Kevin Hart to Host Justin Bieber Roast on Comedy Central
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The 'Wedding Ringer' actor is tapped as the roast master at the upcoming Comedy Central special where Justin Bieber will be the butt of the jokes for his 21st birthday.

AceShowbiz - Kevin Hart is set to host "Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber". "I don't normally do roasts, but I had to step out for my guy Biebs," the funnyman said in a statement obtained by E! News. "It's his big 21. It's about to be operation roast everyone's a**."

"This is gonna be good. #neverscared #kindascared lol @KevinHart4real @ComedyCentral #BieberRoast," Bieber gushed on Twitter, to which Hart replied, "Oh don't you worry @justinbieber it will be brought [laughing emoticons] ..... #BieberRoast ....Good luck my friend." Bieber quickly wrote back to the comedian, "Haha. Yes!!! Only person that made sense. Ok Kev...bring it! Lol #BieberRoast."

"They say only a good friend would verbally eviscerate another good friend for all his vulnerabilities. Kevin Hart is a very good friend," said Comedy Central's Kent Alterman. Hart and Bieber indeed have been friends for a while now. "Chilling with the boys @kevinhart4real and J[ay-Z]," Bieber wrote on Instagram in 2013.

The special show will be taped on March 14 and air on March 30 at 10 P.M. "For years I have wanted Comedy Central to roast me. They said only if I provided them w/ more material so for a year now I have worked hard," Bieber explained. "Finally after all that hard work for my 21st bday it's happening."

He joins the rank of celebrities who got a Comedy Central roast in the past like Joan Rivers, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump, David Hasselhoff, and Bob Saget. The last star getting ridiculed on Comedy Central was James Franco in 2013 with the help of Seth Rogen. It attracted 3.1 million viewers back then.

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