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Jason Segel Reveals What Kevin Hart Was Like as a Roommate When They Were Both BROKE · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Kevin Hart has a
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  Speaker 1: reputation of being one of the hardest working entertainers out there.
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  Speaker 1: Somebody that can vouch for his work ethic is a
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  Speaker 1: guy actually knew Kevin long before he was a household
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  Speaker 1: named Jason Siegel. Jason Kevin go way back their roommates
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  Speaker 1: sharing a one bedroom apartment after Jada Patau recommended it
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  Speaker 1: while they were working together on Undeclared. It made sense.
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  Speaker 1: Neither had any money at the time, and it helped
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  Speaker 1: them form a camaraderie that translated into the show, which
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  Speaker 1: only lasted a single season. But Kevin's drive is what
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  Speaker 1: Jason remembers. He was telling Jimmy Kimmel, I've never seen
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  Speaker 1: anyone work as hard as Kevin works. My other friends
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  Speaker 1: and I would be out doing stuff being young dudes,
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  Speaker 1: and he would stay at home and write and write
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  Speaker 1: and write, and we would think, quote, that's cute, and
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  Speaker 1: then you realize, oh, that's how you do it. That
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  Speaker 1: is how someone ends up being Kevin Hart. One of
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  Speaker 1: Jason's prize possessions is a check from that error. He
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  Speaker 1: never got around to cashing it from Kevin for seven
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  Speaker 1: dollars and forty eight cents with phone bill written on
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  Speaker 1: the memo line. Jason's new show, Winning Times, streaming now
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  Speaker 1: on HBO Max from Hollywood