You don’t realize the impact that your mistakes could truly have.” He went on to say that it’s a “different emotion” when kids are involved.
“But when your child shows disappointment, shows emotion, shows ‘I don’t understand why?’ and you got to have those conversations, well now head drops for the first time.” He said that his kids pulled “a different emotional cord” on him, in particular, his daughter after Hart’s admission of cheating on his wife Eniko Parrish.
“Getting my daughter back, getting my daughter to understand that I was sorry, that I made a mistake… My daughter was tough on me.
In addition to the cheating scandal, Hart received backlash after old tweets surfaced in which Hart expressed anti-gay sentiments and used homophobic terminology and slurs.
“When the whole thing started to happen with the LGBTQ+ community and the misconception of me, what I was and what I am and what I feel, my daughter was so upset because she couldn’t process how people could think this about her father,” Hart said.
He continued to admit that his daughter also “checked” him and had a conversation with him about being mindful of the things he says in public.
As he moves forward, Hart acknowledged that at 41-years-old, he’s “getting older” and “more mature” and has learned the importance of listening: “I was a late bloomer to the listening side of it.
Throughout their conversation, Smith and Hart also discussed the values of fatherhood, their own upbringings with their fathers, fathering styles and navigating their daughters’ dating.