse in tow, and appears he to be preserving good on that promise.
