Personal Life
In 2003, Kevin married Torrie Hart and they had two children, Heaven Leigh and Hendrix. In February 2010, the couple filed for divorce over "irreconcilable differences". Hart requested joint custody and looked to prevent Torrie from receiving money in the divorce, due to the fact that she is a comedian herself with a sufficient income to support herself. The pair's relationship troubles have made their way into both of their stand-up acts. Even though rude remarks were made about one another over the course of the divorce, Kevin says there are no hard feelings, "We just didn't work out, but we're friends."
Kevin's relationship with his father as a child was almost non-existent, due to the fact that his father was in and out of prison most of Kevin's life. His father, Henry, was a cocaine addict, and Kevin has shared this reality with his audiences many times over. Now, as an adult, Kevin's relationship with his father is much better. His father has successfully recovered from his addiction and has taken steps to get his own life on track. Kevin has joked about there being positives and negatives to his father's addiction and resulting behavior, one positive being that "There is no such thing as a bad idea to a coke-head," but a negative being "When your dad shows up to a spelling bee stoned and roots for it like a sporting competition."
His father being largely absent, Kevin was raised by his mother, Nancy. He talks about his mother in his stand-up, portraying her as a loving, intimidating woman. In 2006, she passed away from cancer. Showing that humor runs in the family, at her funeral, Kevin's uncle came up to him and said "Kevin, I just want to let you know whoever did this is going to die tonight." Kevin's response was "Cancer did it. It was Cancer." To this, his uncle's reply was, "Well, you tell Cancer I'm looking for him, and when I find him, I'm going to shoot him in the face.... twice."
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