{"id":1930488,"date":"2026-05-11T20:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1930488"},"modified":"2026-05-11T20:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:28:14","slug":"sheryl-underwood-defends-the-rock-after-he-drops-r-word-at-kevin-hart-roast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1930488","title":{"rendered":"Sheryl Underwood Defends The Rock After He Drops R-Word At Kevin Hart Roast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2e\/16by9\/2026\/05\/11\/2e0493fe37a440bab12bfaf3afbd4d97_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Sheryl Underwood Defends The Rock After He Drops R-Word At Kevin Hart Roast<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Sheryl Underwood<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Being P.C. 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joke from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dwayne-johnson\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dwayne Johnson<\/strong><\/a>during Netflix\u2019s &#8220;The Roast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kevin-hart\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Kevin Hart<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; worked because roast comedy plays by a different set of rules &#8230; and she says audiences understood the context.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2240a820d020cc3a41503d0c225efa70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Underwood stopped by &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; on Monday and told us she thought The Rock\u2019s appearance ultimately brought the room together &#8230; especially after years of discourse surrounding his identity and public image.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ca6c198963de13a9c06d33c2bc698f63\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-c120986d-9d83-4755-9741-973b96d13e0a-2062082019-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b1\/16by9\/2026\/05\/11\/b12df6f7722348e487c9871df1a5b350_md.png\" alt=\"051126 the rock kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-c120986d-9d83-4755-9741-973b96d13e0a-2062082019-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">ROCKY JOKE<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/the-rock-jokes-about-draymon-greens-name-05-11-2026\/\">Video: Dwayne Johnson Uses R-Word During Kevin Hart Roast<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-682e61ab76b397f40c38bd6dda6b4215\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Watch the video &#8230; she tells us true roast comedy is not for the mainstream &#8212; acknowledging that some viewers may bristle at moments, but roasts have always been built around pushing boundaries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a507bb69ffdda2a0badfac4433b7ee27\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>&#8220;What I thought was good about what The Rock did, everybody was questioning his Blackness and he really made the connection,&#8221; Underwood said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cf843d3837ceb288e153d8623e63e5e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The longtime comic pointed out that being politically correct doesn&#8217;t always land the same way in comedy. 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