Kevin Hart has now added another honour to his resume by giving us the ‘worst performance’ in the history of The Masked Singer US.
Season 11 of the legendary competition began on Wednesday night, with another round of famous faces singing songs while donning complex costumes.
Nick Cannon hosted the premiere, with Rita Ora joining the judging panel from the UK edition, with Ken Jeong, Robin Thicke, and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg.
Earlier in the evening, Goldfish, Starfish, Ugly Sweater, and Lovebird received enthusiastic applause as they made their debuts on The Masked Singer stage.
However, things took a very crazy turn when Book grabbed the stage as the final contender, screaming out a very unusual version of Ne-Yo’s So Sick – who, interestingly, won season 10 as Cow.
Unfortunately, Book was not going to follow in his winning footsteps, as the panel burst into tears of amusement at his off-key performance.
‘One of the most charming performances I’ve ever seen. Nobody is more fun than the book…,’ Robin critiqued through laughter. ‘My face is hurting.
‘There’s only a few people that as soon as they walk in the room, I start smiling and laughing like this and that’s Kevin Hart.’
As Nick attempted to influence the conversation, the Hollywood star took matters into his own hands, removing his disguise rather than waiting for everyone else to guess and vote.
The unveiling drew screams from the audience and panel, while the presenter was left furious over being upstaged by his Celebrity Prank Wars co-star, fuming: ‘Kevin, you’re breaking the rules! What are you doing?!’
‘I got you, Nick! It’s a prank, you had no idea I was coming here,’ the actor cheered, delighted at having got one over on his pal. ‘Guess what? There’s nothing you can do about it.’
‘That’s so stupid! That was the worst performance ever on the history of the show,’ Nick yelled, as Kevin insisted: ‘On purpose, Nick! I performed bad on purpose!’
Having absolutely none of it, the host yelled that the artist formerly known as Book ‘embarrassed himself’ by ‘ruining the show’, and ‘looked very stupid’.
‘I don’t look stupid. I look put together, Nick,’ Kevin spat. ‘There’s nothing stupid about me. You know who looks stupid, Nick? You, in that stupid jacket.
‘That’s not my problem — that’s your problem. This is me up on you now!’
The show, which must be the most chaotic episode of The Masked Singer ever, ended with Kevin claiming he had outperformed his friend before trying a second performance of So Sick.
‘I’m pumped up. I’ve done a whole lot,’ he added of his efforts as Book. ‘But what I’m doing right now, this might be my most novel experience yet. I’ve been looking forward to this. It’s all I’ve been thinking about
‘The fact that I got to come out here and express myself, I’m just excited.’
Next week’s acts have a lot to live up to…
The Masked Singer airs on Wednesdays at 8pm ET on Fox.
Source My Celebrity Life.