LOL! Comedian Kevin Hart adopts the perfect South African name

Comedian Kevin Hart hasn’t just left South Africa with a Springbok rugby jersey but with a new name too. Can you guess what it is?

Kevin Hart adopts a South African name. Images via Instagram @kevinhart

US comedian Kevin Hart spent the last few days having an absolute ball in South Africa as part of his Reality Check stand-up tour. He also had the Johannesburg premiere of his film Die Hart, on Thursday 16 February last week where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Siv Ngesi, Lasizwe Dambuza, comedians Celeste Ntuli, and Trevor Gumbi among other local stars.

Hart had such a great time here in South Africa embracing the African roots that he has even picked up a South African name. His many local fans absolutely love it for him and have even decided that his wife should adopt one too.

Kevin Hart gets a local name and SA loves it

World-renowned comedian and actor Kevin Hart spent the last few days basking in South African goodness. The Think Like A Man actor had his show in Cape Town on Wednesday last week and was left positively beaming.

Taking to Instagram after the show, he wrote, “Show 1 in CapeTown was INSSAAAAAANNNNEEE!!!!! So much energy & so much love!!!!![sic]”.

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His next stop was Pretoria for the second leg of his SA tour, where he performed at the SunBet Arena, Times Square, on Friday and Saturday night.

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The funny guy and his wife Eniko Hart also visited Monte Casino in Fourways where he had a premier of his movie Die Hart which will be in local cinemas from the 22 February.

While he is headed back for his home country soon, Hart did not leave empty-handed. He takes home with him a Springboks jersey gifted to him by Siya Kolisi and a new name — Mpho.

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The star has shared a number of posts calling himself Mpho and appears to be loving it.

Mzansi loves it

Those who see Kevin embracing his South African name have not stopped gushing over it. Many of them have shared hearty comments with the comedian who assured them he is coming back to SA soon.

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