Kevin Hart "wasn't shocked" by Tony Hinchcliffe's controversial George Floyd joke.

The 46-year-old star has reflected on Netflix's recent Roast of Kevin Hart, and addressed the fierce backlash over the outspoken comedian's jab referencing Floyd, who was murdered by police in 2020.

Speaking to Hart, Hinchliffe said: "The Black community is so proud of you. Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can't breath."

Responding to the joke on The Breakfast Club podcast, Hart acknowledged: "Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn't a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that's watching the roast, if you're watching the roast, you get why they're doing it.

"You get why the racial humour is on the table. I wasn't shocked. That's what they do. Go look at [The Roast of] Tom Brady, like, that's what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast. It's not new."

Floyd's brother Terrence Floyd has been openly critical of Hart for not stepping in after the joke, and he previously told the same podcast that he should have pushed back more.

Hart was asked whether or not he thought the Killing Tony star's Floyd joke was "too far".

However, he replied: "It's Tony Hinchcliffe. I don't expect less. I don't expect more."

And while the actor admitted the material wasn't something he'd have gone for, he wasn't "crazy" about the jokes.

He added: "Tony Hinchcliffe arguably had the best set or one of the best sets. Pete [Davidson] had a great set, too. Pete had a Charlie Kirk joke in it.

"Like, would I tell those jokes? No. But do I get why they're being told? Yes. I'm not looking at Pete crazy. I'm not looking at Tony.

"That's what I know what you're going to do. I know your style of comedy."

Meanwhile, Hart called on fans to "remove" him from the conversation around the offensive material.

He said: "Whatever the dialogue is, my rebuttal is simplicity. Remove me from it. I didn't say it.

"If you are upset that the night went on, that's a different conversation. It's nothing I could do. It's a production... Stop talking as if I said it."

Saturday Night Live star Michael Che didn't appear at the live Netflix event, but he noted a difference in style between the subject matter for white and black people.

Taking to Instagram after the broadcast, he wrote: "White guys and Black people joke different.

"Black guy roast like, 'look at this n**** shoes!'

"White roasts are like, 'Slavery, math, slain teens, sex crimes, slurs, family secrets.' White guys don't give a f*** about they shoes."

In a later post, he highlighted the number of white writers involved with Sunday's (11.05.26) roast.

He quipped: "Lets do a roast celebrating the career of the most successful black comic in the last 10 year.

"I love that! who should we get to write it?"

The next slide of his post was a photo of some of the white writers involved, including Nick Mullen, J.P. McDade, Mike Lawrence, Dan St. Germain, and Zac Amico.

The telecast did feature 17 credited writers, several of whom are black.

While Che didn't name any comics, there were a number of edgy jokes made during the roast, including Hinchliffe's material, and Shane Gillis referencing slavery and lynching in quips about Hart's height.