Prolific Emmy-winning comic Wanda Sykes, known for her tell-it-like-it-is style, recently revealed she ruffled some feathers in the scene — having turned down an appearance on Netflix‘s The Roast of Kevin Hart and getting unprompted feedback after a joke she told about Bill Maher at the 2026 Golden Globes.
During a recent appearance on Vulture‘s Good One podcast, tied to the release of her seventh standup special, Legacy, also on Netflix, Sykes noted Hart asked her to attend early on but she declined.
“Kevin called me before it was announced, and I said, ‘No!’ And he said, ‘Come on,
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