Key Takeaways
- Katt Williams revisited his beefs with Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer on Ice Cube and Mike Epps' Listen & Laugh podcast, saying he would either avoid Cedric or confront him.
- Williams said: "If I see Steve Harvey I’m going straight for his knees," after citing Harvey’s recent claim that he was "with the smoke."
- The remarks follow Williams' viral 2024 Club Shay Shay interview, where he accused Harvey of copying Mark Curry's sitcom and questioned his ability to become a movie star.
Katt Williams has revisited some of his beefs with a few comedians he's spoken about in the past including Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer.
On Friday (November 13), Williams appeared on the second episode of Ice Cube and Mike Epps' new podcast, Listen & Laugh, where he was asked whether he would be cordial with any of the comedians he talked about during his viral Club Shay Shay interview in 2024.
"I know a n***a like Cedric, he's one of them n***as that he gon' laugh at everything you said," Epps said to Williams before asking what would happen if the comedian said "what's up" to him.
"I'm not gonna say nothing funny to Cedric," Williams said, before giving the reason why. "I got 19 assault and batteries. I'm either gon' go the opposite direction of Cedric when I see him, or I'ma be up on him before he know it."
Mike Epps, who himself had been involved in a back-and-forth with Williams in the past, then switched gears, asking if he would be nice to Steve Harvey if they ran into each other.
"Steve recently did an interview where he said he's with the smoke," Williams said. "So, if I see Steve Harvey I'm going straight for his knees."
In his interview with Shannon Sharpe, Katt Williams made it clear as to why he doesn't like Harvey, claiming that the Original King of Comedy plagiarized Mark Curry's role as Mark Cooper in Hangin' with Mr. Cooper on his series, The Steve Harvey Show.
"The same Steve that went to go watch Mark Curry do his whole sitcom and then stole everything Mark Curry had," he told Sharpe. "Now Steve got a sitcom where he the principal, and he wear a suit. And then he gets this high-top fade, making all Black men think he got the best lineup in the business. And it's a man unit."
He also asserted that he believes Harvey would never make it as a movie star, which is why he sticks to hosting Family Feud and sitcoms.
"Then you ask him, 'Why you not a movie star?' 'I didn't want to be a movie star,'" Williams said, mimicking Harvey. "This the same negro that hated on Bernie [Mac] with this same thing. ... There are 30,000 new scripts in Hollywood every year. Not one of them asked for a country bumpkin Black dude that can't talk good [...] and look like Mr. Potato Head. There ain't none. You have to have range."
Katt Williams released his debut memoir, Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines, last month. It’s available through Gallery/13A — get it here.
The new episode of Ice Cube and Mike Epps' Listen & Laugh podcast featuring Katt Williams is out now — watch it here. New episodes air every Friday at 6 P.M. ET / 3 P.M. PT.
