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Kevin Hart is confident in his swimming ability, and he’s coming for the greatest swimmer ever to prove it. In a recent post on his Instagram handle, the 43-year-old actor and comedian playfully showed off his butterfly stroke and challenged 23-time gold medallist Michael Phelps for a race. Hart, who seemingly looked confident to win with a lap and a half advantage, challenged Phelps. The swimmer responded in the comments accepting the challenge, saying “Let’s go Kev!”.
In typical Hart fashion, the Instagram video shows off the actor-comedian’s expressive sense of humor. It begins with Hart in a pool referencing an earlier interaction with Phelps where the legendary swimmer speculated that Hart was swimming butterfly-stroke using fins. This time, however, the entertainer is determined to show off ‘real butterfly’, and does so as he swims the length of his pool.
“And if you give me a lap and a half head start I’ll whoop your a**. Here’s proof. Proof! Butterfly! Hard body. Let's go,” Hart exclaimed before beginning his swim.
After completing the swim, the actor gave a second thought on the conditions of the race, changing the offer from a one and a half lap head start to a two lap headstart. “No, two full laps in a three-lap race,” he says.
Many celebrities chimed in on the situation. Actor Michael B Jordan replied in the comments of the Instagram post, stating, “Impressed..really..thought that was gonna go differently 😌 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾”, while Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle co-star Jack Black said it was “Laugh and a Half”.
The most important reply, however, was Michael Phelps accepting the actor-comedian’s challenge. The two have collaborated before on ‘Peacock’s Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg’, during which the American swimming legend analyzed Kevin Hart’s butterfly-stroke and speculated that the actor-comedian was using fins. Hart replied saying, “What are you talking about? I’m in the ocean man, don’t worry about what I’m doing, just look at the stroke. It’s not about what was on my feet.”
