Overview
- At Netflix’s live Roast of Kevin Hart at the Kia Forum, which aired Sunday, Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe made jokes about Sheryl Underwood’s husband’s suicide.
- Underwood later answered from the dais with a pointed roast of her own.
- Viewer reactions on X labeled the material harsh and in poor taste.
- News outlets noted no public apology or formal response from Netflix or the comedians as of Monday.
- Underwood has long said her husband, Michael Sparkman, died by suicide in 1990 after severe depression, which made the jokes especially sensitive.