Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat faces turmoil after layoffs, executive exits and strategy fights
Billionaires Africa | 11.05.2026 17:14
Kevin Hart built Laugh Out Loud in 2017 as his bet that a comedian could own his own media platform the way a studio executive owns a studio. A Bloomberg investigation published Sunday reveals that the venture has spent the past year in significant internal turmoil, with leadership conflicts, strategic disarray and a new deal with Authentic Brands Group that some employees inside the company see not as a lifeline but as a signal that Hart is preparing to wind things down.
