Comedy Central announced that comedian and actor
Kevin Hart has been named Roast Master for the "Comedy Central Roast of
Justin Bieber." The event (#BieberRoast) will tape at Sony Studios on March 14 and premiere tonight, March 30 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
"I don't normally do roasts but I had to step out for my guy Biebs... It's his big 21. It's about to be operation roast everyone's ass," said Hart
"They say only a good friend would verbally eviscerate another good friend for all his vulnerabilities.
Kevin Hart is a very good friend," said Kent Alterman, President,
Content Development and Original Programming, Comedy Central.
The "Comedy Central Roast Of
Justin Bieber" will be executive produced by Joel Gallen from Tenth Planet Productions, who also served as Executive Producer and Director of the
Comedy Central Roasts of
James Franco,
Charlie Sheen, and
Donald Trump, as well as the Emmy(R)-nominated "Comedy Central Roast of
William Shatner." Jonas Larsen is the Executive in Charge for the network.
Available on-air, online and on-the-go via the
Comedy Central App,
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