Even though Kevin Hart’s ex-wife is no longer with him, she has kept his surname and makes no apologies for it.
Torrei Hart said she chose to maintain her ex-husband’s last name because of their children, Heaven, 16, and Hendrix, 13.
“He had no issues with me changing my last name, and my children also said to me, ‘Mom, we do not want you to change your last name,'” she said last week on “The Real.” “They wanted the same last name as me, and I said, ‘OK, guys. I will keep the same last name as you.'”
In 2003, the Harts married and divorced in 2011. Since then, he has remarried and has two children with his new wife, Eniko Hart.
According to Torrei Hart, having a common last name makes life easier for the children. “Because when you go to school sometimes and one parent has a different name, one parent has a different name, it’s like the kid gets called to the office and it’s like, ‘Oh, this is Johnson, but this is Hart.’ That weighs on the child,” she said on “The Real.”
“Another thing, it’s not about me. It’s not about Kevin. It’s about our children and what they want. And one thing that we do well is making sure that our kids are happy and we listen to what they want.”
When asked about her name again by TooFab last week, Hart defended her decision to preserve the comedian’s last name.
“‘Cause it’s mine, first of all,” she said. “Second of all, because Kevin ain’t never asked for it back or he doesn’t want to give it (back). He’s not trippin’. And, third of all, my kids don’t want me to change my name.” She continued, “So that’s something that people always ask me and I’m like, ‘That’s my name — get over it!’ They’re gonna always have something to say, but I’m gonna be a Hart until I decide not to be. And that’s just what it is.”
She was asked if the last name is expected to help her with her movie career since Kevin’s name carries some clout in Hollywood, she said “Honestly, I don’t think about it,” she said. “I don’t think so because you can have a name, but if you’re not doing the work what good is the name?” She said, “I do the work. I hustle every single day, so I could have the Hart name all day, but if I’m sitting on my ass and not working, do you think people are going to give me the opportunity. No, I get an opportunity because I go out there.”
